Economy Class & Beyond

Nokia to update its “new” 3310… with 3G!

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Time for some none-airplane news, and focusing on the HMD Global's biggest selling handset to date - the Nokia 3310. Whilst the device has been selling well, there is a major issue with it - and that it will only work on 2G wavebands. This is a problem as countries are in the process of switching off their 2G networks to release bandwidth for 4G networks (so your wizzy … [Read more...]

Ryanair takes an axe to it’s UK Domestic Operation

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As you know from the previous post, Ryanair is having major problems with running a network at the moment. Whilst it tries to boast it's running at 99%, there have been some nasty cuts to the UK Domestic operation. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Birmingham Airport - Image Economy Class and Beyond. Let's look at the domestic cancellations for the winter: London (LGW) … [Read more...]

Ryanair’s Winter of Discontent gets worse: More flights cancelled.

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It seems Ryanair can't catch a break thanks to its move to change its leave year - with the airline suspending 34 routes the winter season. This will lead to 18,000 flights sitting in the bin, with 400,000 passengers having to scramble to find new flights. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 landing at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond To aid them, the airline will … [Read more...]

Lufthansa beings filling in the airBerlin gaps – Berlin to New York JFK and Dusseldorf to Miami services open for booking

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As airBerlin starts to fade away, there are still routes that need to be filled - one of those is the Berlin Tegel to New York JFK route. Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Lufthansa has chosen to fill it in - and rather than getting Eurowings to do its work for it, a Lufthansa mainline aircraft will be doing the heavy … [Read more...]

JetBlue launches Airspace by Airbus for Narrowbody aircraft

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Big news from APEX Expo, with JetBlue to launch the narrow-body variant of "Airspace by Airbus", along with the first mock-up previewed. Mariya Stoyavana (Director of Product Development, JetBlue) and Ingo Wuggetzer (VP Cabin Marketing, Airbus) launching the Airspace by Airbus Narrow body edition, Image - Airbus. The new cabin will launch with JetBlue in late 2020 and … [Read more...]

Boeing vs Bombardier: US Department of Commerce proposes to charge a 220% tariff on CSeries Aircraft

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It seems the battle between Boeing and Bombardier over the subsides on the CSeries has taken a turn for the ugly - with the US Department of Commence proposing to charge a tariff of 219.63% per CSeries sale to an US Carrier - in effect trebling the price of acquiring a CSeries aircraft. Bombardier CSeries landing in the sunset - Image, Bombardier The root of the … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic boosts capacity for Summer 2018

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As we glide into autumn, airlines are deep in planning for 2018. Virgin Atlantic is increasing capacity out of Manchester Airport to the USA for the Summer 2018 timetable. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 landing at Manchester Airport (along with a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 taxing) - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Virgin Atlantic will be deploying a Boeing 747-400 on certain … [Read more...]