Economy Class & Beyond

UK FCO updates travel corridors – Hello Portugal!

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It's that time of the week where Her Majesties Government pretends to know what it's doing and it actively managing its travel corridors between different countries. So let's dive into this week's changes. Countries where air corridors are being re-established Portugal - https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/portugal If you arrive from Portugal after 04:00 on … [Read more...]

Emirates to relaunch Warsaw route

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Emirates is planning to re-introduce its Dubai - Warsaw route, making it the 25th European destination to rejoin the Emirates network Emirates Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The route will initially fly twice a week from the 4th September, scaling up to three times a week from the 7th October. Planned operation is as … [Read more...]

Volga-Dnepr Group (AirBridgeCargo) take delivery of a Boeing 777F

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It seems I haven't written about an aircraft delivery for some time - thanks to the pandemic. However, it seems that Volga-Dnepr Group is happy to take delivery of a Boeing 777F (the freighter version of the Boeing 777), operating for AirBridgeCargo. AirBridgeCargo 777F - Image, The Boeing Company AirBridgeCargo will operate the airplane via a sale-leaseback agreement with … [Read more...]

Ryanair cuts capacity in September and October

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It seems that Ryanair is having trouble weathering the current storm, with the airline planning to cut into its planned operation for September and October.  Ryanair Boeing 737-800 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The cuts will see a drop in flights by about 20%. The airline notes that forward bookings have notably weakened over the last … [Read more...]

British Airways starts to withdraw its Boeing 747-400 fleet

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For some, this day is unwelcome, as British Airways start formally withdrawing and retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet. The beginning of the end - British Airways Boeing 747-400 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The first to depart will be G-CIVD, which will depart the British Airways fleet on Tuesday. Originally, the Boeing 747-400 fleet was due to be … [Read more...]

UK FCO Updates its travel advice: France, Netherlands and others will require quarantine on return to the UK

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It seems Her Majesties Government is moving fast with putting down quarantines, with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office in the last hour announcing arrivals from the following countries will be required to self-isolate and quarantine for 14 days upon their return to the United Kingdom. The countries in the latest update issued by the UK FCO include: France - … [Read more...]

Lufthansa presents its second upcycling collection

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One of the things that Lufthansa did last year, was to upcycle an Airbus A340-600. Well, this year - they're deciding to upcycle an Airbus A320 to create exclusive lifestyle furniture. Your home too can be filled with parts of an upcyled A320 - Image. Lufthansa World Shop The Airbus A320 - D-AIPA "Papa Alpha" or "Buxtehude" was selected for this project. This aircraft … [Read more...]

Heathrow Airport’s passenger numbers down by 88% in July

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Heathrow Airport has released its latest numbers - with the headline figure of traffic being down 88% compared to the previous year Over 860,000 passengers travelled through Heathrow in July, an increase on May - driven by Her Majesties Government’s creation of the first ‘travel corridors’ on July 4th. In terms of splits over 480,000 (over half) went to … [Read more...]

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020: Now with VR!

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For those of you excited for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, there were some interesting announcements today for the product. We'll come back to this in a bit. First up, Flight Simulator 2020 will be available through Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/. It will be available on the platform from the 18th … [Read more...]

TAP Air Portugal continues to scale up its network

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TAP Air Portugal continues to find its way through the current crisis, as it plans to scale up its network over the next few months. TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900neo arriving at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond In August, the airline will aim to operate 500 round-trip flights a week on a total of 65 routes. It will offer 18 weekly flights to Brazil, … [Read more...]