Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways to add an extra service to Dehli

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For those planning into 2025, there's good news as British Airways plans to add an extra service between London Heathrow and Delhi.  This will increase the airline’s schedule across India to 63 flights a week across five cities. British Airways currently operates 56 flights a week – three a day from Mumbai, double daily from Delhi, a daily service from Chennai, … [Read more...]

Pegasus Airlines selects the Acro Series 9 Fixed-Back seat

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In another win for Acro Aircraft Seating,  the company has won a contract to line-fit fifty Airbus A321neo aircraft with Pegasus Airlines. Pegasus Airlines will utilise the space-maximising and rather comfortable Series 9 Fixed Back seats. These seats will be start being delivered to low-cost Turkish carrier in the first quarter of 2025, with the inaugural order … [Read more...]

Bluebox secures a renewal of their partnership with Jazeera Airways

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Bluebox Aviation Systems Ltd. and Jazeera Airways recently renewed their six-year partnership for the delivery of the Blueview IFE experience called Jazeera Screens. Jazeera Screens provides in-flight entertainment options to passengers on their personal devices. This is done over a Bluebox Wow wireless network on board the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet.  The multi-year … [Read more...]

Airbus Services secure multiple contacts over AIX

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Over the period of Aircraft Interiors Expo, Airbus Services secured extra refit contracts. Let us have a look at what they added to the portfolio. SWISS selects the Airspace L-Bins for retrofit We have a bit of an obsession with overhead bins at Economy Class and Beyond, and it's good to see that SWISS has selected the Airspace L-Bin for retrofit. Lufthansa and Iberia have … [Read more...]

Introducing the Avanti West Coast Evero – The Class 805 enters service

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Avanti West Coast is celebrating its new timetable, and in the process, introducing its new Evero family of trains. Class 805 Evero at Penmaenmawr on the North Wales Line Six trains out of a fleet of 23 have entered service - these being the of the 5-carriage Class 805. The Evero fleet will be comprised of 10 seven-carriage electric trains (807) and 13 five-carriage … [Read more...]

Fiji Airways to join oneworld

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After a period of being an oneworld connect member, Fiji Airways will become a full member Fiji Airways has been a presence in the oneworld alliance for the past five years as an oneworld Connect partner. During this time, the airline has developed cooperative links with all oneworld member airlines, paving its way to a more seamless integration as a full oneworld … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Hamburg 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 at Hamburg Airport as it is readied for its return trip back to Dubai. Emirates operates an active fleet of 123 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in five different configurations. They are supported by the Boeing 777-200LR and the Airbus 380 fleet. The airline … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (1st June)

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We've crossed into June, and as such a new month of news and views is amongst us. Which might seem suspicious to some. But we've got a catchup show to run here, so welcome to Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond The Hamburg TV Tower and Hamburg Messe. with the U Bahn entrance to the right  Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024 We've had a busy week on the show floor in the … [Read more...]

AIX24: JetBlue and Bucher announces a partnership for cabin features

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Bucher has announced a collaboration with JetBlue. This partnership aims to build on JetBlue’s unique cabin features, maintaining its status in the aviation industry. Under the agreement, Bucher Group will develop and implement a range of innovative enhancements to bring JetBlue’s cabin features to life on select, new aircraft. Among these features is the JetBlue Pantry, … [Read more...]

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