Economy Class & Beyond

Singapore Airlines adds capacity to Shanghai with an A380

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As the Winter Timetable continues to settle, Singapore Airlines are fine-tuning their deployments, with the addition of a service to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, with SQ836/825 being switched to an A380 from a Boeing 777-200 five days a week. The complete timetable is below: Singapore - Shanghai SQ826 DEPART SIN 01:10 ARRIVE PVG 06:25 Boeing 777-200 SQ828 DEPART SIN 07:30 … [Read more...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle announces its Spring/Summer 2014 routes.

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It seems Norwegian Air Shuttle have gone a bit mad today, and have announced its Long Haul 2014 programme, which will involve a lot of new routes. In particular, the cities of Oakland, Los Angeles and Orlando gain services, with New York gaining extra services during the timetable Here's a quick list: - Copenhagen – New York (2 times weekly from 28th February 2014, 4 … [Read more...]

Jet Airways to add extra capacity to Singapore

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Jet Airways of India is to increase its capacity to Singapore, by adding an extra daily service between Mumbai and Singapore. The new timetable looks like this: 9W010 DEPART BOM 09:50 ARRIVE SIN 18:00 9W012 DEPART BOM 23:30 ARRIVE SIN 07:35+1 9W011 DEPART SIN 19:05 ARRIVE BOM 22:00 9W009 DEPART SIN 20:05 ARRIVE BOM 23:10 Commences: 1st November 2013 Flights 9W009/9W010 … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways announces earning of QMiles on British Airways

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From next week - if your primary programme is Qatar Airways QMiles, you'll be able to earn miles from British Airways flights from the 2nd September, with burning options from Qatar Airways say: "Effective 2nd September 2013, Qatar Airways and British Airways will enter into a frequent flyer partnership. As a Privilege Club member, you will now have the opportunity to earn … [Read more...]

WestJet looks to the 737MAX for its new fleet

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WestJet are looking to expand the fleet with them signing a letter of intent to order Boeing 737MAX aircraft. The order will be split between two of the aircraft in the family: - 25 Boeing 737 MAX 7 - 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8 Subject to the Letter of Intent being converted into an order, aircraft will begin delivery from September 2017. WestJet is pretty much a solid Boeing … [Read more...]

You’ll never guess what… Berlin Brandenburg Airport… Delayed. Again.

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In what must be turning from a bad joke to what can be loosely described as a farce, it seems that Berlin Brandenburg International Airport is delayed.  Again. This is now the 4th time this airport has been delayed, with the plan to originally open it in Spring 2012 long since in the dust of history. The last date was mentioned to be "October 2013", although the airport's … [Read more...]

Guess who has been ordered to reduce their holding in Aer Lingus to 5%?

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... You've guessed it - Ryanair. The UK Competition commission has told Ryanair to reduce the stake it owns in Aer Lingus down to 5% from the current 29.8%. The Competition Commission has released a report at http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/our-work/directory-of-all-inquiries/ryanair-aer-lingus, confirming its earlier findings that Ryanair's holding in Aer Lingus … [Read more...]