Economy Class & Beyond

Azorra Aviation signs for additional Embraer E2 aircraft

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Lessor Azorra Aviation (based out of Florida, USA), has signed a deal with Embraer for new E2 family aircraft. The lessor has signed an agreement for 20 new E2 family aircraft, plus a further 30 purchase rights. This flexible deal enables Azorra to acquire E190-E2 or E195-E2 aircraft. At list prices, the order is valued at USD 3.9 billion. Deliveries of … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow

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It's still Sunday somewhere in the world, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at its home base of London Heathrow after completing a long haul flight. Virgin Atlantic operate a fleet of 17 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in its long haul fleet. The airline also operates the Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300 and … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (22nd/23rd January)

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We're getting to the end of the week, with the full January blues settled in. It's time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Maybe Google needs to learn to Undo things, after a week like this week. Travel Technology TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS? - What's the price of living in a Google … [Read more...]

SWISS to introduce its first Airspace by Airbus Aircraft

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With the new Airbus A320neo aircraft, Swiss International Air Lines is taking delivery of, there, of course, comes a new cabin. SWISS is taking this forward, with the Airspace by Airbus cabin. This will be present in their new Airbus A320neo family fleet. The aircraft will be deployed on short to medium-haul routes, with the first two aircraft to enter revenue service … [Read more...]

Ryanair prepares to scale up services at its Dublin base

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Whilst Ryanair enjoys closing bases, it also expands them too when there's a chance to make cash. And it seems it's going to expand at its home of Dublin Airport. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Ryanair plans to serve 120 destinations and over 900 weekly flights from DublinAirport for the summer season. It will also … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS?

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Most of my IT interactions so far have been with either Microsoft Windows, Apple’s macOS or some sort of Linux distribution (most recently Manjaro, but sometimes Ubuntu).  But a few discussions I’ve had with people have made me cast my eye away at Google Chrome and their Chromebook range. It’s been some years since the first Chromebook came out - and … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic to restart Tobago service

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For those looking for sun, Virgin Atlantic is set to restart its service to Tobago. The airline will relaunch its service, operating twice daily from the 29th January 2022, as a tag-on flight between Barbados and Tobago. Planned operations are as follows: VS177 DEPART LHR 09:10 ARRIVE BGI 14:20 ARRIVE TAB 17:00 VS178 DEPART TAB 18:50 DEPART BGI 21:30 ARRIVE LHR … [Read more...]

ZIM to manufacture premium economy seats for Lufthansa Group

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ZIM Aircraft Seating continues to pick up orders, with Lufthansa Group selecting ZIMprivacy (PC-02) seat. The new seats will be installed on 19 of Lufthansa’s Boing B747-8 aircraft and an additional 9 SWISS Airbus A330. Lufthansa Group is a customer of ZIM, which have deployed their PC-01 premium economy seat in its long-haul fleet.  According to ZIM, the … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic and LATAM announce a codeshare agreement

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It must be codeshare season, with Virgin Atlantic announcing a new codeshare agreement with LATAM Airlines LATAM Boeing 777-300ER in Star Wars Stormtrooper livery – Image, Economy Class and Beyond  Customers booking through Virgin Atlantic are now able to travel from Heathrow direct to São Paulo as well as connecting onwards onto 12 domestic … [Read more...]