Economy Class & Beyond

LEVEL Europe files for bankruptcy

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LEVEL Europe - the IAG Vienna short-haul airline has filed for bankruptcy, with the company ceasing trading today (18th June). The short-haul carrier based out Amsterdam and Vienna had been grounded in March 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The notice on their site is blunt - to put it nicely. LEVEL Europe had six Airbus A320 family aircraft in its fleet. This unit … [Read more...]

London City Airport prepares to reopen for public use

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Early during the pandemic, London City Airport closed its doors to the public. It seems the time has come for those doors to be reopened, with the airport reopening to commercial traffic from 21st June.   London City Airport - ready to welcome back passengers - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airport recently polled some of its users, with some interesting numbers … [Read more...]

Norwegian to move forward Europe, UK to Scandinavia network restarts

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Norwegian Air Shuttle is to move forward with a network return, that will see the airline return to 76 destinations - including the United Kingdom. Norwegian Boeing 737-800 at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The airline will add the following routes back to the UK from the 1st of July. London Gatwick - Oslo - seven times a week. … [Read more...]

Etihad prepares for July network restart

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Etihad Airways is ramping up from its network restart, with the airline planning to return to more destinations in July.   Etihad Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Manchester Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Initially, the airline reconnected 20 destinations. It will now increase that to 40 destinations between its base at Abu Dhabi back to the world. The new … [Read more...]

Air France to resume up to 80% of its network

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With traffic beginning to pick up after the past four months, Air France is preparing to scale up its network back up to 80% of destinations. Air France Airbus A330 at Chicago O'Hare International - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Capacity will be limited, however, with 20% of capacity returning in June, 35% in July and 40% in August. This - of course- is subject to the … [Read more...]

Face Coverings REQUIRED on UK Public Transport from TODAY (15th June)

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For those of you who haven't been face-covering shopping yet, now is a good time, as the UK brings in a requirement to wear a face-covering when using public transport. The requirement and legislation will go into effect today - on the 15th of June. The move is timed as non-essential shops reopen in England on Monday. The law applies to England, … [Read more...]

Ola UK to require passengers wear face coverings

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It seems the UK branch of Ola is following Uber and is implementing a requirement to wear face coverings or masks when travelling with them. Like everyone else, this is coming in on the 15th of June. Ola currently covers: London South Wales (Cardiff, Newport and Vale of Glamorgan) South West of England (Bath, Bristol, Exeter, North Somerset and South … [Read more...]