Economy Class & Beyond

Heathrow Express/London Undergound Strike: Still in progress

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Unless something magical and peace has broken overnight, both the Heathrow Express and London Underground will be on strike again today. The Heathrow Express strike will continue to the end of service, whilst the London Underground strike will end at about 21:00 local time, with services not expected to return to normal until 1 May. See my post yesterday on frequencies and … [Read more...]

United to add more capacity between Newark and Heathrow

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For those travelling during the winter period between Newark International Airport and London Heathrow, United Airlines will be boosting capacity between the airports by adding an extra service between the two airports a day. United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE The new rotation will add a Boeing 767-300ER's worth of capacity, adding UA942 … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to deploy its first A380 to London Heathrow

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Qatar Airway have been making lots of noises about its upcoming Airbus A380, and have finally confirmed which route will get the aircraft. Unsurprisingly, it is to the slot constrained airport of London Heathrow. The plane will operate on the QR003/QR004 rotation from 17th June on the following times: QR003 DEPART DOH 07:55 ARRIVE LHR 1315 QR004 DEPART LHR 15:05 ARRIVE DOH … [Read more...]

Strike action – both on Heathrow Express and London Underground

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Expect transportation chaos if you're coming into London for the next few days the London Underground and Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect services will be affected by strike action. Heathrow Express The strike is running from the 29th April to 30th. Trains services will be reduced to 2 trains an hour from/to London: London Paddington To Heathrow T5. First train departs … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Delta Boeing 737–700

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It's Sunday again so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week taxiing as dusk falls over to New York JFK airport, is a Boeing 737–700. There's also a game to play in this image - can you spot the two Air France aircraft in this photo too? I''ll give you some hints: There's an A380 and Boeing 777 in this picture... all you have to do is find them! The image … [Read more...]

Airplane Painting Saturday – China Southern A380

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It's Saturday so it is time to release the controller to the side of your seat, extended your Personal TV and close the blinds as we go to this weeks video. This week, it's a China Southern Airbus A380 going into the paint hanger for its first full paint job after being freshly built. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j66zz__uZNM Another video next week. … [Read more...]

Boeing 777 – The 10 Across plane – The configurations, data and some analysis….

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Last week I published a post about the Boeing 777 10 across club - those who have ten seats in the back row of economy class of the plane.     This week, I'm going to take a deep dive into the data and see what gems we can dig up about these high capacity, high ferrying planes. Firstly, Back to Basics - The Different types of Boeing 777. The Boeing 777 entered service  in … [Read more...]

Birmingham Airport runway extention almost ready to go…

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My local airport - Birmingham Airport - has been working away in the background, trying to improve the passenger experience, whilst trying to offer itself as an alternative to London Heathrow or Manchester Airport for longer-haul flights. The main terminal at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE. Part of the problem Birmingham Airport has is its runway. Apart from only … [Read more...]

FlyBe to return to London City Airport

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FlyBe seemingly is going to try again to crack the nut of London, and in the process return to London City Airport. FlyBe Dash8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport - Image GhettoIFE The airline will return to London City Airport after signing a five-year operational agreement with the airport, opening five routes in the process: Belfast - Three times daily Dublin - Four … [Read more...]