Economy Class & Beyond

London is still calling according to BA….

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Remember the British Airways advert that hit before the Olympics where you could drive a 777 past your house? Well, there's a a follow up - cut down slightly thanking you for following TeamGB/ParalympicsGB and being the #HomeAdvantage over the Olympic and Paralympic games now the flames are extinguished. Yes, it's a rehash of the old advert, but it's still a darn good … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – BMI Baby Retrospective

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It's Sunday again, and it's time for a little bit of bittersweet airplane art. Today marks the end of operations of bmibaby when Flight WW1082 from Prauge touches down at 22:15 BST at Birmingham Airport and Flight WW5330 from Malaga arrives at East Midlands Airport at 22:45 BST. Here's some pics from Birmingham Airport, Belfast International and East Midlands … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday: Air Canada

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to place your chair back straight, your seatbelt on and your luggage stowed in the overhead bin as Air Canada introduce safety aboard their Airbus A319's (replace A319's with any other aircraft in their fleet almost for the same video with different exits and plane graphic) Another safety video again next week! … [Read more...]

Which airline would charge for a booking app? … Oh Hello there Ryanair…

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I was doing my regular sweep of the Apple Store for fun things when I noticed that Ryanair now has a iPhone booking app. With a traditional Ryanair sting in the tail: So let's see - nearly every other airline who publishes an app for phone use gives it away. Of course Ryanair will happily fleece you £2.49 for the privilege of an app that has minimal use. This from … [Read more...]

Air India has its first 787 delivered.

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It seems someone has turned up the aircon down below as Air India have finally accepted delivery of its first Boeing 787.  Air India 787 Delivery from Charleston - Image (c) The Boeing Company With the delivery of Air India's first 787, they become the 5th operator of the aircraft (when at some points they were meant to be the 2nd customer to have the … [Read more...]