Economy Class & Beyond

Malaysia Airlines preview their 2nd A380 at Farnborough – Farnborough flying line-up…

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The 2nd A380 that Malaysia Airlines will be receiving will have a diversion to Farnborough next week as it forms part of the flying display line-up there. Now we're aware of the configuration of the plane (8F, 66C, 70Y (upper), 350Y lower) and you would had thought "Why not install some Premium Economy Seating" Malaysia Airlines decided against it, going for for more two … [Read more...]

Emirates Dubai – London service switch to A380’s… completely!

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Well it's taken long enough for Emriates, but it seems they now have enough of an A380 fleet to take Dubai to London Heathrow to A380 aircraft only.  There are a few changes here, so pay attention. The 4th Daily Service (the planned EK007/EK008) trip has been shifted from 1st Feb 2013 to 28th October 2012. This rotation which was going to be a Boeing 777-300ER has been … [Read more...]

GhettoIFE presents: Farnborough 2012 Coverage

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It's coming up to that time of year where aviation companies, aircraft buyers and anything to do with aviation converges at Farnborough air field for a display, a show off and of course - lots of deals to be signed. It can only be Farnborough 2012. Alas, my press accreditation didn't come through, and as no nice aircraft manufacturer has sponsored me a ticket, I'll be … [Read more...]

Air India pilots strike to end

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In what only can be described as good news, Air India pilots have called off their strike action after two months of protests. The dispute centred around training over the pilots flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with over 400 pilots involved in the action, and 101 pilots fired. The action has been deemed by the Delhi High Court as "illegal" and a return to work issued on … [Read more...]

Emriates to introduce its A380 to Moscow

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The tendrils of Emirates continues to expand, this time with a change of services to Moscow. Emriates is planning to deploy a version of their Airbus A380 from 1st December 2012 to Moscow Domodedovo. The aircraft will be configured with 517 seats and replace one of the existing rotations that Emirates operate to Moscow. The revised changes shape up like this: Dubai … [Read more...]

Jetstar Japan commences service

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Another part of Jetstar took to the air today with Jetstar Japan commencing service. Jetstar Japan operated flight GK111 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo successfully, and thus joins the Jetstar family in the Asia/Pacific/Australasia region.  For those keeping up that's: Jetstar (Australia and New Zealand) Jetstar Asia (Singapore, also incorporating Valueair) Jetstar … [Read more...]

In case you’ve forgotten……. (BMI Diamond Club Miles Transfer)

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The BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Executive Avios transfer tool is now open (as advertised in an email from Donnington Hall): Now I've copy and pasted a bit out of it as it's important (embolding mine) "As part of the bmi integration, British Airways is offering Diamond Club members the opportunity to transfer destinations miles to Avios  at a rate of 1:1. … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines to go A380 daily on KL-London Route earlier than planned, and other A380 plans

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It seems Malaysia Airlines have confidence in their A380 plan after commencing operations of the aircraft on the 1st July. The new plan as of Monday (2nd July) is to take the Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow route daily from the 12th August (from an original daily date of 25th August) The revised schedule (along with the other Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow service) is … [Read more...]