Economy Class & Beyond

Commerical 787 services recommences, Airlines firm up restarts of flights

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Ethiopian Airlines flight ET801 became the first commercial flight operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to take to the air since the grounding of fleet on the 16th January, operating between Addis Ababa and Nairobi - a 2 hour flight. From there, there has been a spate of annoucements, Boeing PR trips, and confirmations when airlines intend to fly the 787 again. Here's a … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Speedbird Tails at Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's an early morning rise at London Heathrow Terminal 5B as the British Airways Chatham Dockyard tails of the long haul fleet resting 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 … [Read more...]

All change at Birmingham New Street – Half time changeover

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For those who travel in the UK by rail, there are a couple of stations that can you make you physically scream. One of those happens to be a local mainline station for me - Birmingham New Street. The "Old" New Street Entrance Birmingham New Street is one of the busiest stations outside London, handling 31.2 million passengers and 5.1 million passengers changing … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday: Czech Airlines

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It's Saturday again, so please place your seat in the upright position, place your luggage in the overhead locker or the seat in front of you, and stow your tray table as we go to this week safety video presented by CSA - Czech Airlines who have gone down the line of a very different and animate safety video More of course next week! … [Read more...]

Back into Action, Back to the Back: A4008 Chicago – Toronto

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AA4008 Chicago O’Hare T3 to Toronto Pearson T3 Back into action, Back to the Back – To Chicago with American Airlines, American Eagle and British Airways LHR-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Index: Dodging the Sword of Damocles (The Introduction) To Heathrow, T3 Lounges AA99 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O’Hare T5 Hyatt Regency O’Hare One Time … [Read more...]

FAA issues an airworthiness directive for the 787

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It seems the groundings of the 787 fleet is beginning to lift after the US Federal Aviation Administration cleared the class for flight with a formal air worthiness directive with the replacement of the battery systems. Japan's regulators have followed the FAA, allowing All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines to release aircraft to testing after replacement systems are … [Read more...]

Swiss Business Class sale fares from the UK

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Swiss has launched a bunch of sale fares from its 4 UK destinations to Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Dehil, Mubai, Muscat, Nairobi and Singapore. Depending which airport you go from will indicate the starting price: LHR LCY BHX MAN Bangkok 1790 1811 1788 1790 Beijing 1590 1610 1587 1590 Cairo … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific targets its first long haul destination – Dubai

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Cebu Pacific will launch a direct service between Manila and Dubai from the 7th October 2013. This is one I've been watching on and off as Cebu Pacific has been in the process of obtaining Airbus A330 aircraft... and my thoughts where were they were going to deploy them too. The Manila to Dubai run will be Cebu Pacific's first long haul destination, with the timings … [Read more...]