Economy Class & Beyond

SNAPSHOT: The Ibis Budget, St Pauli

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Time for a hotel snapshot which I know a lot of you have been looking forward to.. the IBIS Budget in St Pauli. Location: It's near St Pauli U-Bahn Station over the road from the Hamburg DOM. Pretty easy to reach via the Hamburg S-Bahn and U-Bahn. About 20 minutes walk from The Messe (or a 5 minute train ride if you have energy, 10 minutes and a change if you're a lazy person … [Read more...]

Garuda Indonesia signs for the Airbus A330neo

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Garuda Indonesia is set to grow its fleet with the airline signing with Airbus for 14 A330neos Garuda Indonesia have signed for 14 A330neo-900's for the airline to growth and expansion by using them for medium and long haul network work. These A330neo's will replace the an existing order for even A330-300s. Garuda will be getting their new A330neo-900s form 2019 … [Read more...]

Iberia to start Madrid to Shanghai Route

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Iberia is continue to expand its long haul operations, with plans to launch a Madrid to Shanghai. Iberia will operate the service three times a week to start with an Airbus A330-200 Iberia Airbus A330 - Image. Economy Class and Beyond The route will commence on the 28th June 2016, operating the timetable below: IB6889 DEPART MAD 12:50 ARRIVE PVG 07:10+1 Tuesdays, Fridays … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: British Airways BA202 Boston to Heathrow (World Traveller Plus)

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Time for another snapshot, this time looking at British Airways old World Traveller Plus product between Boston and Heathrow aboard BA202: Transit and Security Of course, there's no connection between the AA concourse and the International terminal - meaning you have to leave security, take the bus, and re-clear security. This is all well and good... except for the 30 … [Read more...]

The Midlife Refit – Examining the work of Airline Services Interiors

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The life of an airplane can be a tiring one as we all well know. And planes take a lot of little hits and damage over time, wearing down the products on board - to the point where the planes need to e refurbished or refitted. This is where a company called Airline Services Interiors comes in. Airplanes as we know are expensive assets - let alone everything inside the … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: American Airlines AA1205 Chicago to Boston

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Time for an aviation snapshot as we take to the air with American Airlines AA1205 between Chicago O'Hare and Boston Logan. Check in: Handled quickly enough, with bags tagged to Heathrow.  However, only the first boarding pass out of two could be generated. Lemme guess - Emotional Support Animal. Security: With more time in hand than usual, I went for a full pat down … [Read more...]

Possible Drone Strike at London Heathrow

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Well it seems the inevitable has happened, with the a possible Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/Drone hitting a plane at Heathrow today (Sunday 17th April). Both BBC News and Sky News have up to date coverage on it The flight - A British Airways Airbus A320 - was operating BA727 from Geneva to London Heathrow. British Airways Airbus A320 taxing at Heathrow Airport - Image, … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Alitalia Airbus A330-200

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, in the dead of the night is an Alitalia Airbus A330-200 parked at the gate in Boston Logan International Airport as it awaits its turn to depart back across the Atlantic to Rome. Alitalia operate a fleet of 14 Airbus A330-200 aircraft in their long haul fleet, supported with 10 Boeing … [Read more...]

Thai Airways first A350 leaves the paint shop

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Thai Airways first Airbus A350 moves closer to the flight line as the first plane left the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse. Thai Airways Airbus A350 - Image, Airbus via Twitter Thai Airways have four Airbus A350-900 planes on order - this being the first of them.  The A350s will replace some of the existing Boeing 777-200 fleet. And Thai Airways purple tail fin looks … [Read more...]

Lycra shorts unwelcome at a hotel in New Zealand….

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One hotel has had enough of lycra running/cycling shorts in New Zealand - so much as to ban them entirely. No Lycra Cycle shorts welcome - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Editors note - I had to go to Lidl to shoot this photo. I'm not proud). According to The Guardian  The Plough Hotel in Rangiora has put a sign up stating: "The bicycle is a beautiful object but … [Read more...]