Economy Class & Beyond

SNAPSHOT: Crowne Plaza O’Hare

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It's time for another Snapshot - and it's featuring one of my regular hotels in Chicago - The Crowne Plaza O'Hare. Yes, it's a regular propety stop for me, mainly becasue - it's reasonablly well priced, and convient to where I need to go next (yes, the Hyatt Regency O'Hare). And getting the Hyatt Regency on the rates I use can be a "challenge". So, the outside. It's a file … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific signs for Recaro slimline seats… but are comfortable?

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Cebu Pacific of the Philippines has signed for Recaro's seats to be installed aboard their new fleet of 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft. With the Airbus A321neo aircraft to be delivered between 2017 and 2021, choosing the seats seating to go into the plane is a good idea. Cebu Pacific have chosen Recaro SL3510 seats, which Cebu Pacific's President and CEO Lance Gokongwei … [Read more...]

Iberia 15% off on Europe <> USA flights

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Iberia has launched a new promotion - offering 15% off the fare component of its flights: The voucher is valid both from Europe to the USA, and USA to Europe You will need to uses one of the following codes depending where you are: AMERICAUS AMERICAGB AMERICARU AMERICANL With these codes, you can discount the airfare component of your ticket. The discount is valid … [Read more...]

Austrian Airlines to pull Tokyo Narita services

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As passenger demand reshapes the network maps, routes come and go. Sadly, for Austrian Airlines this means yet another long haul route is up for the chop - with Austrian to suspend operations to Tokyo Narita. Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200 © Austrian Airlines Group Austrian Airlines currently operate a daily service between Vienna and Tokyo Narita as OS051/OS052 with a … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER

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It's Sunday, and it's times for some more airplane art. This week we have a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER taxing at London Heathrow airport after a storm in the Heathrow Area. Garuda Indonesia recently commenced operations at London Heathrow Airport after moving from London Gatwick Airport. The airline operates a fleet of 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, with six … [Read more...]

The miracle of Scotch Magic Tape (or how to be imperfect and get away with it)

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If you've worn glasses in your life - you will knock the sinking feeling when your hear a nasty crack... the sound of your glasses frame cracking. And it does help to take them off before you fall asleep... but life sometimes doesn't play that way as we all well know. And whilst that's inconvenient to say the least when you're at home (least of all - costly... have you seen … [Read more...]

Trump Hotels have been hacked… again

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In what should come as no surprise to anyone, it seems that Trump Hotels have suffered a data breach... again. The Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago - Image, Economy Class and Beyond According to Krebs on Security, it seems the Trump hotel chain - this is the second time this has happened in under a year - this time affecting properties in New York, … [Read more...]

Air Asia chooses new slimline seats from Mirus Aircraft Seating

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When it comes to low cost carriers, the idea isn't to have the most spacious product out there - rather the idea is to densely pack in your passengers to make as much revenue as possible. And ideally keep the passengers somewhat happy. Air Asia has chosen Mirus Seating (who are exhibiting at Aircraft Interiors Expo) to supply it's new Hawk seat to be fitted to: New Airbus … [Read more...]

Airbus vs Boeing Space bin – who wins?

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The correct answer is as passengers - we all do. Good morning from the floor area Aircraft Interiors Expo 2016 where I've been playing with overhead bins. Yes again. Why? Well apart from the satisfying sound of a lock clunking, it's good news the both major airframers are developing deeper bins. As airlines continue to pile on fees, or unbundle their posits, … [Read more...]