Economy Class & Beyond

Big Plane! Heavy Plane! Short-Haul A380s with British Airways

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Big Plane, Heavy Plane! Short-Haul A380s with British Airways The Introduction Index: Big Plane! Heavy Plane! (The Introduction) - THIS SECTION Chiltern Railways to London, Heathrow Connect and the Holiday Inn Ariel To Heathrow T5 and a Sinking realisation Killing time in the F Lounge – an Airplane Art Special! A Look at the lower deck of the BA … [Read more...]

EVA Air prepares its first 777-300ER Hello Kitty Jet

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All those who worship at the temple of the mouth-less cat... Rejoice! EVA Air is preparing a new Hello Kitty Jet! The soon to be Hello Kitty Jet - Image EVA Air via Facebook According to Airlineroute.net, Kitty-Chan's 777-300ER will be flying from Taipei to Los Angeles on the following schedule: First Flight: BR012 DEPART TPE 16:40 ARRIVE LAX 14:05 18th Sept 13 … [Read more...]

Bombardier CSeries Watch: Bombardier paint their first CSeries

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The Bombardier CSeries FTV-1 has been out and about, conducting taxing tests, as the systems mature on the aircraft as it heads towards first flight. In the mean time, Bombardier have finally dragged the their test plane (FTV-1) into the paint shop, and given it a rather nice coat of paint: Images - Bombardier via CSeries.com And to go along with it - a … [Read more...]

Four Trains and a Wedding – Heading Homeward

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Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding. Introduction, Birmingham New Street to London Euston, London Liverpool Street to Norwich The Holiday Inn Norwich and a Wedding Norwich to London Liverpool Street, a quick lunch and London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill After jumping into a cab, it was a quick drive back to Norwich station, where my train to London was … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – British Airways Airbus A380 Special

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It's Sunday again, so it must time for an Airplane Art special! This week - well, what else could it be really - it's British Airways brand new Airbus A380 at London Heathrow Airport. Look out for the full GhettoIFE review of British Airways A380 in Club World this week! The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – EVA Air

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time to place your seat in the upright position, stow your table, place your luggage in the overhead bin or under the seat in front of you, and fasten your seatbelt as we go to this weeks safety video. This week, it's EVA Air... with their safety video for the 777-300ER. And... Umm. Well... Well, it's certainly different!. Another … [Read more...]

The Heathrow Hotel Hoppa – Useful or Useless?

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Apart from muggins missing his flight yesterday, there was another thing that got on my nerves... twice in fact. And it's Heathrow Airport's Hotel Hoppa. Now, whilst the Holiday Inn Ariel isn't that far out of the sticks (for example, from my room I could see the threshold of 27R), getting to T5 can present minor issues - especially when you need to go in the early … [Read more...]

Good afternoon Frankfurt!

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Good afternoon Frankfurt Airport! Yes, I've made it here, and will shortly be turning tail and heading straight back to London. A pity really... but this is what happens when something runs against you.... More later on, as well as the full comprehensive trip report to come! … [Read more...]

So to expand when things go wrong…

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... I haven't been looked after better by British Airways. After seeing the plane push back infront of me, I was told there was no redemption space on the next flight. As I headed down the bowels of T5, and walked to T5B customer service, i checked what redemption opportunities were available - and lo and behold - the latter flight became … [Read more...]