Economy Class & Beyond

Emirates to add Istanbul back to its network

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Emirates is continuing to reconnect its network, with plans to re-establish its route to Istanbul. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Oslo Gardermoen Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline is adding a daily flight, operating as follows EK121 DEPART DXB 14:20 ARRIVE IST 18:20 EK122 DEPART IST 20:50 ARRIVE DXB 01:20+1 Commences 21st December 2020 Booked … [Read more...]

airBaltic lines up its Summer 2021 schedule

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airBaltic of Lativa is getting ready for Summer 2021, with plans to add five new destinations to its network The airline is planning to operate 65 destinations from its Riga base. New for the summer season are five new destinations. These are: Bergen, Norway Manchester, United Kingdom Trondheim, Norway Yekaterinburg, Russia Yerevan, Armenia As well … [Read more...]

BA CityFlyer to set up a summer operation at Southampton Airport

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Southampton Airport has suffered since the collapse of FlyBe and the ongoing COVID situation. However, there might be some cheer ahead as British Airways is setting up a summer schedule at the airport. BA CityFlyer will be operating the services, flying from Southampton to destinations in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, France and Germany. The … [Read more...]

Emirates to boost Airbus A380 operations to the UK

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With the reaction to changes in isolation/quarantine requirements when travelling from Dubai to the United Kingdom, Emirates is to add extra capacity- in the form of the Airbus A380.  Emirates Airbus A380 taxing at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  So, what services are getting boosted? Starting with the London Heathrow service, this will scale to … [Read more...]

United Airlines to return to New York-JFK

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United Airlines some years ago retreated to it Newark Hub, abandoning New York-JFK. It seems the airline is planning to move back, with services from JFK to San Francisco and Los Angeles. United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER departing Chicago - Image, Economy Class and Beyond It's been five years since United Airlines left JFK behind. It will resume services from the 1st of … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic adds Manchester – Mumbai/Delhi services

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Something that flew under my radar last week was that Virgin Atlantic is continuing to build out its Manchester Airport network, with plans formally to launch services to Mumbai and Delhi. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new services will start from Manchester to Mumbai on 19th December and Delhi on 5th January … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines to return to New York

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In a positive move, Singapore Airlines is set to reintroduce it’s ultra long haul service between Singapore and New York. Singapore Airlines A350-900 at Changi Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The ultra-long-haul service will restart on 9 November 2020, when it launches non-stop flights between Singapore and John F. Kennedy International Airport (as opposed to … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways – Sofia returns, frequencies increased in parts of its network

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Qatar Airways is planning to boost its network again, adding Sofia and Bucharest back to the network, as well as increasing frequencies on parts of the network. Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 at Hamad International Airport, Doha - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  Sofia (Bulgaria) and Bucharest (Romania) will rejoin the network, with a 3 times a week service, marking it the … [Read more...]

Ryanair to cut capacity down to 40%, shutters bases for winter

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Its seems all is not well at Ryanair, with the airline planning to cut its capacity down to 40% for the November/December - down from the planned 60% operation Ryanair Boeing 737-800 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond As travel restrictions increase due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe and governments increasing their … [Read more...]