Economy Class & Beyond

Christmas UK Rail Closures announced

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Well it's November, so it's closing in on that wonderful time of the year - and time to plan the trips home if you're using rail. For travellers into the UK - some highlights to rail connected airports Heathrow Express will NOT  operate on 25th and 26th December with a reduced service over the Christmas period Heathrow Connect will NOT  operate on 25th and 26th December … [Read more...]

1Time grounded, goes into liquidation

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1Time of South Africa seems to have not weathered the current financial storm, and as of 2nd November, the airline has been grounded - and it to be liquidated.  On the remains of 1times web site 1time Airline has applied for business liquidation (02.11.2012) and that all of its operations have been grounded with immediate effect. The business rescue practitioner … [Read more...]

Ryanair extends reserved seating in 6 rows every flight

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Ryanair is expanding its reserved seating product, and is increasing the amount of reserved seats bookable on a Ryanair flight. On their Boeing 737-800 fleet, seats in the following rows are avaible for booking from 1st November: Row 1 Row 2 Row 5 Row 15 Row 16 Row 17 Rows 5 and 15 are the new additions. The cost for reserving seats in these rows is … [Read more...]

Love to fly full fare in C or F? BA and AA have an offer for you…

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Double Avois or Doube AAvantage Miles?  Depending on which programme you're married to will depend which you go for (and also how deep your pockets are...) American Airlines Promo: American Airlines offer is simple enough - fly to North or South America in First or Business Class in the high fares - get bonus AAdvantage miles. Purchase an eligible First or … [Read more...]

British Airways to change SIN/SYD run to depart from LHR Terminal 5

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It seems the fallout from the Qantas joining up with Emirates to provide deep codesharing is eliciting a response from British Airways. From 31st March 2013, British Airways will switch its London - Singapore - Sydney and London - Singapore routes to Terminal 5, whilst switch the equipment used on the London - Singapore - Sydney route from Boeing 747-400's to the airlines … [Read more...]

Royal Brunei goes to the Strategy Boutique for a rebrand

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Royal Brunei is not an airline that you hear much about, but has a small visibility connecting various destinations via its hub at Bandar Seri Begawan. But in an effort to increase viability, the airline has decided to ditch its old colour scheme of yellow and white for... well more white and yellow with a simplified livery The new Royal Brunei colour scheme rendered … [Read more...]

British Airways to drop London Gatwick to Manchester

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According to multiple sources, British Airways is throwing in the towel on the London Gatwick to Manchester route. The service will be terminated from 31st March 2013, with three rotations a day lost. In a statement, Britsh Airways says: “British Airways retains a strong presence in Manchester where it currently employs over 400 staff at the airport, at the airline’s … [Read more...]

Etihad converts options – more A330’s and A321’s on the way

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Whilst not buying bits of other airlines or forming deep codeshares, Etihad runs an airline as well. Etihad has signed a firm order with Airbus for new equipment. For longer range traffic, they have ordered  two  Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft as part of the carrier’s continued growth plans (the A330-200 is range optimised as opposed to the A330-300 which is payload … [Read more...]

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