Economy Class & Beyond

Emriates to introduce its A380 to Moscow

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The tendrils of Emirates continues to expand, this time with a change of services to Moscow. Emriates is planning to deploy a version of their Airbus A380 from 1st December 2012 to Moscow Domodedovo. The aircraft will be configured with 517 seats and replace one of the existing rotations that Emirates operate to Moscow. The revised changes shape up like this: Dubai … [Read more...]

Jetstar Japan commences service

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Another part of Jetstar took to the air today with Jetstar Japan commencing service. Jetstar Japan operated flight GK111 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo successfully, and thus joins the Jetstar family in the Asia/Pacific/Australasia region.  For those keeping up that's: Jetstar (Australia and New Zealand) Jetstar Asia (Singapore, also incorporating Valueair) Jetstar … [Read more...]

In case you’ve forgotten……. (BMI Diamond Club Miles Transfer)

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The BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Executive Avios transfer tool is now open (as advertised in an email from Donnington Hall): Now I've copy and pasted a bit out of it as it's important (embolding mine) "As part of the bmi integration, British Airways is offering Diamond Club members the opportunity to transfer destinations miles to Avios  at a rate of 1:1. … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines to go A380 daily on KL-London Route earlier than planned, and other A380 plans

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It seems Malaysia Airlines have confidence in their A380 plan after commencing operations of the aircraft on the 1st July. The new plan as of Monday (2nd July) is to take the Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow route daily from the 12th August (from an original daily date of 25th August) The revised schedule (along with the other Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow service) is … [Read more...]

ESTA Renewals – it’s coming up to that that time…

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For those of you who have ESTA's (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) for the United States of America- the visa that isn't a visa - it's an authorisation) and who got their ESTA's before the US Government started charging for them , you'll soon get a message notifying you that your ESTA is about to expire. Something like the one below: ATTENTION! The … [Read more...]

Airplane art – British Airways 747-400

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It's Sunday so it must be time for some more airline art. This week, under an autumn dawn, a British Airways Boeing 747-400 is being towed to the maintenance pad at London Heathrow 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 week! … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Virgin Australia

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow your tray table, place your seat in the upright position and ensure your seatbelt is is fastened as this week's Safety Video is played courtesy of Virgin Australia (who have managed update the old V Australia safety video... which wasn't that bad in the first place) Another safety video will play next week! … [Read more...]

The Day The Olympics passed down my road

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As we build up to London 2012, the Olympic Torch Relay passed near where I live. Well, down the bottom of the road where I live. And there was a change over point.. here! And then came the outriders... Then the first part of the convoy with the torchbearers and torches.   The next torchbearer would be Joan Lewis - mother of British … [Read more...]