Well, another week has been and gone at Economy Class and Beyond. Let's take a quick look what's caught my eye this week, and what I wrote about. Passenger Experience Joon to introduce “CosyJoon” family seats - Apparently Millenials have children. How can the passenger experience improve for them... and will the idea work? Routes and Network news Qatar Airways … [Read more...]
Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (17th November)
It's that time of the week where we take a quick look back at some of the antics of the aviation and passenger experience industry. And as usual - there's been a fair bit happening as we continue towards the holiday season. Aircraft Orders and Deliveries Swiss turns to Helvetic for more capacity - Embraer E-190-E2 aircraft on the way Arkia Air becomes the first … [Read more...]
Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (10th November)
It's that time of the week where I cast my eyes of what's been happening in the world of passenger intelligence, passenger experience and anything else that's grabbed my eye in "Last week On Economy Class and Beyond" Networks IcelandAir to take over WOW Air - A bit out of the blue, but it looks like WOW Air is in more trouble than we thought.... Alitalia to add … [Read more...]
Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (3rd November)
It's been a busy week of travel at Economy Class and Beyond as I've had some interesting travel experiences (to say the least). Some of which is live... other parts are coming in the next trip report. Meanwhile - let's have a look at the headlines this week Blog news Join me on NowBoarding podcast as I take you into some of the thoughts that make this blog... … [Read more...]
Last week on Economy Class and Beyond – 27th October
Hello from Chicago - and it's time to peer back through the blog at what's been going on at Economy Class and Beyond. PaxEx KLM re-designs its meal service on CityHopper Service Routes and Networks Delta adds Boston – Edinburgh service for Summer 2019 Delta's first Airbus A220 - Delivered Information Security The Cathay Pacific Data Leak – what to … [Read more...]
Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (21st October)
It's that time of the week again where we take a look back on the whys and happenings at Economy Class and Beyond... and what you might had missed. Routes and Networks ANA adds Tokyo to Vienna to its network - with Narita served by Austrian Airlines, a 12 x effective service to the Toyko Area... British Airways shapes up new two new Summer 2019 Routes... and … [Read more...]
Last week on Economy Class and Beyond (13th October)
Another week has passed at Economy Class and Beyond. And a busy one at that! (Well quiet is such a boring thing) What delights have passed this week? Passenger Experience Want the Emirates First Class Experience at home? Good news! (You'll need to use your own shower on the ground though). Routes and Networks Qantas and KLM to codeshare with each other … [Read more...]
Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (6th October)
It's that time again where we take a look at the what's and how's in what I wrote last week on Economy Class and Beyond. So let's dive in! PaxEx Primera Air collapses – crew and passengers stranded Singapore Airlines to introduce Bang & Olufsen *wireless* headphones In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity Air France Connect to use Global Eagle and … [Read more...]
What you missed this week at the Economy Class and Beyond
It's been a busy week at Economy Class and Beyond (to put it bluntly!). I've been out and about, on flying labs and the APEX Expo. And a lot has gone on this week, with lots of announcements and some interesting routing and mileage opportunities - as well as things that'll impact you in the coming year. Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to what we covered in the last … [Read more...]
ICYMI: Last Week on the Economy Class and Beyond…
I haven't done one of these catch up things in ages - but since I've had a couple of configuration issues here (the joy of IT), you might had missed some of the stuff I've written over the past week or so. So let's book back at some things I covered: Passenger Experience Emirates call their Boeing 777-300ERs spacious in economy class - Is it though? The Business … [Read more...]