Economy Class & Beyond

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (24th February)

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It's that time of the week again, where it's a chance to go back in time and see what I've covered at Economy Class and Beyond during the last week British Airways Retrojets Yes. They get their own section this week as there's been a lot of coverage at the blog. Many thanks again for British Airways for hosting us. Welcome back BOAC – British Airways 100th … [Read more...]

The second British Airways Retrojet will be… BEA!

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... British European Airways (BEA). Continuing the celebration of the centenary of British Airways - after the successful retrojet repaint of G-BYGC into BOAC colours, the airline has chosen the colours of BEA from 1959 to 1968 for their next retrojet. This will fly aboard a more modern Airbus A319 - G-EUPJ The A319 will enter the IAC paint bay at Shannon … [Read more...]

FlyBe operating assets sold to Connect Airways

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The sale of FlyBe's operating assets to Connect Airways was completed late last night. Today's confirmation of the sale of Flybe to Connect Airways secures an exciting future for our customers & employees as we continue to provide vital regional connectivity in the UK & beyond. Our confirmed schedule operates as normal & you can book now at … [Read more...]

Ryanair to add a Toulouse Base

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Another day, another Ryanair base is to  open - this time in Toulouse, France. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on final approach at Dublin - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The base will open in October 2019 as part of the winter timetable. It will host two Boeing 737-800 at the base, and open 11 destinations - adding a total of 20 routes from Toulouse. The new routes are … [Read more...]

airBaltic moves to remove Boeing 737 from its fleet

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airBaltic of Latvia is pushing ahead with its fleet rationalisation plan, with it the airline planning to end its Boeing 737 operations in Autumn 2019 - one year ahead of the initial withdrawal plan. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 - Imge, airBaltic. Currently, airBaltic is operating six Boeing 737-300 and two Boeing 737-500 aircraft, with the airline removing three Boeing … [Read more...]

Emirates to add Porto to its network

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Emirates continues its network expansion - this time targeting Porto in Portugal as a new destination. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  This will be Emirates second destination in Portugal, and will be served four times a week from the 2nd July 2019, Planned operation of the route is as follows EK197 DEPART DXB 09:15 … [Read more...]

LoganAir picks up five ex BMI Regional Routes

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Loganair of Scotland will be picking up some of the routes that have been left behind after the failure of BMI Regional during the weekend. The airline will pick up the following routes out of Aberdeen and Newcastle: Aberdeen to Bristol (commences 4th March) Aberdeen to Oslo (commences 4th March) Aberdeen to Esbjerg (commences 4th March) Newcastle to … [Read more...]

A Closer look at the British Airways RetroJet (Airplane Art Extra)

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Earlier on today, I posted a bit of background and some pictures of the British Airways BOAC retrojet - The BOAC Boeing 747-400. Let's take a deeper dive in to the plane as it arrived at London Heathrow today. G-BYGC flew in from Dublin Airport after having its repaint completed there. It arrived at Heathrow at 10:24 local time. In the photo, note the Golden … [Read more...]