Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – DragonAir A330

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane Art from my photographic collection. This week, it's a DragonAir Airbus A330 taxing at its home base of Hong Kong International Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More airplane art of course next week! … [Read more...]

Boeing to consider a proper 757 replacement

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The Boeing 757. Like it or not, a LOT of us have flown on them. From its origins as a replacement for the 727 series (in which the 757 was "too big" for the job), to its original use of shuttle lots people in a metal tube from one place to another, to it's later life as the aircraft of choice for running long and thin routes (eg Dublin to Newark, Manchester to New York JFK, New … [Read more...]

Talks over BMI Regional continue

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In some good news, it seems that talks with Granite Aviation and IAG are in progress over the long term fate of BMI Regional. BMI Regional is the arm of BMI that runs services from some of the UK Regional airports - as well has having a heavy Scottish presence. They operate a fleet of 4 Embraer ERJ-135's and 15 ERJ-145's, focusing on high value traffic, employing 330 … [Read more...]

Worst. Promotion. Ever.

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And it goes to Lufthansa for their promotion today to wind €30 of Food vouchers at Berlin Brandenburg Airport when it opens in 36 days time. Yes. I'm quite serious. Head to http://www.ber-countdown.com/index.php?cc=uk&lc=en to laugh. For those who don't wish to waste the bandwidth, look below. Well, about the only good thing is the promised £39 single … [Read more...]

Wild landings at Bilbao

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There have been wild winds at Bilbao in Spain that have... well... look at the video below. There's some pilots who flew in there today who have really earned their wages... … [Read more...]

Finnair to introduce lifetime Status

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Finnair has thrown an interesting possibility out there - lifetime status. Here are the numbers to make you wince. If you earn over  3,000,000 tier points you're up for lifetime Gold status, If you earn over 5,000,000 tier points will receive lifetime Platinum status. All tier points so far accrued will count towards these massive goals, both on Finnair metal and  … [Read more...]

Nancy Bird returns to the air

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Qantas's Airbus A380 registered VH-OQA or known as "Nancy Bird Walton" finally returned home from Singapore on the 22nd April. The A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure on the 4th November 2010 as it departed Singapore with bits of the engine falling to the ground, forcing an emergency return to Singapore. Since the return of the aircraft to Singapore, the aircraft … [Read more...]

FlyBe to scrap Debit Card fees, reduce Credit Card fees

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Well here's a turn-up for the books. FlyBe - a UK Regional carrier that plays the low cost carrier game is going to scrap a fee. And it's the Debit card fee that is up for the chop. Additionally, the Credit Card fee is also being reduced: Currently a £8 transaction fee is levied for Debit cards. This will be removed Credit Card fees drop from £13 to £9 The aim of … [Read more...]

The Dreamtour comes to the UK – a few more 787 thoughts

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So Boeing have finally dragged their Boeing 787 on tour to the United Kingdom on a few stop tour to Heathrow, Manchester  and London Gatwick (Oh, and thanks for the lack of a press invite Boeing...) Frame ZA003 - the 3rd Test and Demonstration aircraft,  powered by Rolls Royce Trent 1000 Engines arrived at London Heathrow earlier today to a flurry of British Airways and … [Read more...]