Economy Class & Beyond

EVA Air to expand 777 operations

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EVA Air is gearing up for an expansion of its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, with announcement of seven more aircraft to join the fleet Deliveries will begin from 2014, and the airline expects to receive all of the aircraft by 2016. Looking at the EVA Air fleet, it's clear to see what the 777-300ER's are going to be used for - there are currently 7 Boeing 747-400's of two … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Air Canada Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for so,e more airplane art. This week, it's something slightly more colourful than last weeks all over white that was Dragonair's A330, an Air Canada Airbus A320 at the gate at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Hopefully, there should be some more airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Airplane Repaint Saturday – British Airways Dove

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It's Saturday again so it's time to put another plane in the paint shop to get a new livery. Today, it's the semi-controversial British Airways "Dove" livery to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralymic games. And yes, I like it, but that's besides the point... More airplane repainting next week! … [Read more...]

UK Border chaos spreads to Stansted

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In what should be no surprise to anyone, the border wait times have extended to London Stansted. Last night entries into the United Kingdom on a European Economic Area Passport were taking from 90 minutes to two hours. Which for a mainly European port of entry for low cost carriers is again... disgusting. The UK Border Force states: "We flexibly deploy staff to meet … [Read more...]

BAA: Heathrow Queue Targets Missed, Government Minister yet to stand in line for 3 hours

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In what it turning into a case of he said/she said, BAA has released its latest waiting times for immigration into the United Kingdom at London Heathrow. Some highlights: Most passengers from outside the EEA (European Economic Area) were NOT seen to within 45 minutes - over 95% of the time!  The longest wait time was at T4 on 30th April for a grand total of 3 hours and … [Read more...]

BMIBaby Fallout – Birmingham and EMA recover… Belfast City less so…

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More response today from the fallout of BMI Baby being wound down. Birmingham Airport has announced that they will be bringing two aircraft to join it's local base, and will add more flights to  Malaga, Alicante, Rome, Palma, Faro and Barcelona; all destinations served by bmibaby. Meanwhile, Flybe will continue to operate to Belfast City, with EasyJet joining them in the … [Read more...]

Scoot to scoot off to Bangkok

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Scoot is making headway as it progresses towards operations - and as well as planning to fly to Sydney and the Gold Coast, Bangkok is now on the radar. This put Scoot in all sorts of fun as there is major competition on this segment. A short list of who fighting for passengers Singapore Airlines Tiger Airways (who are part owned by Singapore Airlines) Thai Airways … [Read more...]

BMI Baby to close shop – First Belfast, then everywhere else…

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It seems I spoke a bit too soon when I wrote about the competitors gunning for BMI Baby. Today, IAG has made its decision over baby, and it is very bad news indeed for the 470 staff members who work for BMI Baby, as well as anyone who has tickets booked with the following happening: Routes operating to and from Belfast City Airport will close down on from 11th June All … [Read more...]

British Airways to get a little Seoul

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It seems British Airways has decided to use one pair of its new BMI slots for a long haul expansion. The first destination it has announced is an operation to Seoul Incheon International Airport. The marks a service return to Seoul after a break of 14 years (we'll ignore last year when British Airways planes landed at Seoul for refuelling due to the earthquake and tsunami … [Read more...]

FlyBe goes on the attack at EMA – Launches 5 routes for Winter 2012/13

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It seems FlyBe is gunning for what remains of BMI Regional and BMI Baby with the announcement of the airline basing two aircraft at East Midlands Airport and five new routes operating from EMA. FlyBe will be operating various routes connecting EMA to: Amsterdam Paris Charles de Gaulle Edinburgh Glasgow Jersey The expansion is to go ahead for the Winter … [Read more...]