Economy Class & Beyond

Ultra-long haul Air Passenger Duty drops from today (1st April)

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In good news, Air Passenger Duty for departures from United Kingdom changes today. In the past there has been four bands of Air Passenger Duty, split into two rates: Band A: 0 - 2000 miles Band B: 2001 - 4000 miles Band C: 4001 - 6000 miles Band D: over 6000 miles The two levels are: Reduced Rate - for the lowest class of travel on a plane (eg … [Read more...]

Book it Danno! A Five Hour Layover at Dublin

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Book it Danno! A Five Hour Dublin Layover Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - Shannon, Shannon … [Read more...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle to take London Gatwick to New York Daily

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It seems Norwegian Air Shuttle is confident it can make headway in the London to New York market, with plans for the airline to operate the service daily between the two cities. Norwegian Boeing 787 - Image, Norwegian Air Shuttle, used under CC3.0 The airline will take its service daily from the 26th October, operating the following timetable: DY7015 DEPART LGW 17:10 … [Read more...]

Book it Danno! BA4462 London City Airport to Dublin

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Book it Danno! BA4462 London City Airport to Dublin Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - … [Read more...]

15% off iTunes vouchers at Tesco

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It's coming up to Easter, so it must be time for an iTunes Voucher sale in Tesco. For those who need to top up on Tesco ClubCard points, and are also an owner of one or more Apple device - this could be up your street. Because none of us like paying full whack for credit for iTunes - not even me. Tesco are offering 15% off the any of their iTunes voucher in-store … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Emirates Boeing 777-200LR

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, in the warming spring evening sun an Emirates Boeing 777-200LR at Chicago O'Hare, as it loads up for the return flight back Dubai. Emirates operate a fleet ten Boeing 777-200LRs - the long range variant of the Boeing 777 family on their world-wide network. Emirates will be introducing … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Air France

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It's Saturday, so please stow your luggage in the overhead bin, put away your tray table and fasten your seat belt as we go to this week's safety video. This week - it's the new safety video from Air France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3J6fE-0JI A stylish video here, with a few fashion twists... and a few modern notes. In no smoking, e-cigs are shown as a … [Read more...]

Book It Danno! Involuntary Downgrade Chaos at City Airport

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Book it Danno!  Involuntary Downgrade Chaos at City Airport Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - … [Read more...]

Delta to launch a daily Manchester (UK) to New York JFK

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Proving my point there are other places in the United Kingdom than London (I know, it's an amazing fact, but there it is), Delta will be launching a service between Manchester and New York JFK on the 21st May 2015. The service from New York commences on the 21st May and from Manchester UK on the 22nd May.The route will be operated with a Boeing 757-200, and will operate on … [Read more...]

Germanwings 4U9525 – Airlines react

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The news that came out today from the French Investigators today was not what anyone wanted to hear, and that was the confirmation of The New York Times story that broke last night - the captain of the plane left the cockpit, and was locked out of it by the first officer. The Marseille's public prosecutor confirmed the co-pilot was alone during the fateful flight descent … [Read more...]