Economy Class & Beyond

Travel Technology: SkullCandy Ink’d Wireless Earphones Review

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Welcome to another round of Travel Technology - this time looking at headphones. In particular, we're looking at some wireless headphones. Why wireless headphones? I recently got an Apple iPhone 7. As we all know, Apple had the "Courage" to remove the headphone socket from the iPhone 7 (which trust me... is irksome to say the least), and instead only leaves you a lightning … [Read more...]

To Pay a 1% fee, To Fly – British Airways adjusts its credit card fees

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It seems that British Airways are still trying to be the airline sponsoring the year that is 2016, with an announcement they are to change their credit card fees. British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxing at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, the fee is a flat £5 to use a payment method other than a debit card - meaning payments like … [Read more...]

How Peachy! Peach signs for 13 Airbus A320 family aircraft

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Low Cost Carrier Peach Aviation has signed for 13 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. Peach Aviation Airbus A320neo - Rendering, Airbus The Japanese carrier has signed for 10 Airbus A320neo and three A320ceo aircraft from the manufacturer as part of its plans to expand its network. With this agreement, Peach Aviation becomes the first low-cost carrier of the Airbus … [Read more...]

United Basic Economy… because every penny counts.

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A couple of days ago, United Airlines revealed its latest plan to entice customers who are wandering away to the low-cost carriers, with a "cheap" fare deal called - United Basic Economy. United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER on approach to Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Basic Economy is United Airlines attempt to take on the low-cost airlines/ultra … [Read more...]

Still got a BMI Diamond Club Account? You’ve got 13 days left…

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For those of you with BMI Diamond Club accounts still, you have up to 13 days to get your finger out before its shuttered... forever! If you have Destination Miles left in your account, you must covert them from Diamond Club Destination Miles to British Airways Avios by the 30th November at the absolute latest. Any destination miles not converted will be lost and … [Read more...]

TAP Portugal takes delivery of new short haul seats

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TAP Portugal has been busy in the background, with supplier Recaro shipping over 6,600 seats to the airline as part of the refit project. The refit programme will cover 41 short to medium haul aircraft in the Airbus A320 family - including A319s, A320s and A321s. There are two kinds of seats that are being installed on TAP Portugal short-haul aircraft - the SL3510 and … [Read more...]

United Airlines to juggle new aircraft orders around

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I'm sure you've seen the moans about the new Basic Economy tickets that have been flying around today which United Airlines will be introducing. But I'm not going to talk about that - rather, I'm going to be looking at the planes United Airline will be flying those Basic Economy seats on. The main focus appears to be on the short-haul fleet with Boeing 737s and Embraers … [Read more...]

Aer Lingus adds Miami to its network

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Aer Lingus continues its slow and measured expansion, with the addition of Miami to its network. Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 beginning its take-off run at Dublin Airport. Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The route will initially operate three times a week from 1st September 2017, based on the following time table: EI141 DEPART DUB 15:00 ARRIVE MIA 19:15 EI140 DEPART MIA … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – British Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we feature a British Airways Airbus A380 resting at the gate at London Heathrow Terminal 5C, after completing the short hop from Washington DC to its home base in the early morning. British Airways operate a fleet of 12 Airbus A380s which it uses on its long haul network. The one featured in … [Read more...]