Economy Class & Beyond

CSeries testing intensifies with the FTV1 rejoining the flight line

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Bombardier are continuing with their CSeries programme as they continue the flight testing of their new mid-sized jet. This week, the first flight test aircraft - FTV1 retook to the skies after being repaired after an incident that grounded the testing programme. FTV1 rolling out - Image, Bombardier. The plane took back to the skies on the 6th November, bringing a … [Read more...]

Viva Las BAcon! EI276 Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport

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Viva Las BAcon! EI276 Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport Trip Report Index (it's long): Viva Las BACon! The second spin of the roulette wheel Heading to Birmingham Airport, EI277 Birmingham Airport - Dublin Airport HOTEL: Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport The DAA Lounge, Dublin Airport BA831 Dublin Airport - London Heathrow Terminal 1 An Easy … [Read more...]

Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond

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It's wrap up time, as I look back at another fun-filled week at Economy Class and Beyond So, what have you missed out of this week? In Passenger Experience news, Emirates is launching their 10mb for nothing and 600mb for $1 in flight WiFi offer. In routes news, Aer Lingus stole the march out of Dublin, and is to boost its network. VLM have gone for the Sukoi … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Retro Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing at its home base of Dublin Airport is an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 painted up into one of the airlines previous colour schemes. The plane (EI-DVM - St Colman) was painted in 2011 in celebration of Aer Lingus's 75th anniversary, and is one of 33 aircraft A320 aircraft that form the bulk of … [Read more...]

Rememberance Sunday

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It's the Sunday closest to Remeberance day in the United Kingdom - a time when the nation comes to remember their dead from conflicts past In solemn silence, at 11am, we remember those fallen. This year I'm going to leave the words Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae who wrote this war-time poem in the First World War - In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies … [Read more...]

Video Saturday: Lufthansa MD-11F Landing from the cockpit

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another video. So please sit back, grab some popcorn, wine, vodka and cola etc, as we go to this week's video. This week, its aboard a Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (Freighter) as it arrives home at its base at Frankfurt-am-Main as shot from the cockpit by the people at Pilots Eye TV Who shot this from the cockpit, the … [Read more...]

Airbus begins assembly work on the heavyweight A330 for Delta

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Another day, another A330 enters the assembly line. Nothing newsworthy about that is there? Well the one that has entered assembly at Toulouse is slightly different to the others. Airbus have developed an updated version of their A330 series with a maximum take off weight, with it raising the bar to 242 metric tonnes (238.17 long tonnes, 266.76 short tonnes). The … [Read more...]

Viva Las BAcon! BA831 London Heathrow Terminal 1 – Dublin Airport

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Viva Las BAcon! BA831 London Heathrow Terminal 1 - Dublin Airport Trip Report Index (it's long): Viva Las BACon! The second spin of the roulette wheel Heading to Birmingham Airport, EI277 Birmingham Airport - Dublin Airport HOTEL: Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport The DAA Lounge, Dublin Airport BA831 Dublin Airport - London Heathrow Terminal 1 An Easy … [Read more...]