Economy Class & Beyond

Celebrating the Return of Negus – British Airways 100

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British Airways today unveiled the last of four liveries, celebrating 100 years of British Airways - with the return of the Negus livery   The introduction of Negus With the British Overseas Airline Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA) merging under a movement in parliament in 1971, the combined entity - British Airways emerged (and indeed - what was … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic announce new London Heathrow to São Paulo route

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It seems Virgin Atlantic are once again embracing "Atlantic" in their name, with the launch of a new route between London Heathrow and São Paulo Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow  - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be Virgin Atlantic's first adventure to South America. They plan to use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on this service, … [Read more...]

ANA take delivery of their first Airbus A380

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One of the last new customers for the Airbus A380 took delivery of their first aircraft today - with All Nippon Airways (ANA) taking the first of three aircraft. The Flying Honu in the air - Image, Airbus ANA is due to take delivery of three Airbus A380 aircraft - all painted in variants of "The Flying Honu"  (Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle) livery - in celebration of … [Read more...]

Widebodies and short routes – Two sides of the IAG Coin

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Two sides of the IAG Coin - Widebodies and Short Routes Let’s do a challenge Off to Heathrow Points to be Made vs Economy Class and Beyond - Two idiots race across Heathrow Heathrow Terminal 5 and The British Airways Galleries South Lounge IB3167 London Heathrow to Madrid Crowne Plaza Madrid Airport Exploring Madrid for the morning Back to … [Read more...]

EasyJet walks away from Alitalia

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It seems that Easyjet has had enough of the dance with Alitalia... so much so, it's walked away from the deal with taking part ownership of the airline Alitalia Airbus A320 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This comes at a crucial point where the airline is two weeks away from the Italian Government is expecting a rescue plan to be … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Airbus A330 at Dublin Airport

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It's Sunday again, so it up must be time for some more airplane art. To celebrate St Patrick's Day, we have two Aer Lingus Airbus A330 aircraft at Dublin Airport, with EI-GCF coming into land, and an unidentified A330-300 lining up for take off. Aer Lingus operate a fleet of eight Airbus A330-300 (the payload optimised version) and five Airbus A330-200 (the range … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (17th March)

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We've come to the end of another week at Economy Class and Beyond, and it's time to look back at some of the fun we've been reporting on this week What has a British Airways FIRST seat got to do with me this week? Answers are in one of the trip report segments! Passenger Experience KLM to end tax-free sales aboard their services - It seems the aggressive airport … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Widebodies and Short Routes – To the trains!

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To the Trains! Widebodies and Short Routes Let’s do a challenge Off to Heathrow Points to be Made vs Economy Class and Beyond - Two idiots race across Heathrow Heathrow Terminal 5 and The British Airways Galleries South Lounge IB3167 London Heathrow to Madrid (BUSINESS CLASS) Crowne Plaza Madrid Airport Exploring a bit of Madrid Back to … [Read more...]