Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300

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It's Sunday again, and that can mean it's time for Airplane Art! This week, taking in the dead of the morning is a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 being  pushed back from the International Terminal at Tokyo Haneda International Airport, preparing for the trip to Singapore. For those what to see it a bit bigger, click on the picture to expand! More airplane … [Read more...]

Airplane Repaint Saturday – Virgin America

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It's back after a short hiatus, and it's time for Airplane Repaint Saturday! This week, it's a Virgin America A320 going into the paint shop for the first time to get its lick of paint. There will be more Repaints/Painting of aircraft next week, as GhettoIFE looks at all the different paint jobs around..... … [Read more...]

Power cut at Gatwick – baggage all over the place

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It seems there was a major outage at London Gatwick this morning. At 03:30GMT, there was a power cut that has hit the luggage carousels in the North Terminal at Gatwick. In turn this has caused flights to leave the airport without baggage. The belts begun working at 10:30GMT, with extra staff called in to sort the baggage manually. In some cases, baggage has not … [Read more...]

Qantas’s “Premium Asian” Carrier goes up in smoke after talks end with Malaysia Airlines

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In the saga of Qantas, it seems things just go from bad to worse. The plan to establish a premium airline has come to a halt after they withdrew from discussions with Malaysian Airlines. The excuse given is down to money: "Discussions with Malaysia Airlines on a partnership, including the establishment of a new premium airline, would not continue due to parties being unable … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Farewell Miles with ANA, Thai and Asiana with the ANA 787 – Part 1 – To Frankfurt

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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 - THIS SECTION Hotel Savigny, Around Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport … [Read more...]

Lufthansa reveal their new Business Flat seat. And I’m sorry…. “Can do better comes to mind”

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So the new Lufthansa Business Class Flat seat is out, which will first appear in their Boeing 747-8I's.  Here's a few pics. And whilst it's been a long time coming for Fully Flat seats in Lufthansa Business Class (who currently have wedgie type seats - lie on it too long and you'll end up with... a wedgie), there have been some major innovations from the reverse … [Read more...]

Air France A380’s spread their wings… to Singapore

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Time for some more A380 news, with an Air France deciding to operate their Paris-CDG to Singapore run. The route is a bit haphazzard, as it seems it's being run 3 days a week. So for those of you who love A380's initally from the 1st April to 12 June. On other days, it's back to the cram-fest that is an Air France 777-300ER (10 across in the back. Lovely.) AF256 DEPART CDG … [Read more...]

The New United.com – Check your PNR’s/Get your new PNR’s…

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Well with the dust that is settling on the switch to the new Continental style United Web site, I had a good look over it, and agree with a lot of moans. One thing to look out for which I haven't seen much of is that some PNR's have changed. In my example, I have some segments on United and Air Canada coming up on the same booking (booked on the olde United Airlines UK … [Read more...]