Economy Class & Beyond

Review 2014: October to December

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Time to wrap up the end of year review in the news and blog with the final look back at 2014 between October and December. October CityJet abandons Cambridge airport Etihad rolls out Wifi on its fleet Virgin Atlantic's Little Red calls it quits. I look at some of the reasons why Little Red didn't work Alaska Airlines add 10 more 737-900ERs I realise I have a … [Read more...]

Review 2014: July to September

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  It's time to continue a review of 2014 as seen through my eyes, as I recap the ups and downs of the aviation world during the year. In this episode, I'm going to look back from July to September July: Top of the month was the sad news that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was lost of Ukraine, with all passengers and crew dead, sparking major diplomatic rows against Europe … [Read more...]

Review 2014: April to June

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It's time to continue a review of 2014 as seen through my eyes, as I recap the ups and downs of the aviation world during the year. In this episode, I'm going to look back from April to June. April British Airways bumps up its cancellation fees. Wonderful. Air Canada defects from Airbus and buys Boeing 737 MAX aircraft Delta moves in with Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow … [Read more...]

Review 2014: January to March

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As we come to the end of the year, its time to look back at 2014 in the world of Economy Class and Beyond (and GhettoIFE), as I take a look at some of the events that have helped shape the year. In the first of the reviews, I'm going to look between January and April January Delta adds more 717 routes American Airlines decide on their new tail... something I'm still … [Read more...]

UPDATE 3 – BREAKING/DEVELOPING: Air Asia QZ8501 reported missing

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A bit of unwelcome news at this late hour - and that is Indonesia Air Asia flight QZ8501 operating a flight from Surabaya-Juanda International to Singapore Changi has been reported missing according to Sky News as well as BBC News. CNBC states: Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight number QZ8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control … [Read more...]

Black Friday in the UK

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One of those imports that I can take or leave, is the over-promotion of Black Friday in the United Kingdom. The US readers will well be aware of it... but what's going on in the UK? For some of the best deals to watch, HotDeals UK is not a bad place to start. Most of the major retailers are in on the act with Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys are in on the act, with the department … [Read more...]

Rememberance Sunday

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It's the Sunday closest to Remeberance day in the United Kingdom - a time when the nation comes to remember their dead from conflicts past In solemn silence, at 11am, we remember those fallen. This year I'm going to leave the words Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae who wrote this war-time poem in the First World War - In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies … [Read more...]

Heathrow Terminal 1 – Who’s left?

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When I passed through Heathrow Terminal 1 earlier this year... it was pretty much a ghost town. Well it seems the place is going get a lot quieter as the last Star Alliance Airlines begin to move out. The last of the Star Alliance airlines remaining - Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, TAP Portugal and South African Airways will move over to Terminal 2 on the 22nd … [Read more...]

Learning to adjust plans

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Sometimes when travelling, it's important to know your options, as well as being able to adjust plans as needed. Written from the T5 arrivals lounge So - about adjusting plans. When I got to O'Hare yesterday, I had two options - take the direct flight to Manchester or go on the Heathrow flight. Now, Birmingham (where I live in the UK), is for all intents and purposes … [Read more...]

Goodbye GhettoIFE… and Hello Economy Class and Beyond!

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Time for a bit of blog admin - and something rather important. One of my readers noticed something I posted on Twitter I was at BAcon this year: Well @bigmalx.... it's a little more complex than that. Some back story. On the 15th May 2009, I fired up Blogger.com and created a blog. That blog is pretty much the one you've been reading today - GhettoIFE.com The Original … [Read more...]