It seems that soft demand is impacting Qantas, with it choosing to suspend a route to China, whilst boosting other coverage in the Asia region. Sydney-Shanghai suspended From 28 July 2024, flights to Shanghai will be suspended due to low demand. The airline resumed its  Sydney-Shanghai service in October last year after a pause during COVID. The airline hasn't ruled … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group has signed an agreement with Neste to purchase 1,000 tonnes of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel as it seeks to reduce its footprint. Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The agreement will cover SIA Group's airlines - Singapore Airlines and Scoot. The Sustainable Air Fuel (SAF) is produced at Neste’s … [Read more...]

In passenger experience news, there's some excellent news as Emirates plans to expand its nose-to-refit programme.  The original plan called for 120 aircraft - 67 A380s and 53 777s to undergo full refurbishment. This is now expanded to an additional 43 A380s and 28 Boeing 777 aircraft This brings the retrofit programme to 191 aircraft. With the Boeing 777 fleet … [Read more...]

As the Tomorrowland comes up, Brussels Airlines is presenting a new version of its Amare livery - another of its Belgian Icons. Amare unveils ​This will feature on one of Brussels Airlines' brand-new Airbus A320neo, featuring augmented reality extras.  It is applied to OO-SBB - the second Airbus A320neo that joined the fleet. According to the airline, Amare … [Read more...]

Through many entries, it seems that we have our finalists in the Crystal Cabin Awards 2024, as airlines, manufacturers and their partners vie for trophies for their category. 25 entries have made the cut this year. Let us have a look to see who's in the running in the seven categories: Cabin Concepts Tangerine Ltd, realised in collaboration with Japan Airlines, Safran … [Read more...]

easyJet and Airbus marked their successful ongoing partnership of more than 20 years, with the aircraft manufacturer delivering the airline operator’s 400th Airbus aircraft, an Airbus A321neo. A handover ceremony for easyJet’s newest aircraft was held at Finkenwerder – Airbus’s manufacturing plant for the A320 programme in Hamburg. The newest addition to the fleet … [Read more...]

British Airways is expanding its “Avios only” flights, with the airline planning to operate such a service to Barbados. The flight will depart from London Heathrow on 15 February 2025, headed for the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown. The return flight will also be an Avios-Only flight, taking place seven days later on 22 February 2025. The launch of the … [Read more...]

We've hit the long Easter weekend - but as it's Saturday, it's time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Unto the maelstrom - Liverpool Street Central Line station.  It's been a quiet week since I got back from the USA. In addition, we're in the run-up to Easter... and as such, it is much quieter than normal out there.  One to remember If you're in the UK or … [Read more...]

Cruising through a city's lights at 3 am… or 3:30am in the morning is a done thing here at Economy Class and Beyond. I could never leave you in the city lights. I could never beat the storm in your eyes. The storm in your bright eyes - Blanche, City Lights. Once again, I find myself sitting on a coach, going from the lights of the city to those of constantly … [Read more...]

For those of you who need to travel between Heathrow and Gatwick by road, need to hit the channel ports if you're coming from the North, or need to travel the M25 (Chris Rea's Road to Hell), there's bad news as the road will be partially closed this weekend. The M25 (the motorway that encircles London) will be closed between Junction 10 and Junction 11 from 9 pm on … [Read more...]