Economy Class & Beyond

Ryanair Sun to rebrand as Buzz

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Ryanair Sun (the Ryanair Polish-based fleet operating under its own certificate) will find themselves going in the paint shop soon - as the operation is being named Buzz Buzz Boeing 737-800 - Image, Ryanair The re-brand will occur in autumn 2019. Ryanair Sun is a standalone business unit of Ryanair Group (much like Laudamotion is) and  has obtained its own Air … [Read more...]

British Airways to launch its fourth retrojet – Welcome Negus!

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It's time for the British Airways retrojet I've been waiting for - and the final aircraft out of four to be repainted, celebrating British Airways 100. And the livery? It's the classic Negus livery. Welcome back Negus - Image, British Airways This variant of the Negus design flew from 1974 to 1980. It will be flown aboard a Boeing 747 - this time G-CIVB will be doing … [Read more...]

Swiss to launch Premium Economy Product in 2021

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Swiss International Air Lines is joining the Premium Economy game, with plans to introduce the product in 2021. The airline is planning to introduce their Premium Economy product in Spring/Summer 2021 timetable, with the cabin conversion occurring in the Autumn/Winter 2020/21 timetable They will be offering the premium economy product on their Boeing 777-300ER fleet … [Read more...]

Lufthansa orders Boeing 787s and A350s

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Lufthansa Group has been rather busy today, putting in an order for new aircraft with both Boeing and Airbus. Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Image - Lufthansa  Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 - Image, Lufthansa The group will be swapping four-engined aircraft out for twin-engined aircraft, with theorder is split down the middle - with 20 Airbus A350-900 and 20 … [Read more...]

Emirates to double London Stansted flights

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Emirates is adding a second daily flight from Dubai to London Stansted- increasing their London coverage to 11 flights a day. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The additional flight will commence on the 1st July. The combined operation looks like this: Dubai to London Stansted EK65 DEPART DXB 09:00 ARRIVE STN … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Widebodies and Short Routes – Exploring a bit of Madrid

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Exploring a bit of Madrid 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 … [Read more...]

KLM to end tax-free sales aboard their services

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For some, it's the highlight of the journey. For others ,its just another trolly coming through the plane. It's of course, the in-flight tax-free shopping. For KLM flyers however, this is coming to an end. KLM Boeing 747-400 pushing back from Chicago O'Hare - You'll have until January 2020 to buy duty free onboard with the airline. Image, Economy Class and Beyond Duty … [Read more...]

Last week on Economy Class and Beyond (10th March 2019)

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We've reached the end of another week gain at Economy Class and Beyond. Time to see what I covered, and what stories have been breaking in the work of travel this week Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET602 Firstly, I'm sure we are all aware of the news of the loss of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET602. At this time, we need think of the families of the crews and passengers aboard. … [Read more...]