Economy Class & Beyond

Air Canada pencils in Vancouver to Melbourne route

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It seems Air Canada is planning some very long haul routes, with the planned introduction of a Vancouver to Melbourne Tullamarine. Air Canada Boeing 787-9 in the new colours - Image, Air Canada. The new service is seasonal, and has limited operations between 1st December 2017 and 4th February 2018. Operations are detailed below: AC037 DEPART YVR 22:45 ARRIVE … [Read more...]

Westjet goes shopping – comes out with Boeing 787 Dreamliners

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It's strange you can go shopping for one thing, and buy something totally different... as is the case for WestJet. The Canadian Airline has been shopping, and has come away with some Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Westjet Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Rendering, Westjet.  The airline has orders for 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners (the first stretch of the 787), with options for … [Read more...]

Alitalia files for bankruptcy proceedings

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In news that should surprise exactly no-one, Alitalia once again faces the grim reaper with the airline filing itself for bankruptcy today (2nd May 2017). Alitalia Airbus A330 at Boston Logan International Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. According to Bloomberg who broke the news, this is after workers voted to rejected job cuts and concessions which would … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Austrian Airlines Airbus A321 at London Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing out from Terminal 2 and heading for the runway at London Heathrow Airport is an Austrian Airlines Airbus A321 as it prepares for the trip to Vienna. Austrian Airlines (part of Lufthansa Group), operate a fleet of six A321 aircraft - split with a mixture of three A321-100s and three … [Read more...]

Things might be a little quiet this weekend (The joy of SSD upgrades)

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As we head into the May Bank Holiday weekend, I'm talking a chance to do some surgery at Economy Class and Beyond. Namely: the hard disk in my MacBook Pro 13 is getting replaced over the weekend. Why? Let's just say more than once during my last trip to the USA, it felt like the spinning tin drive (which I got when I purchased the MacBook Pro 13 in 2014) was about to let … [Read more...]

Pleasure and Business – Off to Heathrow and Check-in.

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Pleasure and Business - Off to Heathrow, Check-in and Heathrow being Heathrow. 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 … [Read more...]

Emirates goes double A380 to Madrid

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It seems Emirates has got A380s to spare, and is taking its Dubai to Madrid double-daily with Airbus A380s. Emirates A380 taking off from London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond EK143/144 will switch over from Boeing 777-300ER to A380 operations on the 1st September 2017. In the process, it will covert both its Madrid and Barcelona operations to double … [Read more...]