Economy Class & Beyond

China Southern to deploy a 787 to London and Auckland

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China Southern Airlines currently operate into London Heathrow and Auckland with an Airbus A330-200. Well, changes are afoot. Let's look at the Guangzhou – London service, which will switch to Boeing 787 Dreamliner operation from 27th October onwards: CZ303 DEPART CAN 09:30 ARRIVE LHR 14:50 CZ304 DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRIVE CAN 18:30+1 Service operate Tuesday, Thursday, … [Read more...]

Heathrow tries again with another attempt at a 3rd runway

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A few years ago, plans for a 3rd runway at Heathrow were put to the ground as a new administration came to power that would not favour it being built. Even a year ago, the political powers that be were saying that a 3rd runway at Heathrow plans were "dead and buried". Yet here we are again, with Heathrow fighting for a 3rd runway, with Gatwick also wanting for a 2nd runway, … [Read more...]

Korean Air and Eithad sign a code-share agreement

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Etihad Airways and Korean Air have signed a code-share agreement - subject to regulators - to code-share on services between Seoul-Inchon and Abu Dhabi. Once approval is granted, Korean Air's KE code will appear on Etihad flights between the two cities. The codeshare hasn't got much time to be ratified, with the code scheduled to appear on flights from the 22nd July … [Read more...]

Traffic Chaos ahead: Birmingham Tunnels to close

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For those of you who visit the City of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, you'll either come in one of two ways - either by train or by car. Those of you who are coming in by car will normally come in via the A38(M) Aston Expressway, and then through the tunnels that dive under the city centre. These tunnels are 40 years old, and are in need of repair, refurbishment Well, … [Read more...]

More questions than answers with the Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire…

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Some of the answers somewhere under that carbon fibre and titanium frame. Image - BBC Online. There have been reports by FlightGlobal and the Wall Street Journal that the investigation is looking at the Emergency Locator Transmitter that can be seen scorched near the top of the fuselage. Honeywell  - the manufacture of the part - has joined the investigation … [Read more...]

Emirates to deploy an A380 to Barcelona

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Emirates continues to expand the usage of it's Airbus A380 fleet by adding another destination - this time Barcelona. The A380 will take over from the existing single rotation a day. DEPART DXB 08:15 ARRIVE BCN 13:20 DEPART BCN 16:25 ARRIVE DXB 00:50+1 Operates Daily Operates with Boeing 777-300ER to 31st January 2014 Operates with Airbus A380 from 1st February … [Read more...]

Reminder: Tesco Clubcard collection period ends Saturday 20th July!

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For those of you in the United Kingdom who shop at Tesco, their current Clubcard collection period is coming to an end on Saturday 20th July. To ensure that your Clubcard points hit your account by the deadline ensure any spend is complete by Thursday 18th July as it takes 2 days for spend to hit your account. Any other spend might not hit in time and may be carried forward to … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-200ER

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a KLM Boeing 777-200 sitting in a wet Netherlands morning at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 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 week! … [Read more...]

Ethiopian 787 Incident – Not Battery Related from the looks of it.

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According to a couple of reports (BBC, FlightGlobal), it looks like the fire on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 is not linked to the onboard Lithium Ion Batteries according to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Board As we're all aware, an on-board incident on the parked airplane - ET-AOP -  which required 13 fire tenders at one point assisting in dampening down the plane … [Read more...]