Economy Class & Beyond

Singapore Airlines extends network cuts

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Singapore Airlines is continuing to make cuts in its network as weak demand continues to impact the airline due to COVID-19. Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at Changi Airport -Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The newest cuts slice a total of 10.3% of available capacity and seats between February/March to the end of May 2020. Affected routes are across both Singapore … [Read more...]

Coronavirus: Airlines drop connectivity to Northern Italy,

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LAST UPDATED: 09:20 2nd March  With the outbreak of Coronavirus in Italy, airlines are rushing to reduce capacity to Italy, as well as implement commercial policies for passengers who have tickets. Here's a selection of the latest information Alitalia For passengers in Lockdown areas (as defined by the by Italian Authorities) and had tickets issued before … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 arriving at Bangkok

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art This week, we have a Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 landing at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport as it completes a long haul journey. Qatar Airways operate a fleet of 48 Boeing 777-300ER in various configurations in its long haul fleet. The airline operates a mixtures of Airbus and Boeing long haul aircraft, … [Read more...]

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

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It's been a busy week in my real world, but there's always time to look back in Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. From Photos from my iPhone... well. What can I say? Cue the epic sax and Gerry Raffety Song (And yes... I've got this playing whilst editing this). Coronavirus The Coronavirus continues to make an impact on the aviation industry (as it does in parts of … [Read more...]

A new variant of the Airbus A330neo takes flight

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Whilst a lot of eyes yesterday were on the first delivery to Aeroflot of an Airbus A350, an interesting bit of news was released about the A330neo - with a new variant of the A330-900neo making its first flight Airbus A330-900neo (with higher Maximum Take-Off Weight) taking off for the first time - Image, Airbus  This variant of the Airbus A330-900neo has an … [Read more...]

Heathrow Airport expansion blocked

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It seems the plans to build the third runway at Heathrow have been thrown into doubt, with Court of Appeal blocking it, based on it take climate commitments into account. Heathrow from up high - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  Heathrow Airport will itself challenge the appeal in the Supreme Court, however, Her Majesties Government said it would not, viewing it as … [Read more...]

Coronavirus: Lufthansa rolls out measures to reduce costs

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It seems that the Coronavirus outbreak is giving pause to Lufthansa Group - who have announced a raft of measures to combat against the economic impact. Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i at Boston Logan Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  So what is planned? All new hires planned for the airline will be reassessed, suspended or deferred to a later date. All planned … [Read more...]

ANA to order more Boeing 787 Dreamliners

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) have announced with Boeing that they are to order up to 20 additional Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. ANA Boeing 787 aircraft over Mount Fuji - Image The Boeing Company The order is broken down as follows: 11 Boeing 787-10 Four Boeing 787-9 Five options to be defined (if taken) In addition to the order, ANA also plans to acquire … [Read more...]