Economy Class & Beyond

MH17: Repercussions and changes

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With the MH17 disaster turning into something that it shouldn't be, lets take a step away and look at some of the repercussions for people intending to fly on Malaysia Airlines. For those looking at MH17 in the future, the flight number will be retired on Friday, and replace with MH19 as the Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur service.  The new flight pair will operate as: MH16 DEPART … [Read more...]

Seoul City Council seeks to ban Uber

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It seems Uber isn't winning any friends in Seoul, with Seoul's City Council preparing to ban Uber, with the council concerns including  background checks made on drivers, the upkeep of vehicle used for Uber, and the impact Uber has made on traditional taxi services. Uber was introduced into Seoul in August 2013, operating their "Uber Black" service, but it seems this is too … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Qantas A380s at Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, resting under cloudy skies are a pair of Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft at London Heathrow Airport parked away from the gates as they await their evening returns duties to Australia.. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Boeing 787-9 shows its moves

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another video to lighten the week. This weeks video comes from Boeing who showed off their Boeing 787-9 aircraft performance at the Farnborough Air Show this year as it conducts some great manoeuvres during its flying display http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oXc08rBy2g The demonstration shows the climb performance, banked turnings, … [Read more...]

Birmingham Tunnels closed again for six weeks

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Yes, it's that time again with the Queensway tunnels that skirt around the city centre of Birmingham to close for 6 weeks over the summer period from 10pm Friday 18th July 2014 until 6am Monday 1st September 2014. The works are to include renewing the ventilation system, installing new security and communications systems, replacing electrical systems and refurbishing pumping … [Read more...]

Emirates launches the shortest distance A380 route

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Emirates seem to have an abundance of Airbus A380 aircraft, and it seems the airline will deploy the double decker superjumbo plane on a 1 hour and 45 minute flight between Dubai and Kuwait. Emirates Airbus A380 preparing for take off at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE. I think Lucky could probably squeeze in at least one shower during that flight length, but he'd have … [Read more...]

The Farnborough Digest – Day 4

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It's time for one final look at the Farnborough International Air Show, with a final flurry of orders on the last day of the airshow. The spoils of the final day went to Airbus, who scored some two sets of orders. First up is a Letter of Intent from TransAero who are seeking to purchase 20 Airbus A330 aircraft, split into 8 A330-300ceo aircraft and 12 A330-900neo … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 lost over East Ukraine

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Malaysia Airlines Flight Number MH17 has been reported lost at 14:15GMT today (Thursday, 17th July).  Flight 17 was operating its normal service between Amsterdam Schipol Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, utilising a Boeing 777-200 (registered as 9M-MRD) when contact was lost at 33,000ft. Up until that time, there were no emergency calls, with the flight … [Read more...]

Ryanair updates its Mobile App, adds mobile boarding pass

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Ryanair has been working behind the scenes tidying itself up and trying to shake off its old image - from its booking engine to customer service initiatives and now - to its mobile device applications. Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE.com. One of the nasty points of its past was when the airline charged for its mobile app - and yes, I documented … [Read more...]

The Farnborough Digest – Day 3

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As Day Three of the Farnborough International Airshow closes, lets look at the news and orders that has been coming forward from the show today. First up is Qatar Airways who have confirmed an order for 50 Boeing 777X aircraft, with an options for another 50 aircraft, along with four orders and four options of the Boeing 777F Freighters. Boeing 777X and 777F in flight - … [Read more...]