Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Ernest Airbus A320 arriving at Dublin Airport

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week week, we have an Ernest Airbus A320 arriving at Dublin Airport at the height of the summer. Ernest (or Ernest Airlines) is an Italian Low Cost Carrier carrier based out of Milan Malpensa Airport, primarily focusing on the Italian - Albanian Market, before expanding to Ukrainian markets. Since then, … [Read more...]

Last week at Economy Class and Beyond (25th November)

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Well, another week has been and gone at Economy Class and Beyond. Let's take a quick look what's caught my eye this week, and what I wrote about. Passenger Experience Joon to introduce “CosyJoon” family seats - Apparently Millenials have children. How can the passenger experience improve for them... and will the idea work? Routes and Network news Qatar Airways … [Read more...]

APEX Expo and Lufthansa Flying Lab – Train? Thataway.

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Train? Thataway.  - APEX Expo and The Lufthansa Flying Lab  In this adventure A call from Germany Off to Heathrow T2. Wait. Terminal 2?? LH2473 London Heathrow to Munich Airport Exploring innovation on the ground at Munich Airport LH424 Munich to Boston with Lufthansa and Recaro Aircraft Seating Into Boston, The Holiday Inn Bunker Hill … [Read more...]

Wizz Air lines up a new base at Krakow – 12 new routes announced

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Wizz Air continues its push to grow its network, with the announcement the airline is to establish a base at Krakow airport in Poland. Wizz Air Airbus A321 Birmingham Airport, Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be Wizz Air's 26th base, which will have two Airbus A321 aircraft based at it (delivered in May and September 2019). The Route list and lead-in prices … [Read more...]

Media reports say Virgin Atlantic is after FlyBe…

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Last night, Sky News began reporting that Virgin Atlantic was eyeing up a takeover bid struggling carrier Flybe. FlyBe Dash 8 Q400 at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  And I'm going to be blunt - this has shades of awful in it.  It's about the networks. And how they hardly touch each other Why? Virgin Atlantic struggled with its Little Red … [Read more...]

APEX Expo and the Lufthansa Flying Lab – The joy of Frankfurt Airport

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The joy of Frankfurt Airport - APEX Expo and The Lufthansa Flying Lab  In this adventure A call from Germany Off to Heathrow T2. Wait. Terminal 2?? LH2473 London Heathrow to Munich Airport Exploring innovation on the ground at Munich Airport LH424 Munich to Boston with Lufthansa and Recaro Aircraft Seating Into Boston, The Holiday Inn Bunker Hill … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways offering up to Quadruple Privilege Club Qmiles!

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It seems the Black Friday/Cyber Monday bug is in full swing, with Qatar Airways offering lots of bonus points. Oh yes - there's also a sale going on. But you guessed that... For Economy flyers you can earn up to 3x the QMiles you would normally earn. Business and First Class passengers can earn up to 4x QMiles. To earn the miles, you will need to book via the … [Read more...]

CDG Express operator confirmed… as are the ticket costs…

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The move to CDG Express operation (that will connect Paris Gare de l'Est to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport) took a major step forward with Keolis and RATP Dev being tapped to operate the service as part of the Hello Paris consortium. The move was announced by the French Ministry of Sustainable Development. The home of the new CDG Express? Paris CDG T2 station - Image, … [Read more...]