Economy Class & Beyond

Emirates to operate double daily A380’s on Dubai – New York

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Emirates have confirmed they will be uprating their A380 operations between Dubai and New York JFK. The current service currently operated by an A380 and a B777-300ER will switch to a Double A380 service. There's a bit of a wait to make this change as it's one of the first for 2013. The planned schedule is below: Dubai to New York - JFK EK203 DEPART DXB 02:00 … [Read more...]

ANA to Boeing: Make those 787 Electronic Blinds Darker!

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When I flew in ANA's 787 in February I made a few observations about the Electronic Blinds that are installed in the aircraft... ...And as we all know the 787’s have these Electrochromism-based “auto-dimming” window things. Here are  a few examples of me playing with the windows. Wide open on the left, slightly dimmed on the right. Pretty much all … [Read more...]

JAL to offer WiFi on international flights

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Japan Airlines is to introduce WiFi on some of it's international flights beginning this summer. The service branded "JAL SKY" will be installed on its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, wthe following planes for install: Tokyo Narita - New York JFK Available on alternate days starting15 July 2012. Plans to go daily from "early August" Planned for installation for the … [Read more...]

It’s KLM Luggage Tag time again!

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EDIT: The promotion is closed to USA residents sadly. The rest of the world are free to get there tags still! As Just Another Points Traveller has blogged, it seems KLM are running one of my favourite promotions - The KLM Create your own luggage tag promo. And the good news is, it looks looks like it's open to world as opposed to being restricted to one territory. So … [Read more...]

Delta to drop Detroit to Hong Kong direct service

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Delta is the process of rationalising and tidying its network at the moment, and up for the chop is the direct Detroit - Hong Kong route. The route will be suspended from 29th August . Delta is blaming the cost of fuel and the fluctuations in demand for this ultra-long haul trip - which isn't surprising considering the length of these ultra-long haul flights (13 hours or … [Read more...]

EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) – Check if yours has expired!

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I was going through a pile of old loyalty cards, old ticket flight stubs, train tickets, hotel electronic keys that I have by my desktop computer (I swear the amount of junk I have gets worse each day), when I noticed my European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) was going out of date. Now for those of you within the European Economic Area (EEA), this is a great little thing as … [Read more...]

LATAM passes regulatory hurdles, LAN and TAM Merge

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In mergers, LAN Airlines and TAM have finally complete the merger of the two airlines into the LATAM group. The group is estimated to control 40% of the Latin America Passenger market (and probably a fair lump of cargo at the same time), employing more than 51,000 workers open up routes to 150 destinations in 22 countries. Meanwhile the cargo operation will connect 169 … [Read more...]

Iberia/Air Nostrum pulls out of Manchester and Glasgow

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It seems that conditions are very tough out there, with Air Nostrum throwing in the towel on the Manchester-Madrid and Glasgow-Madrid services. The services are being pulled after the towards the end of the UK Summer season (just before schools re-commence) Glasgow-Madrid terminates 30/08/2012 Manchester-Madrid terminates 14/09/2012 Lack of demand has been cited by … [Read more...]

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