Economy Class & Beyond

Viva Las BAcon! A Heathrow Transit, British Airways T1 Domestic Lounge

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Viva Las BAcon! A Heathrow Transit, British Airways T1 Domestic Lounge 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 … [Read more...]

Air Berlin increases summer 2015 services to the USA

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Air Berlin is going through change as we all know, and it's still trying to strengthen itself in terms of flights and income. One way its planning of doing it is to increase frequency on two of its routes from Düsseldorf to the USA, with two services being boosted for the Summer 2015 season. Air Berlin Airbus A330-200 at Chicago O'Hare International - Image Economy … [Read more...]

Viva Las BAcon! AA89 Dallas Fort Worth to London Heathrow

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Viva Las BAcon! AA89 Dallas Fort Worth to London Heathrow 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 Heathrow … [Read more...]

American Airlines first Boeing 787 rolls out of the paint shop

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I'm a bit late with this one, but it's still worthy news - as American Airlines first Boeing 787 is now all assembled, and has had a visit to the paint shop. The plane has now got some very pretty colours on it, as it takes on the "new" American Airlines colours. American Airlines Boeing 787 fresh out of the paint shop. Image, The Boeing Company via Twitter. Time is … [Read more...]

Viva Las BAcon – A quick Dallas Fort Worth Transit

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Viva Las BAcon! A quick Dallas Fort Worth Transit 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 Heathrow Transit … [Read more...]

VLM to become the first European SuperJet operator

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VLM Airlines have reappeared into action recently, after its buyout buy Intro Aviation, and purchase by its management - and is making a splash by being the first operator in Europe of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 I can see a few of you at the back are confused. A whaty whatyjet 100? The Sukhoi Superjet is a joint Russian product by the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Alenia … [Read more...]

This week on Economy Class and Beyond…

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Another week has passed us by, and what's been going on at Economy Class and Beyond? Is the London City to Dublin route overserved? I crunch some numbers... and ponder if three carriers is too many as FlyBe launches services from London City Airport. United Airlines go to Newcastle Upon Tyne - a big win for Newcastle? Also I take a long hard look at American Airlines … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Express Embraer E-170

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, on final approach to Chicago O'Hare as the sun is setting is a United Express Embraer E-Jet E-170 The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! This aircraft is operated by Shuttle America for United Airlines, with forty of the type … [Read more...]