Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

Aer Lingus adds Washington DC to its network, boosts Transatlantic network

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Aer Lingus is continuing to plug away at it - working to boost its international network. This can be seen with the announcement of a boost of its Transatlantic network. Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200 at Dublin Airport. Image, Economy Class and Beyond Aer Lingus will add Washington DC to its network, whilst boosting capacity on departures from Dublin to New York, San Francisco, … [Read more...]

Emirates to offer 10mb of free Wifi inflight… and 600mb for a $1

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In flight WiFi for a lot of people is something that is starting to become the norm (well... not for me... I just love the time being disconnected from the world). However, airlines have been either charging the earth or not making services available. Well, it seems Emirates is going to innovate again internationally by offering 10mb of WiFi free on its … [Read more...]