Economy Class & Beyond

Air France to introduce “Hop!”

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It seems airlines are in the mood to set up airlines within airlines, with Air France-KLM group setting up a new subairline called "Hop!" Hop combines the Regional Services offered by Brit Air, Regional and Airlinair under one banner with a jaunty exclamation mark, operating 530 daily flights, serving 104 destinations (32 destinations for Air France) with a fleet of 98 … [Read more...]

Emirates adds Tokyo Haneda to its network

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For those of you who fly Emirates to Japan, yet hate the commute from Tokyo Nartia to downtown Tokyo - well there's good news - Emirates is to serve Tokyo Haneda from 3rd June 2013 Timetable as below: EK312 DEPART DXB 0935  ARRIVE HND 00:01+1 EK313 DEPART HND 01:35 ARRIVE DXB 07:05 Operates from: 03/06/2012 Booked Equipment: Boeing 777-200LR (Three Class) Emirates … [Read more...]

ANA and JAL 787 Groundings to continue

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It's time to return to the prickly issue of the Boeing 787 and the grounding of the new aircraft. With the US US National Transport Safety Board still not able to point to a root cause of the battery pack failures in the Japan Airlines 787 (which lead to an small on-board fire in Boston)and the All Nippon Airlines 787 (that failed in-flight over Japan, leading to the type … [Read more...]

Qantas and Emirates Joint venture open for booking

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Last year, Qantas and Emirates announced a deep codeshare tie-up, and has been waiting for approvals from Australian Competitions and Consumer Commission (ACCC)  to commence the partnership. Interim approval has been granted by the ACCC, with full approval due for early March. For the rest of us, this means that through booking is now available on Emirates - Qantas routes … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines to operate A380’s on Kuala Lumpur to Paris route

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The route to Paris is set to get a whole lot bigger as Malaysia Airlines is set to introduce A380 operations from Kuala Lumpur to Paris. The route which is currently operated by a Boeing 777-200 will be switched over to Airbus A380 operation from the 1st March 2013. The schedule for the flights is as below: MH20 DEPART KUL 23:50 ARRIVE CDG 06:10+1 MH21 DEPART CDG … [Read more...]

Quidco offers 14% Cashback on Intercontiental Group properties

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For those of you who are still enamoured with Priority Club and Intercontinental properties, here's a juicy bit of cashback. Quidco*** are offering 14% Cashback on bookings made through the Holiday Inn site (which as we all know allows you book InterContinental's, Crowne Plaza's, Staybridge Suites, etc etc etc). This compares quite favourably against TopCashback who are only … [Read more...]

Tesco Clubcard collection period ends Saturday

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Just a heads up for those who shop at Tesco, and use their Clubcard points to convert them into use travel related items (like British Airways Executive Club Avios, Virgin Flying Club Miles, Monarch Vouchers, Red Spotted Hanky Vouchers). The  current collection period for ClubCard is coming to an end on the 26th January. Given that it takes 2-3 days from shopping points to … [Read more...]

Weather conditions deterorating further in UK

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Weather conditions in the United Kingdom have deteriorated further during the day, with snow drifting. The view from my office. Yes. I'm about the last person left atm. Some airport are hit badly (for example, Birmingham Airport is closed until 18:00) whilst a lot are reporting delays. Check the airport you're flying out of - twitter links … [Read more...]

UK Snow Alert: Disruptions ahead

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It seems that parts of the United Kingdom have received a major dusting of snow today. As most people know, the United Kingdom can't handle snow in any shape or form (a common joke that we use in my office is that the city grinds to a halt when a flake of snow hits the ground, and goes into panic if two flakes of snow land. Any more than that is... well). Initial predictions … [Read more...]