Economy Class & Beyond

Back into Action, Back to the Back: A4008 Chicago – Toronto

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AA4008 Chicago O’Hare T3 to Toronto Pearson T3 Back into action, Back to the Back – To Chicago with American Airlines, American Eagle and British Airways LHR-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Index: Dodging the Sword of Damocles (The Introduction) To Heathrow, T3 Lounges AA99 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O’Hare T5 Hyatt Regency O’Hare One Time … [Read more...]

FAA issues an airworthiness directive for the 787

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It seems the groundings of the 787 fleet is beginning to lift after the US Federal Aviation Administration cleared the class for flight with a formal air worthiness directive with the replacement of the battery systems. Japan's regulators have followed the FAA, allowing All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines to release aircraft to testing after replacement systems are … [Read more...]

Swiss Business Class sale fares from the UK

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Swiss has launched a bunch of sale fares from its 4 UK destinations to Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Dehil, Mubai, Muscat, Nairobi and Singapore. Depending which airport you go from will indicate the starting price: LHR LCY BHX MAN Bangkok 1790 1811 1788 1790 Beijing 1590 1610 1587 1590 Cairo … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific targets its first long haul destination – Dubai

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Cebu Pacific will launch a direct service between Manila and Dubai from the 7th October 2013. This is one I've been watching on and off as Cebu Pacific has been in the process of obtaining Airbus A330 aircraft... and my thoughts where were they were going to deploy them too. The Manila to Dubai run will be Cebu Pacific's first long haul destination, with the timings … [Read more...]

Back into Action, Back to the Back: To O’Hare, AA T3 Lounges

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Part 5: Back to O'Hare and a hop around the AA AAdmiral's Clubs... Back into action, Back to the Back - To Chicago with American Airlines, American Eagle and British Airways LHR-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Index: Dodging the Sword of Damocles (The Introduction) To Heathrow, T3 Lounges AA99 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time … [Read more...]

Ryanair extends reserved seating

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For those of you who choose to use Ryanair (be it through choice or otherwise), some interesting news regarding seating has been released. Currently, you can reserve seats in row 1, 2, 5, 15, 16 and 17. Well, Ryanair are extending reserved seating with 2 extra rows at the back of the plane - Rows 32 and 33. This makes a total of 45 seats reservable on a Ryanair flight. For … [Read more...]

IAG to add 18 Airbus A350-1000’s to its British Airways fleet

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IAG (International Airlines Group) is to place an order with Airbus for 18 A350-1000 aircraft, with options for 18 more aircraft. The order is part of IAG's long-haul aircraft fleet renewal and modernisation strategy (which saw a big 787 order earlier this year). In addition, the order has secured commercial terms and delivery slots that could lead to firm orders for Iberia … [Read more...]