Economy Class & Beyond

Qatar Airways adds Chiang Mai onto its map

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Qatar Airways is adding a new destination to Thailand - with the introduction of a service to Chiang Mai in December 2017. Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Hamad International Airport Doha, Image, Economy Class and Beyond. This will be Qatar Airways fourth destination to Thailand, and will be operated initially as a seasonal service. The airline currently operates … [Read more...]

British Airways and LoganAir ink a codeshare deal

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From the 1st September - LoganAir will conclude its franchise agreement with FlyBe. Instead the Scottish airline will flying under its own colours. Yesterday - after some delay - the airline signed a code-share agreement with British Airways. LoganAir Saab 340B - Image, LoganAir/British Airways The codeshare between British Airways and Loganair will all customers … [Read more...]

Swiss concludes Avro RJ operations

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Yesterday marked an end of an era for Swiss International Airlines - with the airline withdrawing it's last Avro RJ from front-line service. Time to say goodbye to an old friend. Today marked the last flight of our Avro RJ100, HB IYZ, from Geneva to Zurich. #GoodbyeAvro pic.twitter.com/CaE3kp2A5O — Swiss Intl Air Lines (@FlySWISS) August 15, 2017 HB-IYZ was the last … [Read more...]

airberlin files for bankruptcy protection

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In  a move that should surprise... well... no-one - airberlin has filed for bankruptcy protection. airberlin Airbus A330 at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond In a move where Etihad is no longer in a position to provide financial support to the airline, airberlin  filed to commence insolvency proceedings , in order to continue with its restructuring … [Read more...]

Ryanair calls for a “Two Drink Limit” at Airports

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Over the past two years or so, there's been an up-tick on alcohol fuelled incidents on a plane or at an airport. According the BBC, a  total of 387 people were arrested for the period  between February 2016 and February 2017. This up from 255 arrests made in the previous year. Ryanair has come up with some suggestions to curb the rise: These include: … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER departing Dublin

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane art. This week, we have an Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER departing Dublin Airport as it begins its journey back home to Canada. Air Canada Rouge operate a fleet of 23 Boeing 767-300ERs in their long haul arm, operating to Europe, Africa and Asia, serving a mixture of destinations. The airline packs … [Read more...]

1500th Boeing 777 Built

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It doesn't seem that long ago that the Boeing 777 was introduced - when it took its first flight in 1994, and flew for United Airlines a year later in 1995 between Washington DC and London Heathrow. Well, the Boeing production line has been cranking the aircraft out, one at a time, with 1500th aircraft exiting the production line, and being readied for delivery to its … [Read more...]

The West Midlands Rail franchise Awarded to….

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We have a new operator of trains in the West Midlands and beyond - and the train company called ... wait for it.... West Midlands Trains. Creative eh? West Midlands Trains (company) is made up of Abellio (subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen - the Dutch national rail operator),  East Japan Rail Company and Mitsui & Co. They will take over from incumbents … [Read more...]

Jetblue releases items to remind Americans “TAKE A HOLIDAY”

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One of the things I get shouted at in my office (amongst many things I get shouted at) is that I must take my annual leave holiday entitlement each year. For those the USA, in some places not  taking leave or holiday appears to be a serious thing - with 40% of workers not taking all their time off in 2015. And that's quite worrying - a person needs time to wind down … [Read more...]