Economy Class & Beyond

EasyJet firms up A320neo/ceo Order

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Easyjet has firmed up its agreement with Airbus over its next aircraft order - which has been agreed at shareholder level to purchase its new fleet The new fleet being ordered will be made up 135 Airbus A320 series aircraft split into two batches: 35 A320ceo  (current engine option) 100 A320neo (New engine option) Easyjet also has options for 100 further … [Read more...]

Air India Increases Delhi to Tokyo Service

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Air India is slowly boosting some of its services now that their 787's are in the air, and is adding more frequencies to some routes. The latest route with more services is the Delhi to Tokyo route. This route is currently operating three times a week, and is going to operate 5 times a week from 1st September. The new timetable looks like this: AI306 DEPART DEL 21:10 … [Read more...]

ANA offers double economy luggage allowance for those checking in online

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ANA have come up with a VERY good reason to check in online - the offer for Economy Passengers to have a DOUBLE allowance - 46KG/2 bags instead of 23KG/1 bag Image - ANA The promotion runs from 1st June 2013 to 30th September, and is available on all ANA international flights, for bags checked in at the counter. It isn't combinable if you have other segments operated by … [Read more...]

Miles and More + MBNA offer a credit card bonus… and I’m struggling to get excited over it.

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The Miles and More Credit card by MBNA has an interesting offer, with new bonuses for UK customers. Sign-on Bonus - 1,500 Miles Spend bonus - 5,000 Miles providing a spend of £500 is make within 3 months. The cards themselves are the usual two-cards - one bill offering that MBNA offer with: An American Express branded card offering 2 Miles and More Miles per £ for the … [Read more...]

Iberia introduces another way to save itself money – Print your own Luggage tags!

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Iberia have introduced a new tool for those who like to print everything at home and save the airline the expense of printing a boarding pass - they've also introduced print your luggage tag called MyBagTag The idea is simple - when you check in, you can also check your luggage at the same time. Providing it meets the allowances in your ticket (in terms of weight, items and … [Read more...]

Issues on at Swanwick causing restrictions in air traffic across south east of the United Kingdom

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A bit of bad news if you're heading in and out of the South East of England, as there appears to be computer glitches National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has announced that it's "experiencing technical problems" at its Swanwick control centre, and it's trying to restore operations. Whilst UK airspace is not closed and flight are not suspended, NATS is restricting the … [Read more...]

OZ214: Plane was below target speed before landing

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More details are emerging of Asiana Airlines Flight OZ214 from Seoul to San Francisco that crashed on Saturday. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have released new facts with the plane was flying a lot slower than the target approach speed 137knots on attempting to land at San Francisco Airport. In fact the plane was doing 106knots. An aural stall warning … [Read more...]

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