Economy Class & Beyond

The News Roundup, US Immigration, EK

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It's Friday, so it's time to wrap up this week in Civil Aviation and ponder what people were thinking this week: US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service. I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry. EK Send a A380 to BHX I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380  landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX … [Read more...]

Analysis: BA Citiflyer takes on the ERJ-170

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(Sorry it's late - the joy of work...) To some, its a surprise that BA has taken these aircraft. To others hasn't taken these aircraft on sooner. But what is an ERJ-170, who makes them, and why are they now becoming so important that BA has taken note? BA CitiFlyer ERJ-170 - Embraer The ERJ-170/175/190/195 Project (E-Jets) to some people is simply an aircraft that's … [Read more...]

Apologies for the sound of silence

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The real world is keeping me a bit too busy at the moment due to the joy of the return to work and my friend's graduation. There should be a post a bit later on - I'll be rounding off the ERJ-170 post a bit later today. … [Read more...]

Soapbox: Want to enter the USA? That’s $10 please.

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In an effort to show how caring the USA is wanting to educate us how great it is to visit the country, for online Visa Waivers, there is a planned charge of $10 to use to the tool. The US Consulate calls this "A storm in a teacup".  I alas - don't. Where as a fare to the USA is made up of many things (including security charges, inspection charges, etc), this represents … [Read more...]

Trip Report- The BA Y+ And Y Experiance – LHR-BKK-SYD-SIN-LHR AKA Thank You England and Australian Cricket teams!

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The The BA Y+ and Y class Long Haul Experience (LHR-BKK/SIN/SYD and back)> AKA Thank you England and Australia (Cricket teams!) == Regular readers of my trip reports may go into shock at this juncture - yes - I'm flying a Non Star Alliance Airline, and it ISN'T a United or US Airways Trip report to the USA! Of course, it's still down the back-ish - some traditions … [Read more...]

Back at SYD

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.... and clear. Bleeding heck - a few more internet terminals and slightly less mad duty free staff wouldn't go amiss. More from Singapore later - I get this feeling it's going to be one of THOSE days and flights.... … [Read more...]

BA and Expertflyer… WTF?

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Sigh. I'm going to have to stop relying on Expert Flyer for seatmaps. Logged on a day before, and most of the seats were unassigned. Next day at the stroke of check-in - very very few seats unlocked, and not even the ones I wanted down the very very back! NOT Happy! 24 hours in a 777 in a 3 x 3 x 3 isn't my idea of fun. … [Read more...]