Economy Class & Beyond

Alaska Airlines selects additional Recaro seats for their Boeing 737 MAX

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With Alaska Airlines adding additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to their fleet, naturally, they will need more seats. Once again, Alaska Airlines have turned to Recaro Aircraft Seating to provide seats for their new aircraft. New seats for Alaska Airlines - Image, Recaro Aircraft Seating. Alaska Airlines have added 13 additional shipsets- containing the CL4710 … [Read more...]

British Airways to offer discounted COVID-19 home testing kits

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With a negative COVID-19 test being a requirement to enter a lot of countries, airlines are adapting their offering to help get their passengers tested. British Airways joining in the fray, with the announcing that its customers can order discounted global antigen tests from Government-approved COVID-19 testing provider, Qured, at an exclusive price of £33. The … [Read more...]

Emirates offer Economy Class customers to purchase empty adjoining seats

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Emirates is seeking to monetise empty seats further, by offering the ability to purchase up to three empty adjoining seats on their flight. I need a little room to find myself... I need a little space to work it out... I need a little room all alone...  Image, Emirates. Words, The Beautiful South - A Little Time These seats will be offered to all Economy Class customers … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic extends free changes to *30th April 2023*

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It looks like Virgin Atlantic is expecting muted demand for some time to come, with the airline announcing that it will extend free changes to tickets to April 30, 2023. Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond According to their rebooking page, the airline states: When you book to travel any time up to 30th April 2022, you … [Read more...]

Gatwick Airport to start charging for drop-offs outside the North Terminal from 8th March

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If you're travelling from Gatwick Airport in the near future - and want to be dropped off in front of the North terminal -  the proposed charges for doing this are going into effect from the 8th March 2021. The airport announced this was coming in  October 2020, with the airport introducing a £5 charge for vehicles which drop off passengers directly outside its North … [Read more...]

Delta Air Lines extends its seat blocking policy

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Delta Air Lines is continuing its programme to provide more space in the cabin, by extending its policy of blocking middle seats in the cabin. The policy of blocking middle seats and limit capacity on all flights departing will continue to 30th April 2021. It includes: On aircraft with middle seats: We will block the selection of middle seats in Delta Premium … [Read more...]

JetBlue tease their “Mint Studio” seat

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JetBlue has been talking the transatlantic game for some time. Well, it seems they've amped up their game today, with details revealed about their refreshed business class products. Let's take a look at them. The airline will use the Thompson Aero VantageSolo seat (and being a launch customer for the seat). This seat is optimised for narrow-body business class … [Read more...]

Lufthansa unveils some of its buy-on-board options

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After announcing that it would start charging for on-board food and drink Lufthansa has released the first images of the new short to medium-haul catering.Lufthansa will partner with dean&david - an "a young gastronomy company" from Munich for food offerings. This will be available on flights with a duration of at least 60 minutes.  Gate Gourmet, Lufthansa's new main … [Read more...]