Economy Class & Beyond

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (24th February)

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Whilst some of us have been catching up in the World of Pokemon (as the Global Sinnoh tour is in full swing), let's turn our eyes back to the world of Frequent Flying in Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Looking down Church Street, from Cathedral Square - Central Birmingham Polishing Silver I'm glad many of you are enjoying my latest Trip Report - Polishing Silver. … [Read more...]

Air India selects Thales AVANT IFE System for its long haul fleet

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Earlier this week, Air India took some big steps forward in its inflight entertainment offering with them selecting Thales AVANT Up for its widebody fleet. Thales Avant for Air India - Image, Thales As part of the tender, Thales will upgrade and retrofit Air India’s current fleet of 40 Boeing 777s and 787s with its AVANT Up system, starting in 2024 and continuing … [Read more...]

Singapore Air Show Daily Digest: Day 3 – More order and understandings for ATR and Airbus

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Day 3 of the Singapore Air Show has been done and dusted, with a couple more announcements from the show. Let us dive in. ATR Aircraft We'll start with ATR Aircraft, with Air Tahiti planning to increase its ATR72-600 fleet, to its fleet of 10. These will be used to provide connectivity in French Polynesia's communities. Airbus Vietjet came out of the traps today, as it … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to return to Lisbon, Portugal

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Qatar Airways is growing its network, with the airline planning to return to Lisbon, Portugal as part of its 2024 network expansion. The airline will serve Lisbon with four times a week flights. commencing on Thursday, 6 June 2024. The planned operation is as follows: QR341 DEPART DOH 14:25 ARRIVE LIS 20:25 QR342 DEPART LIS 22:00 ARRIVE DOH 07:30+1 Commences 6th June … [Read more...]

Budapest Airport increases connectivity, with further Ryanair flights

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Budapest Airport is gaining extra connectivity, thanks to Ryanair. The airport is gaining extra routes, including : Milan - Daily from 31st March Tirana - Three times a week from 1st April Faro - Twice weekly from 2nd June Frankfurt-Hahn - Twice weekly from 2nd June Trieste - Twice weekly from 2nd June Skiathos - Twice weekly from 3rd June In … [Read more...]

Singapore Air Show Daily Digest – Day 2: Enter Airbus

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Day 2 of the Singapore Air Show has been and gone. Two commercial airplane announcements - one order, and one parts agreement Airbus Airbus finally came out of the traps with an order from Starlux Airlines. STARLUX Airlines of Taiwan has placed a firm order for five A350F freighters and three more A330neo widebody aircraft. The agreement was signed at the Singapore … [Read more...]

Emirates works on its South American Network with a new route to Bogata

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Emirates is planning to launch a new service to Bogota, Colombia... but in a slightly different way than usual. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The airline is planning to operate the route via the USA - so it will stop at Miami International Airport both ways on its journey to and from Bogota.  It will be the fourth South American … [Read more...]

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