Economy Class & Beyond

Norwegian Long Haul’s next stop: Las Vegas!

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Norwegian Air Shuttle continues to expand its long haul operation, with the airline to operate the London Gatwick to Las Vegas Route Norwegian Boeing 787 - Image, Norwegian Air Shuttle. Released under CC3.0. The service will be starting up in on the 31st October 2016 - in time for the winter with a twice a week service. The timetable looks a bit like this: DY7107 DEPART LGW … [Read more...]

Ryanair’s next new destination: Luxembourg

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Ryanair is contuing its checking off a list of airports in Europe, with the announcement it is to commence operations at Luxembourg Airport. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new destination will have two routes to serve it to begin with - with daily service between Luxembourg and London Stansted, and a five-times … [Read more...]

British Airways announces Santiago, Chile as its longest direct destination

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It seems British Airways are going long and thin with the announcement of a new route between London Heathrow and Santiago in Chile. British Airways Boeing 787 landing at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The new route will the longest direct service operated by British Airways, taking a planned 14 hours and 40 minutes. Planned operations call for a … [Read more...]

Emirates adds 3rd Daily flight to Cape Town

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Emirates continues to add capacity to destinations, with a 3rd daily flight to be operated between Dubai and Cape Town in South Africa. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be an expansion of the current Emirates service operated twice a day to three times a day. Emiates will add another Boeing 777-300ER to Cape … [Read more...]

Air Serbia takes delivery of its first A330

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Air Serbia are ramping up preperations for their planned Belgrade to New York service, with the arrival of its first wide-body aircraft in its fleet - an Airbus A330-300. Air Serbia's first Airbus A330-300 arriving at Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade - Image, Air Serbia. The first of Air Serbia's A330s arrived at Nikola Tesla Airport last week. The flights between Belgrade … [Read more...]

British Airways converts its Doha and Muscat routes to direct flights

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British Airways are planning to take two of their Middle Eastern routes that were previously operated as "one-stop" services to direct flights. Both Doha and Muscat will be converted to direct operations. British Airways Boeing 787 at Toronto Pearson Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Yes, I know it's a 787-8... I don't have my own file photo a British Airways … [Read more...]

EVA Air Increases US Focus – Increases New York Services, Adds Chicago

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The airline of Hello Kitty appears to want to make better friends around the world, with EVA Air planning an expansion of services to New York JFK, and the introduction of services to Chicago. EVA Air Boeing 777-300ER at Toronto Pearson - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Lets start in New York, where EVA Air will boost its operations from 10 times a week to 14 times a week - … [Read more...]

Emirates Strengthen Dubai to Bangkok Links

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Emirates continues to expand its operations between Dubai and Bangkok, with the addition of another pair of flight a day between the two cities. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham, Image Economy Class and Beyond The new rotation will increase Emirates operations to seven times a day between Dubai International Airport and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. The new rotation … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to deploy an A380 for the first flight to Atlanta

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The fight between Qatar Airways and Delta Air Lines is one that makes me wonder if both CEO's need to be thrown in a boxing ring, get their handbags out and just get the moaning and whining out of their systems. But that's not going to happen in hurry. Instead, to commence operations between Doha and Atlanta, Qatar Airways will be deploying an Airbus A380 for the inaugural … [Read more...]