Economy Class & Beyond

Airbus rolls out its first A320neo

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We're all familiar with the Airbus A320 and the A320 family that's jetted people around since 1988, offering a narrow body jet to go toe-to-toe with the Boeing 737 (as well as seeing off the McDonnell Douglas family of jets). Since then, deliveries have racked up in the thousands, with over 6000 Airbus A320 family aircraft built. However, the plane has had to evolve as … [Read more...]

Is the BA Avios Economy sale that bad?

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So by now you're aware that a British Airways Avios sale is in full swing, with flights in Economy (World Traveller) Discounted. And you no doubt read Lucky's and Gary's views on why you shouldn't consider it due to the massive surchages (compared to an AA reward ticket say). Well, here comes the apologist - I mean reasons you'd want to consider these fares: Lack of … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9s operation plans

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Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic unveiled their first operations for their upcoming Boeing 787-9 aircraft - with the London-Boston route being earmarked as the first operation. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9, Image - Virgin Atlantic. Well, Airlineroute has revealed the dates. Lets take a look in detail. London Heathrow to Boston remains the launch route, with VS11/12 … [Read more...]

Automated Passport Control kiosks installed at Newark

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Let's face it, whilst you can make travel as glamorous (or not) in the air, whenever you land on the ground, you have to deal with the joy of border control. Whilst some borders can be reasonably fast to clear (the French and German borders always seem pretty fast), some borders can be a real pain to clear. Whilst the UK is pretty high on my personal list, the USA Border … [Read more...]

British Airways links London City to Dublin, goes after CityJet

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In a broadside shot, British Airways is to open a service between London City Airport and Dublin in the upcoming Winter 2014/2015 timetable. British Airways Embraer 190 taxing at London City Airport - Image GhettoIFE, with thanks to London City Airport for Ramp Access. The service between the two capitals will be operated using a mixture of the London City Airport based … [Read more...]

Trans Atlantic Traffic… visualised.

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NATS have released a great video of the traffic that crosses back and forth from Europe to the Americas and back. And there's a lot of traffic as this video shows.... http://vimeo.com/98941796 Rather amazing to think that many flights with many people crossing in the air each day... … [Read more...]

Azul get its first long haul aircraft

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Azul has taken delivery of the first of its long haul fleet - an Airbus A330 today. America Azul represents the first of the Azul long haul fleet, initially to be made up of six Airbus A330s, with A350s to follow. The delivery is a bit early, as Azul is not due to ramp up A330 long haul services until December.  This is due to aircraft reconfiguration as well as crew … [Read more...]

Etihad proposes to take a 49% ownership of Alitalia

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And so it comes to pass with Etihad to take a 49% today percent ownership of the Italian carrier Alitalia after protracted negotiations. Etihad Boeing 777 - Image, GhettoIFE Alitalia Airbus A321 - Image GhettoIFE Etihad is proposing to take a 49% equity share of the Italian flag carrier, which is subject to stakeholder approval - as well as EU regulators. Etihad seem … [Read more...]

The Rise of Bring Your Own IFE

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Many moons ago, I starting making and writing about Sickbag based In-Flight Entertainment Systems - or what I called "GhettoIFE Systems". A 2014 GhettoIFE system aboard an Air France Airbus A319 - Image GhettoIFE. The idea being that I could bring entertainment that I wanted to watch inflight, as opposed to IFE that 1) I didn't want to watch or 2) didn't exist. When the … [Read more...]

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