Economy Class & Beyond

Gogo looks towards high speed airborn Internet access

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With a lot of people shifting towards using in-flight WiFi/Internet services, the demand for bandwidth and speed becomes more important. Gogo announced a new service today called 2Ku - a Wifi service aimed both at International services as well as US Domestic services, operating over Air to Satellite connections (as opposed to Gogo's usual Satellite to Air to Ground … [Read more...]

Airbus release interior pictures of the upcoming A350

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Whilst airlines continue to refit older aircraft, Airbus is forging ahead with the Airbus A350 project, release a lot of pretty pictures of the first A350 that has been fitted with a cabin (as opposed to test equipment). MSN002 is the first Airbus A350 aircraft to have a passenger cabin fitted. Lets take a look at the pictures: Inside the test cabins - testing the load, … [Read more...]

American Airlines introduce its new Boeing 777-200 seating

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American Airlines today introduced its new Boeing 777-200 seating today. Lets have a look at the press photos to see what is in our future. Firstly, the plane will go from a Three-Class Product to a Two Class Product - in effect jettisoning First Class for more business class seats. There will be 45 Business Class Full flat seats installed. The seats will each have direct … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Extra – Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9

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It's ticking over into Monday, but that means we can have a bit more Airplane Art. As the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner testing continues, the launch customer has had its first plane painted up. The launch customer being Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand's design may just involve the colours  Black and White, but it is certainly striking, with the New Zealand fern striking out in … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Air Berlin Airbus A330

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, loading up in a cold Chicago winter is an Air Berlin Airbus A330-200 at O'Hare Terminal 3, loading up for its return flight back to Berlin Tegel Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next … [Read more...]

Twitter User? Check your settings… #privacymatters

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Let me start with off with the obvious - I love using Twitter. Apart from connecting with airlines, it allows me to keep up to date with incidents, as well has off-ball conversations (Because we talk about things that matter... like Kale, Coffee Wine, BMI, The Aer Lingus Buy on Board breakfast - the list goes on and on). Recently, Twitter rolled out an update to their iOS, … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Kenya Airways

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It's Saturday again, so please stow your luggage in the overhead bin, fold your tray table and ensure your seat is in the upright position as we go to this weeks safety video. This week, its Kenya Airways with their safety video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCEo-TZGTSw There are some videos that scream "must try harder". Whilst this one does get the key messages … [Read more...]

Mobile phone roaming fees to be a thing of the past in Europe? Maybe…

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The European Parliament has voted to scrap mobile phone roaming fees when you're using your phone abroad. ... And besides, GhettoIFE looks great on your phone... ;) Over the past few years roaming fees have dropped considerably within the EU border areas resulting in lower costs for consumers to use their mobile phones abroad. This is now extends from voice calls and text … [Read more...]

Delta launches international economy class amenity kit

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One of the things I've used to travel is having an amenity kit. It's a very small thing that can make a big difference in travel in my opinion, especially on the long haul legs . Delta today have launched a new amenity kit aimed at the economy class traveller.  Yes, you read that right - ECONOMY CLASS - them down the back of the plane (or where I commonly sit). It looks a bit … [Read more...]

ANA Retires the Boeing 747 from service

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The Boeing 747 - once dominant in the sky is slowly fading away. The latest airline to wave goodbye to the Boeing  747 is All Nippon Airways, who completed the final flights on its domestic routes. It marks the end of Boeing 747-400s by a Japanese airline - and also the end of an era of the passenger heavy Boeing 747-400D aircraft. These aircraft had a massive passenger load … [Read more...]