Alaska Airlines is looking to the future with new seats for its First Class product and expand work with Recaro. Alaska Airlines will sign for two types of seats: The CL4710 - A premium seat for First Class passengers The BL3530 - An Economy seat for Main Cabin customers The new order will allow for equipment to be line-fitted (fitted at the factory). This will … [Read more...]

Gogo are continuing to push ahead - and announced that it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for after-market installation of it's 2Ku product aboard Boeing 777 aircraft. Looking Top Down to a 2Ku satellite receivers - Image, Gogo Gogo have been building cases and obtaining STC's over the past few years, covering a lot of the major types: From Airbus: … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic seems to be happy all of it's fleet have been configured with connectivity, so passengers can connect over Wi-Fi to the Internet whilst flying at 35,000ft. Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600 coming into Heathrow Airport - now with inflight wifi You will be able to use your devices from just over 10,000ft to just before landing. Depending on the plane will … [Read more...]

For those of you who took advantage of the cheap British Airways fare to Tallinn, and have segments still to take - you might want to get out and explore the city of Tallinn. In the past this has involved either a Taxi, a Uber or the Bus for €2. Well, there's a new option that started on the 1st September - a tram! CAF Urbos 3 AXL Tram used in Tallinn - Image, … [Read more...]

It seems that going on the attack on the low-cost carriers is the "in-vouge" thing of the day, with Aer Lingus announcing a new level of fares... called Saver. So, what fresh hell is this? Let's compare Saver and its Smart fare - which Aer Lingus handy put together in an infographic for us. So whilst some things are still the same across the pond (namely, a cabin … [Read more...]

Easy headline and an easy answer - yes. Good afternoon from Terminal 5 arrivals where I'm heading into the 40th minute of a wait for luggage to arrive. Alas, it seems some bright spark decided to load four flights on one belt. So my luggage is currently behind: The Nice flight The Tokyo Haneda flight And our flight from Stockholm. So the belt is a bit … [Read more...]

Good evening from Changi T3... and a thought has struck me. I'm not sure if it's the vodka and cola... but a non-important thought. I was looking the food at the disappointing lounge I'm currently in (and yes - you can have crap lounges at Changi airport - step forward dnata) and one of the things they offer in a premium lounge are... wait for it. Cup Noodles. So a … [Read more...]

There are many things that as a passenger I get annoyed at when at an airport or at a hotel. And one of those things that annoy me are power outlets.Yes. They annoy the heck out of me.Some airports only install one type of socket (e.g. their local power point type), whilst some offer two... and others offer a row of the things to cover as many eventualities as possible.A lot of … [Read more...]