Economy Class & Beyond

Apple WWDC Announcements (new toys and new operating systems)

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I know a lot of my readers worship Apple products and use them daily. With the latest superpresentation from Apple at their World Wide Developers Conference - let's look at what the fruit based company can empty our wallets with. First up, let's talk hardware. Apple iMac The iMac's are getting a speed bump Intel Kaby Lake CPU's being installed, and 4k/21" iMac and … [Read more...]

Flights to and from Qatar cut in diplomatic row

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Politics in the Middle East are flaring up, with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cutting their diplomatic links with the state of Qatar. Doha from the air - and from later today - a bit more difficult to get to - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The state of play is pretty complex. Here's a list of airlines flying to Doha which are affected, … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Dragon Air Airbus A330-300 departing Hong Kong

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, lining up for departure from Hong Kong International is a Dragon Air Airbus A330-300 as it heads off for a destination. Dragon Air (now re-branded as Cathay Dragon) operates a fleet of 23 Airbus A330-300 aircraft in three different configurations (a three class configuration, a high business … [Read more...]

SNCF rebrands its TGV network

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It seems that SNCF (the French National Rail operator) has been busy with branding gurus, and has begun to re-brand its classic TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) network. It's to be re-branded to.... wait for it. inOui inOui branded high speed train... it's still a TGV. Image, SNCF. Sooo.. What can we say to this? Well, it seems SNCF Voyages (the section that … [Read more...]

Norwegian turns its eye to Italy – prepares Transatlantic routes

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It seems Norwegian Air Shuttle is going after Alialtia, with plans to commence long haul transatlantic services from Rome. Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787 arriving onto stand at London Gatwick, Image - Norwegian Air Shuttle //CC3.0. The new destinations are from Rome Leonardo Da Vinci-Fiumicino to: Newark Liberty International Airport - Four times a week. … [Read more...]

MOS Burger and Japan Airlines team up for interesting in-flight food

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Starting tomorrow Japan Airlines and Mos Burger are teaming up for their latest collaboration - with another new menu called AIR MOS Yakiniku Rice Burger★JAL SPECIAL. The tray - Image, Japan Airlines The burger revealed  - Image, Japan Airlines This will be served as a second service in Economy and Premium Economy. It will operated on limited routes from Japan … [Read more...]

Bombardier delivers its first CS300 to Swiss

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Swiss recently became the first carrier in the world to operate both variants of the Bombardier CSeries - with the airline taking delivering of its first CS300 aircraft. The first CS300 for Swiss will be based at Geneva, operating from Swiss's West Switzerland base. Whilst not the first operator of the CS300 (Air Baltic was the first operator of the type), Swiss was the … [Read more...]

Pleasure and Business: Currywurst Nacht

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Pleasure and Business - Currywurst Nacht In this adventure... Pleasure and Business Mixing things together (again) Off to Heathrow Cathay Pacific Lounge and the American Airlines Lounges AA47 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, Main Cabin Extra aboard a 787 US Immigration Adventures Intercontinental Chicago North Michigan Avenue Deep Dish Pizza … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Germanwings Airbus A319 landing at Birmingham

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane art. This week - coming into Birmingham Airport on a rather sunny May afternoon is a Germanwings Airbus A319 in landing configuration. D-AGWG is a pretty standard A319 in the Germanwings fleet, with it being a member of the 43 strong cadre flying for Eurowings (who operate 11 Airbus A319s). However, there's an … [Read more...]