Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, sitting in the morning sun and heat of Hamad International Airport in Doha is a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Qatar Airways has a fleet of 27 active Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners in its long haul fleet, with an additional three due to make up the cadre of 30 aircraft. Qatar Airways … [Read more...]

Mobile phone roaming becomes a lot cheaper in the EU area

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There is one thing that the European Union is good at regulating at - and its roaming fees on mobile phones when roaming inside the EU/EEA area. The EU have capped roaming fees, and after the 30th April, the roaming charge excesses are reduced further. The new fees are: €0.05 per minute of call made €0.02 per SMS sent €0.05 per MB of data (All prices are … [Read more...]

Airbus scoops another Delta order

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It's been a busy few days for Delta. Apart from their large CSeries order yesterday, hosting the media in Atlanta (checks... hmm... seems my invite for that event was lost in the post), Delta has announced a follow-on order for more Airbus A321aicraft Delta Air Lines Airbus A321ceo - Rendering, Airbus Delta will be adding a further 37 Airbus A321s to their fleet. These … [Read more...]

So it finally happens – Delta opts for Bombadier CSeries

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There are many "when it will happen" questions in the airline industry - one of them has been answered today with Delta signing for up to 125 Bombardier CSeries aircraft. Delta Bombardier CSeries C100 - Rendering, Bombardier. There has been a lot of dancing around the subject over the past few months, but it seems Delta are putting their signature on the order. The … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to deploy an A380 for the first flight to Atlanta

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The fight between Qatar Airways and Delta Air Lines is one that makes me wonder if both CEO's need to be thrown in a boxing ring, get their handbags out and just get the moaning and whining out of their systems. But that's not going to happen in hurry. Instead, to commence operations between Doha and Atlanta, Qatar Airways will be deploying an Airbus A380 for the inaugural … [Read more...]

French ATC and German Ground Staff strikes

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Well if it's not SNCF, Govia Southern Railway, its Air Traffic Controllers and Ground handling staff. This time, two lots of strikes are in progress. Let's start off in France where French Air Traffic Control are due to walk out in a National Strike (so please expect other services to walk out too). Paris Orly Airport - Pretty much a certainty this airport is going … [Read more...]

French Rail Strike – 26th April

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It seems each time I write about France, there's normally a strike or protest going on. Well, it seems that the unions supporting the French Rail workers are going out on strike. All the major unions - CGT, Unsa, Sud and CFDT - are all heading out on strike. The strike is due to run from 25h April 2016 from 19:00, through the 26th April, with services resuming on at 08:00 … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – KLM Boeing 747-400M

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, parked at the gate is a Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Boeing 747-400 Combi at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after it completed its journey from Amsterdam. KLM operate a fleet of 15 Boeing 747-400 Combis - which as well as carrying cargo in the belly of the plane, they can carry cargo on the … [Read more...]

British Airways Sale – First and Club fares loaded

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It's that time of year again where British Airways has a sale to sell of some of its seats - this time, with Business Class and First Class long haul seats up for grabs. British Airways Airbus A380 being towed at Heathrow... and you could fly one of these in comfort in the BA sale. Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Most destinations are up for grabs in the sale, with … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: 2 British Airways Short Haul Segments

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Time for a two-for-one snapshot - involving British Airways. With the service identical between Heathrow - Hamburg - Heathrow, I'd thought I would lump them together, with the differing experiences on the ground. The Heathrow Experience: Terminal 5 remains a reasonable hub to go through. Not bad, but not excellent. At least security wasn't 10 miles long. I swear sometimes … [Read more...]