Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus A320 “Retrojet” 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 the Aer Lingus Airbus A320 in the retro paintwork arriving at its home base of Dublin Airport, with a Rugby Jet in the background. Aer Lingus is an "Airbus only" operator, flying the Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 in its short-haul fleet. In its long haul fleet, it operates the Airbus … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (29th November)

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It's the 29th November. We're nearing the end of a very long year... that feels like it's still the middle of March. So it's probably the 258th of March. Or something like that. Welcome to Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. St Philip Catherdal in the lockdown fog Am I still swamped to hell? You bet I am. Am I shooting photos on Saturday evening and realising I … [Read more...]

Iberia to restore meal services and reopen lounge

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Some passenger experience highlights from Iberia, who are on-track to restart their onboard meal service, as well as reopen its premium Dali lounge at Madrid. Long haul catering aboard Iberia, with DO&CO helping out - Image, Iberia It seems that Iberia is catching up, with the airline turning to DO&CO for the provisioning of meal services onboard their services. … [Read more...]

Breaking down the UK “Test to release” Quarantine strategy

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Earlier this week, Her Majesties Government updated its new "Test to Release" strategy, to reduce quarantine down from 14 days to 5 days Could this be what Currently, when entering the UK - two options exist: You are travelling from a country that is on the travel corridor list and do not need to self-isolate on arrival into the UK You are travelling from a … [Read more...]

UK Travel Corridors Update: Lots of additions, two removals

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It's that time of the week where HM Government decides what tier you will be in depending where you live in the UK. I mean fumble around and Hungry Hippos with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to work out who to add or remove from the UK Travel Corridor list. So, what’s changed this week? Countries being removed from the UK Travel Corridors … [Read more...]

Laptop Bench Test: Lenovo L590 – A Compromise Too Far?

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It's time for another bench test, this time featuring the Lenovo L590. How does the big boy from Lenovo measure up...  or should you hard pass-pass on this laptop without opening the box?     Like the Surface Laptop and Dell Lattitude 5400 review, this is going to be much more of a “hands-on” review rather than full of benchmarks and … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines updates their regional catering options

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Whilst there maybe a reduced network, Singapore Airlines is rolling out its new food offerings on short-haul and regional flights in Economy Class. New food offerings coming to Singapore Airlines - Image, Singapore Airlines The new food offerings will be offered from the 1st December for flights under 3 and a half hours on Singapore Aiirlines and SilkAir flights. … [Read more...]

Biman Bangladesh Airlines takes delivery of a new De Havilland Dash-8 Q400

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De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has delivered the first of three new Dash 8-400 aircraft ordered by Biman Bangladesh Airlines. x Biman Bangladesh De Havilland Dash8-400 - Image, De Havilland of Canada The aircraft were ordered under a purchase agreement that was signed between Biman and the Canadian Commercial Corporation in 2018 and will join two Dash 8-400 aircraft … [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...]

Airplane Art – Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Oslo Gardermoen Airport

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER parked at Oslo Gardermoen Airport as it is turned around for its return trip to Dubai International Airport. Emirates operates a fleet of 130 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. It also operates 10 Boeing 777-200LR and 114 Airbus A380 in its long haul fleet. In … [Read more...]