Economy Class & Beyond

A CSeries knock-back – Engine Failure

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The test programme for the upcoming Bombardier CSeries jet has taken a major knock - one that also impact other airlines - with reports that one of the Pratt and Whitney PW1500G engines suffering a "Major Engine Failure" during test according to the Wall Street Journal. Bombardier FTV1 (the aircraft involved) and FTV2, Image Bombardier. The plane involved - FTV1  was … [Read more...]

Iceland add Birmingham (UK) to its network

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IcelandAir is adding to its international network, with their next destination to be Birmingham in the United Kingdom IcelandAir Boeing 757-200 - Image, Icelandair  The airline will operate a two-time a week service from Reykjavik to Birmingham based on the following timetable: FI494 DEPART KEF 07:50 ARRIVE BHX 10:25 FI495 DEPART BHX 12:25 ARRIVE KEF 15:10 Commences: 5th … [Read more...]

Air New Zealand 787-9 All-Blacks takes to the air

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With the upcoming test programme for the Boeing 787-9 still in progress, the movement to get the delivery aircraft ready for service takes another step. The first aircraft for Air New Zealand has completed its first test flight after being revealed over a month ago. Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 taking off on its first flight, Image Air New Zealand. And yes, I still think … [Read more...]

United pulls back from Doha

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United Airlines is to pull back from Doha in Qatar, and will only operate between Washington DC and Dubai. United Boeing 777 taxing at Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE The route operated to Doha via Dubai as a "tag-on" fifth freedom flight, adding an extra hour flight between cities, plus the transit time - a total of 16 hours 15 minutes (comparable for connecting flights with a … [Read more...]

Qantas prepares to pull back A380s from Hong Kong

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As Qantas continues to suffer, it is still attempting to reshape its Asian network, with the big Airbus A380 featuring on the Sydney to Hong Kong route due to be removed from the route, and switched to allow the Dallas route to operate. Qantas Airbus A380 at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE. Currently, the route is operated throughout the year, five days a week. This is … [Read more...]

Personal Electronic Devices in all stages of flight coming to Canada

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Earlier last year, US regulators and European regulators began to loosen the rules on the use of Personal Electronic Devices during all stages of flight. It seem Canada will be joining the party according to Transport Canada It seem Canadian regulator will allowed to use devices such as long as they don't make telephone calls or use WiFi. Devices that will be allowed to be … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Air Canada Airbus A330-300

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It's Sunday again, and if all is well, it's time for some Airplane art. This week, in the morning sunshine is an Air Canada Airbus A330-300 resting at London Heathrow Terminal 3 awaiting its next turn back to Canada. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Want to keep up … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Wizz Air low flypast

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to take to the observation places as we go to this week's video. This week, A  Wizz Air Airbus A320 performs a very low pass at the Budapest Air Show on the 1st May this year How low you're asking? Firstly watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbDBbQkgdk. If you notice, the plane is well below the height of some of the … [Read more...]

Thailand Travel Advice updates

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By now, you're all probably aware of the military coup d'état in Thailand. Various agencies have offered travel advice - here's a few highlights. Firstly, there is a military imposed curfew between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00 local time. Visitors to Thailand are not exempt for the curfew, except in the case of travel to and from airports. Even then, leave plenty of time to … [Read more...]

Bombardier unveils the CRJ-900NextGen for American Airlines

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Whilst I love the Embraer E-Jets, it seems some airline executives prefer the Bombardier CRJ family of products. In the case of American Airlines, they've gone both ways, with E-Jets operated by Republic Airlines - and the unveiling of the CRJ900NextGen for American Eagle, operated by PSA Airlines. New CRJ-900NextGen in American Eagle paintwork in the PSA Hanger at Dayton - … [Read more...]