Economy Class & Beyond

Paris Air Show 2013 – What to look out for….

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It's coming up to that time of the year where the aviation industry will be gathering in Paris Le Bourget for the biannual Paris Air Show. But what to look out for this year? Here's a few predictions The Boeing 787-10 will be formally announced and placed for sale with at least Singapore Airlines and British Airways being launch partners The Airbus A350 will be a star … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – CityJet Avro RJ85

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a CityJet Avro RJ-85 resting in the early morning sun at London City 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...]

Airbus’s first A350XWB safely on the ground

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Airbus has successfully completed the first A350 XWB test flight today, with frame MSN001 competing a test flight around the south of France. The plane touched down safely at Toulouse airport after completing a 4 hour sortie. Here's some pictures of the plane landing safely. Images - Airbus via their YouTube feed. For Airbus, there is a very long road ahead as they … [Read more...]

First A350 takes to the skies

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Congratulations to Airbus for taking their first Airbus A350XWB into the skies on its first flight. Images - Airbus YouTube feed (there would had been more if I hadn't lost signal). Takeoff image @macgp on twitter The flight is for 4 hours, expected to land back at Toulouse. … [Read more...]

Emirates to upgrade LAX service to A380

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For those of you taking the long flight between Dubai and Los Angeles, some good news for you as Emirates will be switching from a Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A380. The timetable looks like this: EK215 DEPART DXB 08:20 ARRIVE LAX 12:50 EK216 DEPART LAX 16:00 ARRIVE DXB 19:50+1 Operates Daily Booked equipment - Boeing 777-300ER to 1st December 2013 - Airbus A380 (489 Seat … [Read more...]

French Air Traffic Control strike being cut by a day

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In what can only be described as good news, the French Air Traffic Controllers who went on strike on Tuesday 06:00 will be finishing their strike a day early - Thursday 13th 05:59. The strike was due to finish on Friday 14 June 05:59. Yesterday, over 1800 flights were canceled, with domestic, European and international services all hit, cutting the flying programmes of most … [Read more...]

A350 to take its first flight on Friday

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This is a bit hot as I've just come in from work, but this should make a few people excited, with multiple sources (WSJ, Reuters Aero) confirming that  Airbus will be taking their first Airbus A350XWB into the air for the first time on FRIDAY 14th JUNE.  A350 out of the paint shop picture - Image - Airbus. First flight is of course subject to weather … [Read more...]

French ATC Traffic Strike – Expect delays and Cancellations

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It's closing in on the summertime, so it means someone has to go out on strike. This time, it's the French Air Traffic controllers. The strike is set to begin Tuesday 06:00CET and end on Friday 05:59CET - a 72 hour strike action. DGAG - the French Civil Aviation Authority has requested carriers cut their services by 50% at the following airports: - Bordeaux - Lyon - … [Read more...]

Avios/British Airways Reward flight saver prices going up

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In news you don't want to hear at all, British Airways and Avios are putting up their Reward flight saver prices according to this page on Avios.com Here's those new prices in full: CLASS OLD PRICE NEW PRICE RISE EUROTRAVELLER (Y) £30 £35 17% CLUB EUROPE (C) £40 £50 20% These prices exclude the Avios … [Read more...]