Economy Class & Beyond

Icelandair’s Stopover Buddies RETURN!

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One of the better promotions earlier this year - and totally out of the box - was IcelandAir's "Stopover Buddies". Well good new - it's back! Welcome back stopover buddies! For those who missed out on Stopover Buddies last time (and how could you?), the concept was a great one - you requested a buddy when you had a stopover with IcelandAir, and an IcelandAir … [Read more...]

Alas A10. We meet again. Alas, I still hate thee.

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Last time we met Gate A10, I compared thee to a summer day. Well it isn't summer A10. Rather it is the autumn... leading to a winter of discontent. How unpleasant to meet thee again Gate A10. Thy existence we know is questionable, but unfortunate thanks to Heathrow Airport again under-designing an airport, and happily have bussing services instead of building … [Read more...]

Reminder: NEVER buy currency at an Airport

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Buying currency to go abroad is always an interesting experience.  And by interesting, I mean mind-boggling. Especially since the vote for Brexit (United Kingdom to leave the EU) occurred, it's been a little more tougher - mainly as the UK pound has dropped in value when buying other currencies. Some good examples as on XE.com - here's some links to USD and Euros. At … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400

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It's Sunday still, and it must be time for some more airplane art. This week resting between duties at Hong Kong International Airport is a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400. Cathay Pacific this week flew its last Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft for the last time, with normal passenger service concluding on the 1st October 2016. Cathay Pacific operates a fleet of … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific waves goodbye to the Boeing 747-400

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For the passenger version of the Boeing 747 - the erstwhile Boeing 747-400 - more airlines are removing them from their fleets. Cathay Pacific formally closed its chapter on operating passenger Boeing 747-400s with a celebratory flyover of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, with 300 of its staff aboard on a charity flight. Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 conducting its last … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways splashes the cash – goes for 100 Boeing Aircraft

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It seems Qatar Airways still has the cash to splash - with the airline signing a Letter of Intent and committing order with Boeing today for up to 100 aircraft.   Let's look at the order part first. This will be for 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. For Qatar Airways, these aircraft are no strangers - the airline operates Boeing 777-300ERs … [Read more...]

Five Years on Boarding Area. Still going strong

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Five Years ago to this date, some content I wrote shifted from Blogger to Boarding Area. In those days, I was better known as GhettoIFE - me taking a very gentle poke at the In-Fight Entertainment Industry in my own unique way. Who remembers this then? Good olde GhettoIFE. Thank $deity that I changed that. And the name of the blog too.  Since the I've written... a lot … [Read more...]

Delta adds more European Services

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Some more announcements as Delta plans more services for 2017, with three new routes between the US and Europe. Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER at New York JFK - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The routes are a mixture of new routes, and routes that are returning after a period of suspension. First up, the new route between Boston and Dublin. This will operate daily … [Read more...]