Economy Class & Beyond

VS: Branson to Pilots – “Extremely Sad” over threat of strikes

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dIn a bid to head off the strike action which BALPA and the Virgin Atlantic pilots are threatening, Sir Richard Branson has sent a letter to the pilots, stating he was "extremely sad" about the threat of strikes, and that he would be happy to meet them for private talks.There also was a tag-on of the line "it will leave an indelible scar on the company, impact customers' trust … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Thursday Lunchtime Update

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Well it's Thursday lunchtime, and here's the news from Paris.And we open with Air Asia's massive order for 200 A320neo's. Yes - 200 frames. With none of the frames they have on order currently being cancelled this takes Air Asia to 375 frames due from Airbus. That's a LOT of frames!Meanwhile Airbus has disclosed an agreement for 10 A380's has been tentatively agreed with an … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Wednesday Evening Update

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Well it's Wednesday evening, and with a lot of the deals done, lets see who else has opened their wallets in the past few hours...Indigo Airlines are the big news today, confirming their mass order for 180 Airbus A320 class aircraft made up 30 A320's and 150 Airbus A320neo's. No matter how you colour it, that's a lot of aircraft.LAN is also in the market for the A320neo, and … [Read more...]

Strike Action: Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect – Cancelled.

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It seems to be the day to settle, with Heathrow Express Management settling with the RMT over the pay dispute. It seems an improve pay offer has been made, which the RMT is urging it's members to accept. Which is nice.In addition, the overtime ban has been lifted too, allowing for a full Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect service to operate. A final resolution to the dispute is … [Read more...]

NH: Reveals the internals of it’s 787’s…

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ANA have had the paitence of angels, but have released a video of what to expect onboard their new Boeing 787's.Taking a cue from their recently rolled out 777-300ER programme (Inspiration of Japan), expect to see two configurations of the birds - a Long Haul and a Short Haul variant - the difference being the seats at the front of the plane (A Cradle seat in short haul … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Wednesday Lunchtime Update

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It's Wednesday Lunchtime, and it's time for who's brought what. Kuwait's ALAFCO has opened it chequebook, ordering a further six Airbus A350-900's, taking its orders for the class up to 18 aircraft.Russian carrier UTAir has signed with Boeing for 40 737NG aircraft, made up of 33 737-800's and 7 737-900ERs.Meanwhile it seems Hong Kong Airlines has come forward as the owner of … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Tuesday Evening Update

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Apologies for the delay - I've spent most of the evening crashed out - which has cost me in more ways than one (which is a post subject in the next couple of days...) So It's Tuesday Evening. Who's done what?Garuda Indonesia has signed for 25 Airbus A320 aircraft (10 of these will be the A320Neo aircraft for it's LCC - Citilink. These will be used to replace the exisiting … [Read more...]

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