Economy Class & Beyond

Air France confirms Hong Kong as its next A380 destination

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More A380 news as Air France plans to add Paris CDG to Hong Kong International as its next A380 operated route. Top of an Air France A380 poking its head high - image Ghettoife Initially the airline will operate to the Fragrant Harbor four times a week from 27th May, before going daily from 9th June. The timetable looks like this: AF188 DEPART CDG 23:25 ARRIVE HKG … [Read more...]

Skymark A380 rolls out

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Skymark Airlines of Japan international ambitions took a step closer, as their first Airbus A380 rolled out of the hanger for the first time. Frst time rolling out under her own wheels - Skymark Airbus A380 - Image Airbus SAS. The airline will be the first Japanese operator of the Airbus A380 when the aircraft is tested, had its engines mounted and a paint job. The … [Read more...]

Safety Video Monday – Virgin Atlantic (2014)

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It's Monday, and its time to put your paper down, ensure your seatbelt is fastened look at the pretty PTV in front of you and pay attention to the following safety message. At Virgin Atlantic have finally got around to updating their safety video with this: Although Virgin have gone for a very ... Hollywood theme (and a 787 in the start point... Which they don't … [Read more...]

Emirates to go to the Windy City.

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Emirates continues to expand its network wide and far, this time adding one of my favourite cities in the world - Chicago - to its network. The route begins on the 5th August, with timings of the route are as follows: EK235 DEPART DXB 09:45 ARRIVE ORD 15:25 EK236 DEPART ORD 20:35 ARRIVE DXB 19:10+1 Commences 5th August 2014 Booked to operate Daily Booked Equipment: Boeing … [Read more...]

DragonAir adds a Redeye service between Beijing and Hong Kong

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Red Eye services. You've got to love them -  the chance to get aboard a plane late at night, and arrive in another place (and probably in a different time zone to face a business day... or suffer the fatigue of the day for as long as you can take it. The Cathay Pacific subsidiary - Dragonair - will be adding 4 more services a week between Hong Kong and Beijing, bringing the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Biman Bangladesh DC-10-30

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week - well what else could it be - it's a Biman Bangladesh Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 parked up at Birmingham Airport after completing the 6th of 9 leisure flights. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic flash sale from the UK

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It seems the joy of Flash Sales have spread to Virgin Atlatinc, with some reasonably priced options depending when you need to go in the world. Sale fares are in Economy and some Premium Economy routes only; London Heathrow to Africa/Middle East: Cape Town £696 Johannesburg £576 Lagos £599 Economy, £929 Premium Economy London Heathrow to India and … [Read more...]

What am I up to this weekend?

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Well, I was going to be spending most of it in bed. It's the weekend after all (that and a 4am start to do Radio WM was pretty exhausting!) Instead on Sunday, I'll be in the air... no guesses aboard what though... Look out for Saying Goodbye to the passenger DC-10 with Biman Bangladesh I'm planning to do as much coverage live through my Twitter stream pre and post … [Read more...]

The Last Scheduled Commercial DC-10 flight

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Welcome BBC WM 95.6 Listeners - and to all the regular readers at GhettoIFE.com. This is an expansion of the interview I gave this morning on BBC WM, and adds more details to the mix. Today, Flight Biman Bangladesh flight BG1015 has begun its journey from Dhaka to Kuwait and finally to Birmingham UK, and in doing so is closing a chapter in aviation history as the use of … [Read more...]