Economy Class & Beyond

ANA International 787 – Pictures and Videos

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I'm in the process of uploading my pictures from my trip in progress. Alas, the ANA 787 portion is dominating the coverage at the moment (like anyone couldn't guess that was going to happen!). And I've got myself into gear and uploaded the first trance of stuff to this trip. PICTURES: Preparing for the off- … [Read more...]

Emirates to upscale Newcastle to Dubai route

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It seems there is demand from the North of England to the Middle East and beyond within announcement that Emirates is to upscale the route from an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300ER This will be one of Emirates's Two Class 777-300ER's, with 42 Business Class Seats and 385 Economy class seats. This adds an extra 2000 seats a week (from the 278 seater Airbus … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific edges closer to Long Haul operations

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There was a fair bit of feedback last time when I mentioned that Cebu Pacific was edging closer to beginning long haul operations. Well it seems those plans are now well apace with Cebu Pacific agreeing an operating least deal with CIT Aerospace for four new Airbus A330-300's. On current schedule, the aircraft will be delivered between 2013 and 2014 and be powered with … [Read more...]

Flybe upgrades Glasgow to Birmingham with an E-195

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Flybe has seen there could be money in the Glasgow - Birmingham run, and have decided to increase capacity on the route by switching to Embraer E-195 aircraft Flybe's E-195's are configured in a standard 2-2 seating configuration, with 118 seats installed on the planes (and they're not that bad to be honest, if FlyBe are heavy on the sales on the plane...) This will … [Read more...]

Heathrow Express Strike Action ahead

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To quote a term "Here we go again". The RMT has called out the Heathrow Express train route workers on strike over the sacking of a driver. Six days of action are planned with maddening time points have been announced: 12:15 on Sunday February 26 to 12:14 on Monday February 27 12:15 on Sunday March 11 to 12:14 Monday March 12 Additional action by not working … [Read more...]

Frankfurt Airport strike over… for now

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It seems that both sides want to try again in the Frankfurt Airport dispute and the strike action has ended (for now) at 22:00CET This brings to an end of 5 days of strikes, with FraPort and the GdF Union agreeing to fresh talks The GdF Union, which wants higher pay and shorter working hours, said it would end the strike at 2200 CET, and hopes to begin new talks on … [Read more...]

Ex Spanair Gold/Silver customers get some love… but no miles…

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If you were a a member of Spanair's Frequent flyer programme, and were Gold or Silver, there is some good news. Some Star Alliance Carriers will now match your status. BUT... and here's the big BUT - No miles transferred. In other words, all your earned Spainair miles have gone in smoke. Star Alliance will be contacting you, but if you've heard nothing by February 23rd... … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Extra – ANA’s International 787

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Ok. I couldn't resist. It's Wednesday here, and it's time for some Airplane Art EXTRA! And for those of you who couldn't guess... it's the ANA 787 at Frankfurt (Blue Sky) and Toyko Haneda At Frankfurt Tokyo Haneda There's a LOT more to come. Well I have a 16gb card is full of images. I'll let you work out what I'm doing later on ;) … [Read more...]

Good morning from the land of the Rising Sun….

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And こんにちは! Well I've flown with ANA's Boeing 787 long haul. And I have a few thoughts already. Highlights: The impeccable service LowLights: Those electronic blinds. I'm not a fan. That's all I'm going to say on this for now - keep your eyes open for some pics on the Twitter feed and on Photoblog over the next couple of days.... Tease? Me? No. I haven't … [Read more...]

ANA continues to fiddle with the 787 timetable for March

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Well it seems ANA are still waiting for another internationally configured Boeing 787 to arrive, and so is re-balancing the 787 timetable for March Dates the 787 will operate in March 2012 March 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th, 2012 All other dates will be operated with an ANA Boeing 777-200ER What is slightly … [Read more...]