Economy Class & Beyond

Qatar Airways to send an Airbus A350 to Madrid

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Qatar Airways is to change its operations to Madrid, with plans to introduce services operated with an  Airbus A350 to the Spanish capital. Qatar Airways A350 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, operations to Madrid use two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. Flight pair QR149/150 will be swapped to Airbus A350-900 operation from 17th March … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Special: A visit to the control tower of Heathrow Airport

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As part of US National Aviation Day last week, as part of the tour I was on of Heathrow Airport, I was granted a special visit to somewhere you don't go to normally. And that is the control tower at Heathrow Airport American Airlines Boeing 777 being towed with Heathrow Tower in the background - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The structure itself is tall at 87 metres … [Read more...]

Turkish Airlines take an axe to its frequencies

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It's been coming since the recent trouble in Turkey, but Turkish Airlines is feeling the pinch. Network cuts are coming thick and fast according to AirlineRoute. Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900ER landing at Dublin - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Both Short/Medium Haul  and Long Haul Programmes are affected, with drastic capacity cuts across the board. I'm … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Airlines Boeing 757-200

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, waiting at the gate at Dublin Airport are a pair of United Airlines Boeing 757-200s as they prepare for the long trip back to the United States of America. United Airlines operate a fleet of 56 Boeing 757-200s in various configurations - used for US domestic, United P.S. and long and thin … [Read more...]

United Pilots held on being over the alcohol limit at Glasgow

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If you were in Glasgow, trying to head to New Jersey and New York for the weekend yesterday, you might had been delayed for a good few hours thank to some United Airlines pilots drinking too much the night before. United Airlines Boeing 757-200 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. According to BBC News, The two United Airlines pilots … [Read more...]

Scoot prepares to Scoot to Athens

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Scoot - the low-cost offshoot of Singapore Airlines is preparing to break new ground - with the planed launch of services to Athens. Scoot introducing their new Athens route in a rather Scooty way. Scoot intend to operate the route four times a week, based on the timetable below TZ702 DEPART SIN 02:00 ARRIVE ATH 08:30 TZ701 DEPART ATH 12:00 ARRIVE SIN … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic Sale! (Premium Fares too)

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Yes, Sales season is in full swing with very airline throwing discounts on their routes. Today, let's look a Virgin Atlantic who have their sale on. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 shot from the control tower at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond As Virgin Atlantic don't have a first class cabin, I'll be taking a look at their Premium Economy and Upper Class … [Read more...]

Twenty American Airlines MD-80s go into retirement…

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... and as much as like the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 for photos... I'm not going to miss them. American Airlines MD-80 at Dallas Fort Worth, Image - Economy Class and Beyond The MD-80 fleet is still numerous in number, with 61 MD-80 type aircraft left in the operational fleet of American Airlines. Twenty of the type today retired to Roswell - to be placed into … [Read more...]

Delta to move all operations to Heathrow Terminal 3

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Delta Air Lines is going to get a bit more comfortable with Virgin Atlantic, as Delta moves all its London Heathrow departures from Terminal 4 to Terminal 3 Services will switch over to Terminal 3 exclusively from the 14th September. Currently, flights to Boston, New York-JFK and Seattle currently operate from Heathrow Terminal 3. Services to  Atlanta, Philadelphia, … [Read more...]