Economy Class & Beyond

oneworld elite benefits to improve for Emeralds

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oneworld is to improve some of its elite benefits for oneworld Emerald members - and for once these enhancements are actual enhancements to the programme Effective Midnight 1st February 2013, the new benefits take effect: Extra Bag above the limits of your ticket - either an either one additional item where the piece concept applies, or an extra 20 kg (44 lbs) where the … [Read more...]

WiFi at London Underground stations – now chargable (but not TOO expensive)

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In Summer 2012, Virgin Media and London Underground rolled out a programme to introduce WiFi at London Underground stations. Well, the roll-out is mostly there, and in the first instance - it was offered free of charge. The free-for-all period has now come to an end, and now comes the part we all hate... paying. If you're on one of the following UK Mobile networks, you … [Read more...]

Scoot to deliver streaming In-Flight Entertainment

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Scoot-  the long haul low cost off-shoot of Singapore Airlines is making a very move. The airline currently offers In-Flight Entertainment via iPad's, and is expanding their offering onboard using a service called "ScooTV". The service is a streaming media service - think like Youtube/NetFlix/LoveFilm/BBC iPlayer service rather than an iTunes/Google Play service where you … [Read more...]

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...]