Economy Class & Beyond

Air Berlin to increase USA routes to Chicago and New York

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An interesting opportunity has popped up for those who like redeeming Avios on the cheap (as well as more connections to the United States), with Air Berlin increasing the frequencies on three of their US routes. First up, Berlin Tegel - Chicago is to go Daily: AB7420 DEPART TXL 10:00 ARRIVE ORD 12:10 AB7421 DEPART ORD 15:25 ARRIVE TXL 07:00+1 Commences: 1st May 2014 Booked … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin America Airbus A319

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane art. This week, it's a rare sight at Dallas Fort Worth - other airlines other than American Airlines -  with a Virgin America Airbus A319 pushing back (named The 1 year old Virgin), with a US Airways Airbus A319 at the gate The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for … [Read more...]

Remembrance Sunday (UK)

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It's Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom, where we stop and take a moment to remember those who have fallen in past conflicts. This year I'm going to leave the words Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae who wrote this war-time poem in the First World War - In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow       Between the crosses, row on row,    That mark … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Gulf Air A319

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It's Saturday, so please stow your baggage in the overhead locker, ensure your tray table is stowed and your seat is in the upright position as we go to this weeks safety video. This week, it's Gulf Air demonstrating safety aboard their Airbus A319s... with a rather nice introduction... if slightly ropey CGI....: Another safety video next week! … [Read more...]

American, United and US Airways (and Alaska) join the party on Personal Electronic Devices

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After the early start by both JetBlue and Delta, three other major US Airlines have joined the party on the Gate-to-Gate use of Personal Electronic Devices American Airlines will allow on all mainline flights, with American Eagle  flights operated by SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Republic Airline or Chautauqua Airlines to follow. United is allowing devices to be … [Read more...]

Emirates moot 11 across aboard an A380

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Just when you think airline travel can't get worse down the back of the plane, Business Traveller releases news that Emirates are considering increasing the seat count aboard their Airbus A380s, by introducing 11 Across seating in economy. Lets stop and think about that for a second. 11 seats across in economy class. This can only be achived by Reducing seat widths to at … [Read more...]

Lufthansa adds extra Transatlantic routes from Munich

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Lufthansa are adding a pair of extra routes for the Spring/Summer 2014 timetable, with Toronto and Mexico City joining the map from Munich. Munich – Mexico City LH520 DEPART MUC 22:25 ARRIVE 04:25+1 LH521 DEPART MEX 10:30 ARRIVE 05:10+1 Commences 3rd April 2014 LH520 does not operate Monday and Wednesday (5x weekly service) LH521 does not operate Tuesday and Thursday … [Read more...]

Air India swaps aircraft between Mumbai and London – capacity drop ahead…

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Air India is preparing to tweak its operations Mumbai to London Heathrow operation, with an aircraft swap of a Boeing 777-300ER to a Boeing 787-8. The timings on the route remain the same operating as follows: AI131 DEPART BOM 06:30 ARRIVE LHR 11:30 AI130 DEPART LHR 13:15 ARRIVE BOM 03:05+1 Commences with new equipment from 30th March 2014 Operates Daily Booked Equipment: … [Read more...]

Hilton to remove Points and Fixed Miles!

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It seems we're in full devaluation season as Hilton is to stop offering Points & Fixed Miles in their HHonors Programme -  on stays on or after January 6, 2014 - according to a release at http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/promotions/update-to-hhonors-earning-style-options-faq.html. The only earning options will be: Points & Points (HHonors Base Points + HHonors … [Read more...]

Emirates prepare to take Paris to A380 operation only.

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Emirates are preparing to boost their capacity between Paris CDG and Dubai, with the change of equipment from a mix of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300ER equipment to a pure A380 operation The new operational timetable looks like this: Dubai - Paris CDG EK071 DEPART DXB 04:30 ARRIVE CDG 09:40 EK073 DEPART DXB 08:20 ARRIVE CDG 13:30 EK075 DEPART DXB 15:00 ARRIVE CDG … [Read more...]