Economy Class & Beyond

Estonian Air to switch to London City Airport

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Estonian Air is to relaunch its services from 1st March 2013 with the establishment of a route between London and Tallin whilst dropping the existing London Gatwick - Tallin route at the beginning of the Winter 2012/2013 season. The new flights will commence in and out of Tallin to London City on the following schedule: OV101 DEPART TLL  07:30  ARRIVE LCY 08:20 OV102 … [Read more...]

EasyJet to bid for London Heathrow – Moscow slots

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One place you'd never expect to see the orange tailfins of EasyJet is London Heathrow airport. Well, if EasyJet wins some slots at Heathrow, this could well happen. EasyJet is competing with for some of the remedy slots that International Airlines Group has had to give up when they purchased BMI. These remedy slots which are for other airlines to fight over have some … [Read more...]

Air France to revamp its B777 and A380 fleets

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Air France is preparing to refurbish its Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 fleets in a bid to fight back from other carriers it seems. Their entire fleet of Boeing 777's are to be to refurbished where the airline will spend "hundreds of millions of euros" according to Air France's CEO Alexandre de Juniac. The airline is aiming to improve its onboard product and service to make … [Read more...]

SAS prepares to throw in the towel on the CPH-BKK route

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It seems that pressure from multiple angles has forced SAS to suspend its Copenhagen to Bangkok route. The route which has been running for over 63 years (and was SAS's first destination in Asia) will be suspended from 7th April 2013 due to an airline it mentored - Thai Airways International and "Gulf Airlines" - and SAS cannot compete. Thai Airways International offers … [Read more...]

BMI Regional prepares for life on its own

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Earlier this year, Sector Aviation Holdings successfully purchased BMI Regional from IAG as part of the breakup of British Midland Airways. Today, the airline has annouced its first new routes and will operate the two new routes as well as the current ones: Bristol and Aberdeen, Manchester and Antwerp. The new routes will commence on 29th October and will operate … [Read more...]

British Airways confirm new aircraft arrival time-frames

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There's been talk and discussion of when British Airways will be receiving its new Airbus A380's and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Well it looks like some time-frames have been announced. For the 787's, British Airways is expecting their first delivery in May 2013, with a further three aircraft to be delivered in to the end of the year. Meanwhile for those who love the A380, … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic proposes more UK Domestic Routes (subject to slots….)

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As we all are aware, Virgin Atlantic has confirmed is first set of routes to serve London Heathrow to Manchester. Virgin have proposed the second tranche of flights that will serve the London Heathrow to Edinburgh and London to Aberdeen. However, unlike its first tranche of flights that will operate using existing Virgin slots these flights will be operated from the "remedy … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Delta Connection Embraer E-170

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, sitting on the sunny tarmac is a Delta Connection Embraer E-170 operated by Shuttle America at Chicago O'Hare International 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 of course next … [Read more...]

iOS6 – Passbook support growing for Airline and Hotel industries

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Apple announced its new iPhone and iOS6 on Wednesday, and news is slowly trickling down of which partners you'll be able to use the Passbook application with: American Airlines United Airlines Delta Airlines Starwood Hotels Group Passbook is a a virtual wallet application for passes, tickets, coupons and loyalty cards (in some ways replacing the apps that these … [Read more...]