Economy Class & Beyond

Emerald Airlines sign ten-year franchise agreement with Aer Lingus to operate regional services

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Emerald Airlines has formally signed an agreement with Aer Lingus to enter into a franchise agreement. Conor McCarthy of Emerald Airlines and Reid Moody of Aer Lingus with cabin crew from Emerald Airlines and Aer Lingus at the signing of a ten year franchise agreement that will see Emerald Airlines operating Aer Lingus Regional flights between the island of Ireland and … [Read more...]

Escape to The Village – The Travelodge Porthmadog

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The Travelodge Porthmadog Escape From The Village A trip to The Village to escape from the world. In this journey I want time off. I will not be stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! Escaping Birmingham, Transport for Wales Birmingham New Street to Porthmadog Travelodge Porthmadog Exploring Porthmadog Welcome to your Village – … [Read more...]

Royal Jordanian to expand its Bluebox Wireless IFE deployment

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As we move back to travelling, there is always the need to be entertained in the air at 35,000ft. Royal Jordanian has expanded their "SkyConnect" wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) service to its Embraer E175 and E195 aircraft. The service is base on the Bluebox Wow Wireless IFE platform. It was originally launched in 2019 with a deployment of Bluebox Wow … [Read more...]

British Airways adds North American and European Capacity

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With the recent change in quarantine/isolation requirements, British Airways is adding major capacity lifts from the USA to the UK, as well as additional service to Europe. British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner taking off from Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Major capacity boosts include: New York-JFK to London Heathrow will increase to 21 services per … [Read more...]

Entry into the United Kingdom rules change for US and EU Visitors now live for Vaccinated Travellers

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One of the biggest changes to the entry for those who wish to visit the United Kingdom has just gone into effect with Vaccinated travellers from the USA and EU being allowed to enter England without the need to quarantine. There is a lot to take in here, with full guidance at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-quarantine-when-you-arrive-in-england. In addition, you … [Read more...]

Airplane Art- SWISS Airbus A321-100 arriving at Dublin Airport

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a SWISS International Air Lines Airbus A321 arriving at Dublin Airport, as it completes the journey from its base of Zurich Airport. SWISS operates a fleet of 8 Airbus A321 aircraft - five A321-100 and three A321-200. The airline also operates the Airbus A220-100, Airbus A220-300, … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy and Beyond (1st August)

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As well dive into August, it is time to close the book on July, with Last Week Week at Economy Class and Beyond Fountains in Brindley Place, Birmingham... now refurbished and construction work complete It is all change at Economy Class and Beyond this week, as I've been very busy on something in the real world. I'll be writing about it soon enough. Trip Report - … [Read more...]

ZIP Air plans Tokyo to Singapore route

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ZIPAIR Tokyo is adding to its long haul route network, with the airline planning a new service between Tokyo Narita and Singapore Changi. In the first instance, the carrier will operate a seasonal timetable, as below: ZG053 DEPART NRT 14:00 ARRIVE SIN 20:25 ZG054 DEPART SIN 21:55 ARRIVE NRT 06:05+1 Operates between September 7 – October 26 Operates Tuesday … [Read more...]

Geven delivers new seats for S7 Airlines

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Geven Aircraft Seats and Interiors have been busy, with them completing the delivery of the first shipset of its Essenza economy class seat and Comoda Business Class seats for S7 Airlines. The seats will be installed on S7 Airlines new Airbus A320neo aircraft. The installation follows a partnership between Geven and S7, which started in 2017, where Piuma EVO economy … [Read more...]

Voyagers turn 20 – but could they have been better?

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The Voyager diesel train fleet turns 20 this year, with service. As these trains march on, could they have been so much more? The Voyager (Class 220) and Super Voyager (Class 221) fleets were introduced in 2001 by Virgin CrossCountry and Virgin West Coast, as diesel multiple units to connect the networks that are unable to be served by electric trains. They replaced … [Read more...]