Economy Class & Beyond

Scoot to deliver streaming In-Flight Entertainment

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Scoot-  the long haul low cost off-shoot of Singapore Airlines is making a very move. The airline currently offers In-Flight Entertainment via iPad's, and is expanding their offering onboard using a service called "ScooTV". The service is a streaming media service - think like Youtube/NetFlix/LoveFilm/BBC iPlayer service rather than an iTunes/Google Play service where you … [Read more...]

A Last Star Fling? So… No More Star Alliance for me?

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A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR So... No more Star Alliance flying for me? Index: An Apology and The Introduction To London Heathrow, BMI Lounge, Star Alliance Lounge United UA923 London Heathrow – Washington Dulles International TSA Shenanigans, United UA221 Washington Dulles to … [Read more...]

Air France to introduce “Hop!”

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It seems airlines are in the mood to set up airlines within airlines, with Air France-KLM group setting up a new subairline called "Hop!" Hop combines the Regional Services offered by Brit Air, Regional and Airlinair under one banner with a jaunty exclamation mark, operating 530 daily flights, serving 104 destinations (32 destinations for Air France) with a fleet of 98 … [Read more...]

A Last Star Fling? Homeward Bound

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A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Homeward Bound. Index: An Apology and The Introduction To London Heathrow, BMI Lounge, Star Alliance Lounge United UA923 London Heathrow – Washington Dulles International TSA Shenanigans, United UA221 Washington Dulles to Chicago … [Read more...]

Emirates adds Tokyo Haneda to its network

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For those of you who fly Emirates to Japan, yet hate the commute from Tokyo Nartia to downtown Tokyo - well there's good news - Emirates is to serve Tokyo Haneda from 3rd June 2013 Timetable as below: EK312 DEPART DXB 0935  ARRIVE HND 00:01+1 EK313 DEPART HND 01:35 ARRIVE DXB 07:05 Operates from: 03/06/2012 Booked Equipment: Boeing 777-200LR (Three Class) Emirates … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 777-200ER

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It's Sunday again, and it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week sitting in the morning sun at Frankfurt Airport is an ANA Boeing 777-200ER preparing for its trip to Tokyo Haneda Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium… with Mega Mindy

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It's time to place your seat in the upright position, stow your tray tables and ensure the isles are clear as it's time for this week's Safety Video. This week, it's from Thomas Cook Airlines who seem to have employed Mega Mindy (a children's show in Belgium), with Samson and Gert (another Belgium children's Tv show... and err. Yes. well... this is really one to watch... and … [Read more...]

A Last Star Fling? Air Canada AC856 Toronto Pearson – London Heathrow

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A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR Air Canada AC856 Toronto Pearson International - London Heathrow T3 (Including the joy of Canadian Immigration and the Air Canada O’Hare and United Club B7) Index: An Apology and The Introduction To London Heathrow, BMI Lounge, Star Alliance Lounge … [Read more...]

ANA and JAL 787 Groundings to continue

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It's time to return to the prickly issue of the Boeing 787 and the grounding of the new aircraft. With the US US National Transport Safety Board still not able to point to a root cause of the battery pack failures in the Japan Airlines 787 (which lead to an small on-board fire in Boston)and the All Nippon Airlines 787 (that failed in-flight over Japan, leading to the type … [Read more...]