Economy Class & Beyond

SNAPSHOT: Crowne Plaza O’Hare

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Time for another snapshot - this time looking at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare. For those of you who are new to the blog: Trip Reports – These are full deep-dive reports taking you into the experience and the small things… as well as the big things! Snapshots – These are bite-sized reviews that show you the basic product in some nice gentle … [Read more...]

EOS R Long Term Review: Living Pains with a new camera

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Living pains with the EOS R Canon EOS R Long Term Review In this series: Introducing the Canon EOS R City and Street Photography in Brussels Urban Exploration with a Model (featuring the RotoLight NEO II) Aviation Photography in Manchester Night time Model Photography The British Airways BOAC Boeing 747-400 Living pains with the EOS R Studio … [Read more...]

Snapshot: American Airlines 87 (Premium Economy seats)

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It's time for another snapshot, this time focusing on the passenger experience between London Heathrow and Chicago O'Hare International aboard American Airlines 87. For those of you who are new to the blog: Trip Reports – These are full deep-dive reports taking you into the experience and the small things… as well as the big things! … [Read more...]

Evelop Airlines take delivery of their first A350

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Evelop Airlines is the latest airline to join the Airbus A350 family - with the airline taking delivery of its first frame. Evelop Airbus A350 - Image Airbus Evelop Airlines is a subsidiary of Barceló Group’s Ávoris travel division. The aircraft have been leased from Air Lease Corporation - and will be based out of Madrid Barajas. It is planned to use the plane … [Read more...]

WOW Air ceases operations

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Embattled airline WOW Air finally pulled the plug on its services today. with the airline ceasing operations It seems the embattled airlines, who had both Indigo partners and Iceland Air walked away from them twice, and could not raise enough cash through a planned debt to equity swap. For the staff affected - it's a poor state of affairs. Hopefully, IcelandAir will … [Read more...]

The joys of delays and paperwork… and EC261

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Good afternoon from 36,000ft as I trek between London and Chicago. Well, except I should be a lot closer to Chicago than I am as I write this. It's been a fun morning to say the least, with the plane that was due to take me over to the USA being pulled for maintenance work. As I boarded the aircraft, I was handed a lovely little leaflet So … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific buys Hong Kong Express

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Well, after a bit of speculation, and confirmed talks - it seems that Cathay Pacific has agreed to buy Hong Kong Express (HK Express) The transition is valued at HK$4.93 billion (US$628 million). It covers the low-cost element of the HNA group airline based in Hong Kong, and excludes other parts of the HNA Group (such as Hong Kong Airlines). Cathay Pacific for some … [Read more...]

On the road again… (hello 2:20 in the morning)

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Well, it seems I'm back on the road again, and preparing to add and spend frequent flyer miles. And once again, it's 2:20 in the morning, and I'm in my usual places in the world - Digbeth Coach station in Central Birmingham. Because there's a glamour to being on a coach rather than catching an non-existent train, for an early morning departure. Fine - there … [Read more...]

The saga of WOW Air – Indigo and Icelandair walk away… what next?

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It's been a bad few days for WOW Air, who have had both Indigo Partners walk away, and have had Icelandair walk away too. WOW Air Airbus A321 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond WOW and Icelandair re-started discussions on the 21st March, to have them halted on the 24th March, with one of the simplest press releases ever. WOW announced that a majority their Bond … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Korean Air Boeing 787-9 at Madrid Barajas airport

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This time, we have a Korean Air Boeing 787-9 taxing at Madrid Barajas Airport, as it prepares to begin the long journey back to Seoul Incheon Airport in South Korea. Korean Air operates a fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options for a further 10 to be ordered.  These are supported by a wide … [Read more...]