Economy Class & Beyond

End of Year Review 2013 – July to December

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Welcome to the second part of my review of the year, where I look back the stories and blog notes of interest that have raised an eyebrow over the second 6 months of the year: July Top of the news was OZ214 crashing at San Francisco Airport, and an Ethiopian Airlines setting fire to itself. Meanwhile Germanwings relaunched counting Lufthansa's group attempt for a turn … [Read more...]

Biman’s DC10 to continue flying into February

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Like the old man who is trying to escape in Monty Python in the "Bring out your dead" scene, Biman Bangladesh are extending the operation of their last McDonald Douglas DC-10 into the middle of February 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvX_Suj11s It will continue on the Dhaka to Kuwait route operating as follows: BG043 DEPART DAC 20:55 ARRIVE KWI 00:05+1 Operates … [Read more...]

GhettoIFE’s review of 2013 – January to June

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Welcome to my review of the year, where I look back the stories and blog notes of interest that have raised an eyebrow over the first 6 months of the year: January: Without doubt, the story that really heckled everyone was the grounding of the world-wide Boeing 787 fleet. This followed a inflight incident aboard an ANA 787 in flight, and a fire on the ground at … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific buys itself some very big Christmas presents

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It seems that Cathay Pacific is keeping a very close eye on the future, with the recent orders it has made. Firstly, it has become the first Asian airline to order the Boeing 777X aircraft, with the airline signing for 21 frames based on the 777-9X. The airline hopes to have the aircraft delivered between 2021 and 2024. Cathay Pacific will the fifth carrier to order … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 777-300ER

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It's the last Sunday of the year, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's an All Nippon Airlines Boeing 777-300ER on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International Airport in an early morning sunrise The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next … [Read more...]

Etihad adds more seats from Abu Dhabi to Manchester

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Etihad is slowly modifying its network so it shifts the right aircraft to meet the capacity requirements. As such it is boosting its services from Abu Dhabi to Manchester, with a switch out of an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300ER. The timetable remains the same, with a double daily service, one operating with an Airbus A330 still: EY015 DEPART AUH 02:30 ARRIVE MAN 07:25 … [Read more...]

Emirates adds A380 operation to London… Gatwick

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It seems that Emirates is expanding its footprint at Gatwick airport, by changing one of the rotations from a Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A380 The new timetable goes into effect from 30th March 2013 Dubai – London Gatwick EK011 DEPART DXB 02:50 ARRIVE LGW 07:20 Boeing 777-300ER EK015 DEPART DXB 08:00 ARRIVE LGW 12:30 Boeing 777-300ER EK009 DEPART DXB 15:00 ARRIVE LGW … [Read more...]

Biman DC-10s…. Still flying for a bit longer..

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The Biman DC-10s were meant to have stopped flying, and fallen back to reserve flights...  but it seems there's a lot of life yet. Firstly, the DC10 will be flying between Dhaka and Hong Kong every Tuesday until 14th January BG078 DEPART DAC 13:00 ARRIVE HKG 1900HKG D10 2 BG079 DEPART HKG 20:30 ARRIVE DAC 2230DAC D10 2 Booked Equipment: McDonald Douglas DC10 Operates … [Read more...]

Eurostar shines in customer service

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A couple of days ago , I wrote about how I decided to buy a Eurostar ticket. Which is all well and good - I have the ticket I want, but alas - assigned in the wrong car of the train. Eurostar Class 373 power car waiting for its next duty at Paris Nord - from my archives (2001!... I really need to do some more photography..) Allow me to explain. Eurostar trainsets … [Read more...]

Lufthansa to allow personal electronic devices in all stages of flight

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Second to the party in Europe, Lufthansa will be allowing the use personal electronic devices during all phases of flight - including taxi, takeoff, flight and landing. However, the roll-out will be slow with only one fleet of aircraft qualified for use - and that's the airline's Boeing 747-8 fleet. This is made up cadre of 9 aircraft. The change in usage regulations … [Read more...]