Economy Class & Beyond

Finnair joins the AA/BA/IB Transatlantic Joint Venture

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For those of you who use oneworld to get across the Atlantic, an interesting option is opening up the form of Finnair joining the American Airlines/British Airways/Iberia Joint Venture. Finnair will add its its AY code to some of the current Joint Venture between North America and the European Union as well as adding codes between plus Norway and Switzerland. Meanwhile, AA, … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Business Class sale fares loaded

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Lufthansa has loaded some reasonable Business Class fares for departures from the United Kingdom. Destinations and prices start as listed: Abu Dhabi £1,599 Addis Ababa £1,499 Amman £1,099 Bahrain £1,699 Bangkok £1,729 Beijing £1,729 Beirut £1,149 Busan … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic asks “Where’s Wally?”

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Or for those in other territories, "Where's Waldo?" To celebrate 25 years of Where's Wally/Waldo, you'll find him plastered on the side of a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 on "Barbarella"  (Registered as G-VROM), flying between London, the United States and the Caribbean There's Wally! Of course, Virgin Atlantic President Richard Branson was rolled out to celebrate … [Read more...]

787 Update: Thomson Airways cuts 787 from May and June

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UK leisure carrier Thomson Airways (part of TUI) was meant to be the UK launch carrier of the 787, with services commencing on the 1st May 2013. However, this launch has been suspended due to the ongoing issues with the Boeing 787 and the batteries inside it that have been giving Boeing a major headache.  Thomson Airways 787's are not part of the "currently grounded fleet of … [Read more...]

Lufthansa cuts services from Berlin Tegel

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The fallout of replacement Berlin Airport continues, with Lufthansa making a major retreat and service axe for services from Berlin-Tegel. Two aircraft out of the fifteen based at Berlin-Tegel will be pulled, a mixture of service reductions and cancellations. Here's what's known so far: Services withdrawn from … [Read more...]

British Airways confirm first A380 routes

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British Airways have confirmed the routes the first A380's will be rostered on. London Heathrow - Los Angeles - Commences 15th October 2013 London Heathrow - Hong Kong - Commences 15th November 2013 Exact schedules are on BritishAirways.com as the timings and flight numbers do vary.   Tickets for both routes are on sale today. Whilst these will be the first regular … [Read more...]

Iberia strike: Round 2 in progress

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For those of you who are flying into Spain or with Iberia will note there a strike again this week. The strike will run from March 4th to 8th March. Iberia has posted lists of cancellations at Iberia.com, but here are the list of cancellations that have been posted already: List of Iberia flights cancelled on March 5th List of Iberia flights cancelled on March … [Read more...]

Qatar trims new Chicago route, suspends new Chengdu route.

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Qatar Airways have trimmed two of its new routes due to a lack of aircraft. Firstly, the route between Doha and Chengdu which was due to commence on the 19th March has been suspended to a later date (with no confirmation of when the route will now commence). Meanwhile the Doha - Chicago route will commence as on the 10th April as a three times a week service on the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – FlyBe Dash-8 Q400 Landing

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, it's a FlyBe Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 landing at East Midlands Airport (near Castle Donnington, Derby and Nottingham) Unlike  last week, I know this is a Bombardier Dash8 Q400 ;) The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your … [Read more...]

Air China to increase its fleet

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Air China has announced that it will be growing its fleet with an order from Boeing. This order is a mixed bag, so lets get to the details, with the following on the books: 2 B747-8I's 1 B777-300ER 20 B737-800's 8  B777-200F's (Boeing 777 Freighter) There are a couple of interesting wrinkles in this order that are worth highlighting. Looking at the passenger side, … [Read more...]