Economy Class & Beyond

Norwegian Air Shuttle to extend its double-daily Gatwick to New York service

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Norwegian Air Shuttle is planning to take its London Gatwick to New York JFK service to a year-round service. Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787 arriving onto stand at London Gatwick, Image - Norwegian Air Shuttle //CC3.0. Currently, Norwegian operates a daily service between London Gatwick and New York JFK. This will increase to twice daily from the 9th August. This … [Read more...]

IAU Strike affecting Finnair flights on Friday 17th March

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It seems dissatisfaction with airport management around the world is a thing, with the Finnish Aviation Union and the service sector employer-union Palta about labour agreements. As a result, Finnair flights are going to be affected. Finnair Embraer E-190 at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The strike operations at Helsinki Airport between 15:00 … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways adds Vienna to its Airbus A350 network

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It seems Vienna is next on Qatar Airways list to get an Airbus A350 operating to the Austrian capital. Qatar Airways Airbus A350 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  The Doha to Vienna route is getting a double boost - initially with services increasing to 12 times a week in mid-August (19th August 2017). The Airbus A350-900 will be … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 at Helsinki

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It's Sunday again, and with me nearing some sense of normality (whatever that may be) - it must time for some more airplane art. This week, in the cold of a Finnish winter - is a Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 fueling up at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport as it prepares for its next departure. Norwegian Air Shuttle currently operates 111 Boeing 737-800s in its fleet, … [Read more...]

A busy week for the Boeing 737 MAX family

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Editor's note: To say it's been one of those weeks would be akin to saying how would you like to spice your life up with Gastroenteritis and the side effects of it? I'm mostly recovered, but let's be honest, it's taken one heck of chunk out of me. We'll be back to normal next week... whatever passes for normal at Economy Class and Beyond.   It's been a busy week for … [Read more...]

Uber and Barclaycard launch “Take 10 rides, Get £15 off the 11th” offer

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For those of you with a Barclaycard in the UK, an interesting offer popped through my mailbox this week (yes, I'm waaaay behind on posts). The offer is pretty simple - Every 11th ride you charge to your Barclaycard, the ride is free up to the value of £15. To make this work, you will need to link your UK Barclaycard to your Uber account. Perhaps the best news is this … [Read more...]

The case of the vanishing Delta Boeing 747 routes

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As Delta continues to thin out its Boeing 747 operations, it appears that more routes are being converted away from the type. Delta Boeing 747-400 in flight - Image, Delta Air Lines Currently, Delta operates a singular route with the type - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Seoul Incheon. This operates as DL158/159. This route is scheduled to continue into … [Read more...]

EVA Air introduces another Sanrio plane featuring Bad Badtz-Maru…

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EVA Air is at it again at it with the launch of a new livery. And it seems they're reaching into the list of Sanrio friends, with Bad Badtz-Maru getting his own plane And of course, there's a pretty painted Airbus A330-300 to go with it. The plane - Image, EVA Air via FaceBook So, who is Bad Badtz-Maru? Bad Badtz-Maru is a male penguin with spiky hair. He has many … [Read more...]