Economy Class & Beyond

EVA Air reveals a new Sanrio character plane – Gudetama: the lazy egg

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EVA Air continues its ties with Sanrio... the home of Hello Kitty and friends. For EVA Air's next trick, please welcome Gudetama to the air. Who is Gudetama? It's The Lazy Egg. Seriously.  To quote Sanrio: Eggs are yummy… boiled, baked or raw. There are many ways to make an egg, but eggs are so lazy (gude gude in Japanese). Look closely and you will see the eggs that … [Read more...]

To Pay a 1% fee, To Fly – British Airways adjusts its credit card fees

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It seems that British Airways are still trying to be the airline sponsoring the year that is 2016, with an announcement they are to change their credit card fees. British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxing at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, the fee is a flat £5 to use a payment method other than a debit card - meaning payments like … [Read more...]

United Basic Economy… because every penny counts.

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A couple of days ago, United Airlines revealed its latest plan to entice customers who are wandering away to the low-cost carriers, with a "cheap" fare deal called - United Basic Economy. United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER on approach to Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Basic Economy is United Airlines attempt to take on the low-cost airlines/ultra … [Read more...]

TAP Portugal takes delivery of new short haul seats

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TAP Portugal has been busy in the background, with supplier Recaro shipping over 6,600 seats to the airline as part of the refit project. The refit programme will cover 41 short to medium haul aircraft in the Airbus A320 family - including A319s, A320s and A321s. There are two kinds of seats that are being installed on TAP Portugal short-haul aircraft - the SL3510 and … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Suspends Narita service for the Winter

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The draw of Tokyo Haneda Airport continues to impact Narita International Airport as Lufthansa suspends its service for the winter. Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The three days a week between service has been pulled between 9th January 2016 through to 25th March 2017, with reservations currently pulled for the … [Read more...]

The ongoing joke that is economy class Transatlantic Breakfast

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Here's two breakfasts served on Transatlantic flights in economy class.  The flights were roughly the same distance, and took about 6 hours 45 or so to get from A to B. Both of these breakfasts were served within three weeks of each other. Your job is to identify the carriers in question. Who served what?   This should be easy for my Twitter followers (as … [Read more...]

When a two hour ground stop turns into a 7 hour delay….

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Good morning from Washington DC where currently, I'm recovering from the exhaustion of Thursday... and enjoying a bit of BAcon. And with good reason. Thursday travel experience was not ideal... in any sense. Let's start at the beginning. Manchester Airport seemed to forget how to run security operations at the airport, and was doing an impression of the TSA. That … [Read more...]

British Airways goes 10 abreast with some 777s, denser seating to come

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To fly, To serve. Those words seem more and more hollow under Alex Cruz, as further changes are being made. We all know about the catering debacle that's going on in short-haul, as well as various stupid little cuts that have going on. British Airways Boeing 777-200 taxing at Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Editors note: I've chosen this image for a reason. … [Read more...]

Welcome to the USA. With Poor Planning and inadequate staff (Philly Airport)

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There's nothing like coming to the USA, and being a victim of poor planning and having inadequate staff. Good evening from what is turning into a class one ominishambles of a trip from Philadelphia Airport. But I'm not going to focus on American Airlines performance today... (that's later). Rather, it's the turn of the US Customs and Border Patrol and my old friends - the … [Read more...]

Hello Digbeth my old friend…

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(apologies to Simon and Garfunkel and The Sound of Silence). ... I've come to pass through again.  Say hello to the evening light. Say hello to the coach that's there.  To take me so I can fly by air.  With songs, that never seem to change  And no delays.  Touching... the sound of silence.  (Sorry, I. An only stretch … [Read more...]