Economy Class & Beyond

Ryanair prepares to launch routes from Exeter Airport – And Flybe should be scared….

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In "news that made me go hmm", Ryanair is to launch three routes out of Exeter Airport in the south-west of England. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new routes that will operate out of Exeter will include from 2nd April 2019: Malaga Malta Naples All sun and leisure destinations.  Routes will operate twice … [Read more...]

Two things you need to do post the British Airways Data Breach

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With the British Airways site data breach over 15 days (22:58 BST August 21 2018 until 21:45 BST September 5 2018 inclusive) - there are two things you need to do - or should be at least considering doing over next few days 1) Change your password to the BA site/App. Yes, it's annoying as hell - but change your British Airways site password... especially if you use the … [Read more...]

To Leak, To Breach – British Airways suffers Customer data theft…

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It seems that another airline has fallen to a data breach - this time, it's British Airways. According to the airline, a breach occurred from 22:58 BST August 21 2018 until 21:45 BST September 5 2018 inclusive. According to Sky News over 380,000 transactions are affected. The breach covers personal and financial details of customers making bookings on both the BA … [Read more...]

Norwegian Air Argentina announces it first routes

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Norwegian Air Argentina - now with an operators certificate in hand - is readying its first services to be operated by the new Argentinian based unit of the airline Norwegian 737-800 at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will hub itself at Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery" in Buenos Aires.  In the start-up phase, the airline will operate services … [Read more...]

Flybe goes through another rebrand…

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Someone at Flybe has got the paint tins out to re-brand the fleet. Again. The airline revealed its new colours, painted onto a Bombardier Q400 series turboprop. FlyBe New livery on a Bombardier Q400 - Image, Flybe via Twitter According to the airline, this is being done in sync with the "close to you" re-brand the airline went through in January 2018.  The airline will be … [Read more...]

IHG’s Mini Accelerate for September – December 2018

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Editors note: I'm doing a bit of back-fill at the moment after a heavy few days in the office. It's not going to let up in the next few weeks, so posts may be down on normal. My apologies if you've missed my posts over the past few days.  IHG have begun their latest round of "Accelerate"... or rather a very much paired down version of it for autumn/winter 2018. And to be … [Read more...]

Exploring the ViaSat WiFi system with American Airlines

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Recently, I've had some serious time aboard the American Airlines A321T - the transcontinental planes that are used between New York to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Both of the planes I flew on featured the ViaSat on-board WiFi system (compared to the Gogo or Panasonic Systems installed already on board some of the American Airlines fleet). So how does it stack … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Qantas Boeing 747-400 at New York JFK International

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, coming to the gate at New York JFK International is a Qantas Boeing 747-400 completing the long Sydney to New York JFK service, operating via Los Angeles International. Until recently, the Sydney - Los Angeles - New York JFK route was operated by the venerable Boeing 747-400. This changed on … [Read more...]