Economy Class & Beyond

Kingfisher to abandon LHR routes, Considering grounding Long Haul Fleet

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It's time to look again at the ongoing comedy/tragedy that is Kingfisher Airlines. Due to costs and a lack of crew, long haul routes are being sliced up, with one of the A330's leased being retured to lessor, the London Heathrow service's  is being cut from the 10th and 16th April from the look of the GDS's. In addition, there are more cuts internationally according to … [Read more...]

Farewell Miles: ANA, Thai and Asiana in Business – One Time Exception: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

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Farewell Miles - A Mileage Burning Party with All Nippon Airlines, Thai Airways and Asiana Airlines in Business Class (with a BMI Leg) Featuring the ANA International 787-8. Oh BMI *shakes head* (The Introduction) The Off, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt with BMI for Lufthansa Hotel Savigny, Around Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport and Meeting … [Read more...]

Surprise: Hotel rates on the up for London in August 2012…

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In a piece of news from the BBC and Hotels.com that should surprise... well - no one,, a survey on hotel rooms prices in London for August 2012 has been released. And sadly, it is a case of "Rip off Britain" with hoteliers cashing in with a 102% rise on last years rates. Hotels.com state the average price of a hotel room in London will be £213 a night. This compares … [Read more...]

Farewell Miles – Asia 2012 Trip – Part III – Meeting the 787…

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Farewell Miles - A Mileage Burning Party with All Nippon Airlines, Thai Airways and Asiana Airlines in Business Class (with a BMI Leg) Featuring the ANA International 787-8. Oh BMI *shakes head* (The Introduction) The Off, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt with BMI for Lufthansa Hotel Savigny, Around Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport and Meeting … [Read more...]

British Airways prepares to launch Long Haul Moscow Services

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British Airways is preparing for an assault on Moscow as it abandons the Club Europe/EuroTraveller seating aircraft to switch to Long Haul type aircraft to operate the London-Moscow DME route. The route will be operated using a mix of two types of aircraft Boeing 747-400 configured in Four Class seating - First, Club World, World Traveller Plus, and World … [Read more...]

Scoot scoots in with 4 classes of travel – well two actually…

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Scoot has confirmed a bit more about how it's going to separate the product they're offering. In Economy, there are three subclasses: Fly - The seat on the plane FlyBag - Your seat and a bag with a 15Kg allowance. FlyBagEat - Seat, bag and food, with a 15kg Luggage allowance and one meal Business will be composed on one class - ScootBiz which has a 20kg luggage … [Read more...]