Economy Class & Beyond

Ah. Birmingham Airport. Yes. Well. Umm… (Another trip…)

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Good evening from Birmingham  Airport where I'm sitting in the public terminal area as I prepare to execute my end of year qualification run: As you look at this map, you'll notice there's a fair bit of convoluted routing... and that's just in New York and Newark. The mess that is Europe will provide some surprises (as a train will feature heavily in this trip … [Read more...]

Etihad doubles up on Abu Dhabi to New York route

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Etihad continue to expand their own services, with their long haul network extra frequency between Abu Dhabi and New York-JFK, with the airline to add a second service a day between the two cities: Abu Dhabi to New York-JFK EY103 DEPART AUH 01:45 ARRIVE JFK 08:45 EY101 DEPART AUH 10:30 ARRIVE JFK 17:30 New York JFK to Abu Dhabi EY102 DEPART JFK 12:35 ARRIVE AUH … [Read more...]

Air Canada trims Toronto – Heathrow operations… and adds 787s too.

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Air Canada is firming up its summer timetable for Toronto Pearson to London Heathrow. It seems however there's going to be a dip in capacity as it goes from five flights a day to four during the summer peak of July and August. The new time table looks like this: Toronto Pearson to London Heathrow AC868 DEPART YYZ 08:55 ARRIVE LHR 21:00 Boeing 767-300ER AC856 DEPART … [Read more...]

Biman Bangladesh targets final DC-10 operations and celebratory tours

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More news on Biman Bangladesh's final DC-10 operations, as it prepares to withdraw the final scheduled service of this class of aircraft. Before it wings off to retirement, it will have more flights to do. As well as covering flights to Kuwait, it will also be flying to Hong Kong on Tuesdays: BG078 DEPART DAC 13:00 ARRIVE HKG 19:00 BG079 DEPART HKG 20:30 ARRIVE DAC … [Read more...]

Reward flight Saver = £1 + Avios!

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The big one has hit from the Avios.com and BA sale, and it's the £1 Reward Flight Saver flight sale. For those who don't use the Avios scheme, Reward Flight Saver considerate and reduces the taxes on a select amount of routes (normally within the EU area), and lowers the amount of Avios required. For example, it's £35 + 9,000 Avios return to Frankfurt as opposed to the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER resting at Brussels National Airport between flights. 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 week! Want to keep up with me at GhettoIFE? Join me either by … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – United Airlines A320

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It's Saturday once again, so its time to stow your luggage in the overhead bin, bring your seat to the upright position, fasten your seat belt and ensure your tray table is stowed as we go to this week's safety video. This week is a bit of a classic - the varying three-person United pre-merger safety video (with of course, a good dose of Rhapsody in Blue) Another … [Read more...]

Turkish Airlines continues its European push

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Turkish Airlines continues to push onward and upward as it launches more frequencies for the Summer 2014 season, with a big push in some locations with departures from Istanbul Ataturk: Istanbul  - Donetsk  goes up to 12 services a week from 30th March, and up to 14 services a week from 23rd June Istanbul  - Edinburgh jumps to 8 services weekly from 30th March, then 9 … [Read more...]

Berlin Brandenburg Airport not to open this year

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In news that should surprise... well... no-one at all, Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not open 2014 in any form at all.  This includes the vain hope of running some flights from a small part of the new airport. Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin, who is also head of the supervisory board of the airport has gone on the record saying "It will, de facto, be such that the … [Read more...]