Economy Class & Beyond

A Modelling Day Out – Sometimes, The Best Adventures are Shared

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Sometimes, The Best Adventures are Shared A Modelling Day Out In this madcap day out Like I need an excuse to fly for a day out. (I blame my birthday) Off to Heathrow British Airways Galleries Club, Terminal 3 BA478 London Heathrow to Barcelona El Prat (Club Europe) Into Barcelona on the Aerobús Working with a Model on location in Barcelona … [Read more...]

Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic suspends services to China

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Virgin Atlantic is joining other airlines who are suspending services to China due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline operates Flight VS250 to Shanghai will depart on Friday 31st January and the final inbound flight will be VS251 on Saturday 1st February. After this, the service … [Read more...]

SkyWest signs for Embraer E175 aircraft

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US Regional operator Skywest has signed a firm order with Embraer for additional aircraft. The airline has signed for 20 Embraer E175 aircraft which will be delivered in a 76 configuration. These aircraft will be operated by for American Airlines under the American Eagle brand on US Regional routes. Embraer states the order is valued at US$ 972 million (although we … [Read more...]

Northern Rail by Arriva to be nationalised – Another franchise stripping

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It seems Her Majesties Government has had enough of Northern by Arriva and has chosen to strip the operator of its railway franchise - thus nationalising the operator. Northern Railways Pacer at Manchester Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The move comes after Northern Rail was fiscally unstable to the point where it could only operate sustainably for a "few … [Read more...]

Emirates adds Penang to its network

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Another day, another new destination for Emirates, with the airline planning to launch a daily service to Penang in Malaysia. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER "Year of Zayed" departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new service will be operated a daily service - as a one-stop service via Singapore from April 2020 onwards and will be the second Malaysian … [Read more...]

ANA’s third flying Honu revealed… in Orange!

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The third and final Airbus A380 for All Nippon Airlines has exited the paint shop. And it's very orange. The Sunset Flying Honu departing the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg - Image, Airbus. This is the third A380 rolled out out from the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany with its special orange livery depicting the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle. As per the other Flying … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Airlines Boeing 747-400 arriving into San Francisco

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art This week, I've gone into the archives on my server (as I was looking for photos from another project in 2008), and found a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 coming in to land at San Francisco International Airport. The aircraft of course is in "Rising Blue" or "Blue Tulip" livery. The aircraft itself - … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (26th January)

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We've reached the end of another week and it's time to look back to the week in aviation in Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. In this week's "Images I shot on my iPhone when I had time", we have the part of the Arcadian (The Birmingham Chinese Quarter) in lit up with lanterns as the New Year prepares to begin. Chinese New Year As we head into the Year of the Rat, … [Read more...]