Economy Class & Beyond

Back to Haneda

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Good morning from the ANA lounge at Haneda Airport. I'm readying for yet another flight on this trip, and have had a whale of a time. But the time is coming to an end, and it's off from the Land of the Rising Sun to The Fragrant Harbor. And the Udon noodles they have at the ANA Lounge are excellent! It's been an interesting trip so far... although my credit card … [Read more...]

Air Zimbabwe suspends flights

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Well it had to happen sooner or later with aircraft groundings, lease repossessions and everything else, but Air Zimbabwe has had to suspend services. The airline failed to secure a rescue plan, according to the AFP. With one aircraft impounded in London last year, South African flights were suspended in case other aircraft were to be repossessed. The Airline which was … [Read more...]

Delta waves goodbye to Gatwick, boosts frequencies to Heathrow

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It seems that Delta is finally turning its full attention to Heathrow, with the announcement of a second daily flight from London Heathrow to Atlanta, but at a price for Gatwick, which looses its last Delta service (also serving Atlanta) Since Delta has had access to London Heathrow, services have moved over at a pace with New York-JFK services moving completely over first, … [Read more...]

ANA International 787 – Pictures and Videos

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I'm in the process of uploading my pictures from my trip in progress. Alas, the ANA 787 portion is dominating the coverage at the moment (like anyone couldn't guess that was going to happen!). And I've got myself into gear and uploaded the first trance of stuff to this trip. PICTURES: Preparing for the off- … [Read more...]

Emirates to upscale Newcastle to Dubai route

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It seems there is demand from the North of England to the Middle East and beyond within announcement that Emirates is to upscale the route from an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300ER This will be one of Emirates's Two Class 777-300ER's, with 42 Business Class Seats and 385 Economy class seats. This adds an extra 2000 seats a week (from the 278 seater Airbus … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific edges closer to Long Haul operations

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There was a fair bit of feedback last time when I mentioned that Cebu Pacific was edging closer to beginning long haul operations. Well it seems those plans are now well apace with Cebu Pacific agreeing an operating least deal with CIT Aerospace for four new Airbus A330-300's. On current schedule, the aircraft will be delivered between 2013 and 2014 and be powered with … [Read more...]

Flybe upgrades Glasgow to Birmingham with an E-195

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Flybe has seen there could be money in the Glasgow - Birmingham run, and have decided to increase capacity on the route by switching to Embraer E-195 aircraft Flybe's E-195's are configured in a standard 2-2 seating configuration, with 118 seats installed on the planes (and they're not that bad to be honest, if FlyBe are heavy on the sales on the plane...) This will … [Read more...]

Heathrow Express Strike Action ahead

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To quote a term "Here we go again". The RMT has called out the Heathrow Express train route workers on strike over the sacking of a driver. Six days of action are planned with maddening time points have been announced: 12:15 on Sunday February 26 to 12:14 on Monday February 27 12:15 on Sunday March 11 to 12:14 Monday March 12 Additional action by not working … [Read more...]

Frankfurt Airport strike over… for now

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It seems that both sides want to try again in the Frankfurt Airport dispute and the strike action has ended (for now) at 22:00CET This brings to an end of 5 days of strikes, with FraPort and the GdF Union agreeing to fresh talks The GdF Union, which wants higher pay and shorter working hours, said it would end the strike at 2200 CET, and hopes to begin new talks on … [Read more...]