Economy Class & Beyond

Delta Air Lines plans a major network resumption to the UK

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With the UK changing its immigration rules to allow vaccinated travellers from the European Union and the United States of America to land, Delta Air Lines is gearing up to offer more flights between the United Kingdom. Delta is planning the following changes to its network: Seattle - London Heathrow - Restarts three times a week from 7th October. Detriot - … [Read more...]

Emirates to restart its Glasgow service

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Emirates is joining the return to the UK party - with the airline planning to restart services to Glasgow Airport. Emirates Boeing 777-200LR - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will operate four flights a week flights from 11 August 2021. Planned operations include EK27 DEAPRT DXB 07:50 ARRIVE GLA 12:45 EK28 DEPART GLA 14:34 ARRIVE DXB … [Read more...]

Etihad to resume London and Manchester services

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With the upcoming changes to UK Green/Amber/Red Lists, Etihad Airways is to preparing to ramp up its services to the UK. Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in-flight - Image, Etihad The airline is planning to operate 28 flights a week to the UK from Sunday 8th August. It will operate the following:  Abu Dhabi - London Heathrow - Three Times Daily  Abu … [Read more...]

Escape to The Village – Exploring Porthmadog

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Exploring 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...]

Ryanair launches a new base at Newcastle Airport

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We've missed Ryanair launching bases at Economy Class and Beyond, but it seems they also like to please me every now and again (except when it comes to scratchcard sales). The airline will open a new base in Newcastle for Summer 2022, basing two aircraft at the airport. They will cover a total of 63 departing flights per week and 19 routes in total, including 12 new … [Read more...]

UK Government adjusts entry lists, with countries moving around

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Updated: 14:00 05/08 - The Department for Transport remembered it has a press release function - unlike Grant Shapps who prefers to govern by Tweet. Added further detail on Spain and Government quotes.  The UK Government has announced some major changes to the Green, Amber and Red Lists Let's dive in - as there are some major changes ahead. Let us break … [Read more...]

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...]