Economy Class & Beyond

Istanbul Ataturk Airport closed after an attack

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Reports have come of Istanbul Ataturk Airport has been attacked, with the airport being closed. According to Reuters, three suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up at the entrance to the main international airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more. All the major feeds (Sky, BBC News, Al Jazeera, CNN etc have … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: FR666 Dublin to Birmingham with Ryanair

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Time for another Snapshot - this time looking at flight FR666 between Birmingham and Dublin with Ryanair Wait.. the flight is FR666? Why yes. Yes it is. The flight to hell.... Maybe. The Plane It's a Boeing 737-800. Ryanair doesn't operate pretty much anything else for (yet). Boarding Boarding was from the 100 gates at Dublin (the low-cost pier). This pier … [Read more...]

Which is cheaper – Contactless Card or Oyster Pay As You Go?

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It's been everywhere when you travel on London Transport - the offering of using a Contactless Payment Card (such as a Contactless Visa/Mastercard/American Express) instead of using Transport for London's own Oyster Product. My trusty TfL Oyster Card... but is it an expensive for what it is? - Image, Economy Class and Beyond But is it cheaper to use one than the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week its an Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 beginning its take off run from its home base of Dublin, Ireland - and off to the United States of America on a long haul journey. Aer Lingus operate a fleet of 4 Airbus A330-200s. The airline also operates a fleet of 4 A330-300s (with two more on the order … [Read more...]

GIVEAWAY! Kinder Surprise Airbus A330!

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EDITORS NOTE: GIVEAWAY CLOSED. RESULTS LATER!!!! Well, I promised this in a previous post... be here we are. Last week in Dublin, I brought another box of Kinder Surprise Airbus A330-300s. The surprise was they were €9.99... and not €4.90. Someone had kindly put the sign in the wrong place. Nice work Dublin Airport Duty Free. Except they're the same as what I … [Read more...]

Kinder Surprise A330-300s… an #AVGeek’s dream?

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For those who know me, I have a small thing for model planes. When I say small.. I mean... This isn't half of it. A lot of it is in boxes. And I need to slice up the 1:400 fleet except in certain cases. Well, popular children's confectioner Kinder have something for the #avgeeks. And that's Kinder Surprise Eggs, containing Airbus A330-300s. Keep an eye on … [Read more...]

The UK commits economic suicide… and votes to leave the EU

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Sadly it seems the UK is a country divided... with a lot of country wishing to leave the European Union. EU Referendum Result - Image, BBC News Markets have tanked as expected, with the value of the British Pound tanking by 8%. Expect stock markets to crash and things to volatile for a long time. For those of you coming here, please take the chance to use your … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham to Dublin Airport

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Time for a snapshot - today featuring on the short-haul experience with Aer Lingus flying EI263 between Birmingham to Dublin. Boarding Boarding was done by fare class, frequent flyer membership and finally "everyone else". (Yours truly was in the "everyone else" queue). Gate 57 is an odd gate at Birmingham Airport - mainly as it's a tarmac gate (one has to head down the … [Read more...]

LOT Polish Airlines to fly to Seoul

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In "routes I didn't except to see coming", is today's announcement that LOT Polish Airlines will be offering a route between Warsaw and Seoul Incheon. LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787 - Image, LOT LOT will offer a three times a week service between Warsaw and Seoul from the 17th October 2016 using the timetable below LO097 DEPART WAW 14:40 ARRIVE ICN 09:20+1 Mondays, … [Read more...]