Economy Class & Beyond

Japan Airlines add Haneda to New York JFK

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Japan Airlines is playing around with its route map, with the airline to add a service, whilst taking away a service to New York JFK. Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300ER - Image, Japan Airlines First up is a new service, connecting Tokyo Haneda to New York JFK. This will start on the 1st April 2017, operating a morning service from Haneda to the USA, returning as an early … [Read more...]

Mr Kevincm Returns to Washington – Off to Manchester Airport, Manchester Airport and the BA Terraces Lounge

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Mr Kevincm Returns to Washington DC - Off to Manchester Airport, Manchester Airport and the BA Terraces Lounge In this... well.. mess: How far can you go for a £1 (+Tax)? Off to Manchester Airport, Manchester Airport and the BA Terraces Lounge AA735 Manchester Airport to Philadelphia A long Philadelphia layover featuring the US Customs and the TSA at their … [Read more...]

bmi Regional to open a Birmingham Hub

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bmi Regional is to return to the West Midlands, with the announcement of a new hub to be created at Birmingham Airport. bmi Regional Embraer E-145 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. bmi regional will launch three new services from Birmingham Airport, connection to destinations across Europe. They are: Graz, Austria Nuremburg, Germany … [Read more...]

Update: Cathay Pacific London Heathrow Business Class Lounge

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I had another chance to pop into the new Cathay Pacific Lounge last weekend. After my last visit which was soured slightly by the lounge lifts not being activated, how is the lounge holding up? The lounge opened slightly later than the advertised, but at least people weren't waiting 40 minutes to get into a lounge. I was one of the first into the lounge so it was quiet. … [Read more...]

Use one of these passwords? Change it now…

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In my other life when I'm not flying in a tight economy class seat (or not so tight seat ala last weekend), I spend a lot of time with computers and users... including the joy of password resets One of things that can be the bane of any system is people choosing weak or simple passwords. Why? We rely on passwords to access key information systems each day (be it … [Read more...]

Mr Kevincm goes back to Washington with American and British Airways

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Mr Kevincm Returns to Washington DC with American Airlines and British Airways For the Pork… I mean BAcon. In this... well.. mess: How far can you go for a £1 (+Tax)? Off to Manchester Airport, Manchester Airport and the BA Terraces Lounge AA735 Manchester Airport to Philadelphia A long Philadelphia layover featuring the US Customs and the TSA at their … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 being towed to the maintenance hangers at London Heathrow Airport on a winters morning, before being rostered to the late VS1 flight between Heathrow and Newark International Airport. Virgin Atlantic operate a fleet a ten Airbus A330-300s in their … [Read more...]

Don’t forget the free travel zone at Heathrow!

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Getting around Heathrow airport can be a pain - least of all, when you're staying in a hotel on the Heathrow perimeter, and you're thinking about using that license to print money - the Heathrow Hoppa or a taxi. Thankfully, there are plenty of alternatives to move around the Heathrow area - and in a lot of cases, they're free! I'm sure you're aware of the free train … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific add Barcelona to their network

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It seems the wings of the Cathay Pacific A350 fleet will be stretching their wings further, with the announcement of a new seasonal route between Hong Kong and Barcelona The service will run four times a week (subject to governmental approvals), adding additional services to Spain from the 2nd July 2017. The booked timetable looks like this: CX321 DEPART HKG … [Read more...]

Unite to call for a 72 hour British Airways Mixed Fleet Strike

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It seems Unite aren't happy with the progress with British Airways Mixed Fleet Crew pay row, and are going to take their crews out for a second wave on industrial action British Airways A320 on taxi at Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The second wave of strike action will run from 19th January 2017 for 72 hours (affecting services Thursday, Friday and … [Read more...]