Economy Class & Beyond

Blog Admin: Trip Report pictures are a bit broken….

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Bit of minor blog admin, but it seems the hosts of my photos (Photoblog.com) have once again fiddled with the hosting arrangements of some of my older photos. Which means most of the photos in the older trip reports (2008-2009) are broken at this moment in time. I'll be fixing them over the weekend - again as it seems more of my times is spent fixing at the moment. Almost … [Read more...]

KE: A380 off to… Paris!

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Korean Air has umm'd and ahh'd over where it's going to deploy it's first A380. And it's chosen Paris Charles De Gaul as it's first "Official" destination after the run-in flightsThe run-in flights will initially commence on regional routes the 17/06/2011 operating Seoul Inchon to Tokyo Narita, Hong Kong and eventually Bangkok. Internationally the A380's will be deployed on … [Read more...]

BA: 100 Airbus’s later….

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Airbus is making a slight celbration as British Airways takes delivery of it's 100th Airbus aircraft. The aircraft - an A320 pushes British Airways into "a prestigious club" of over 100 Airbus owners.Here's a pretty picture. Image - Airbus S.A.R.L. However, before BA can smile smugly in the background, EasyJet has recently taken delivery of it's 200th Narrowbody Airbus. And … [Read more...]

BD: A330 Routes Confirmed.

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Well after making a few pennies hiring an A330 to Turkish Airlines, BMI have now got the other frame of it's massive A330 fleet of 2 aircraft, and has decided how to deploy them.The frame will be operating:Heathrow-Almaty/Bishkek from 25/06/2011Heathrow-Freetown from 26/06/2011.Heathrow-Freetown will be non-stop now, as the previous aircraft that operated the route - an A321 - … [Read more...]

Scary Lunchtime Reading: AF447

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Flight has translated the transcript of what happened on the ill fated Air France Flight AF447 which crashed.Sobering reading over lunch.http://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/2011/05/af447-after-two-long-years-six.html … [Read more...]

SEN Run: Job Done.

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Not to blow my own trumpet, but my the run I chronicled in SEN for £128.20? has paid off this morning with this in my Miles and More profile:Ich bin ein Senator.Job done! … [Read more...]

U2: Tax Planes Not People….

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Easyjet have launched a new campaign to "Tax Planes, Not People". And yes, It's a Petition site. It covers why Air Passenger Duty is a bad idea, and why it going up is even worse. Whilst I won't say sign the petition, I have signed it myself. Worth a think about.http://www.taxplanesnotpeople.com/ is the link. … [Read more...]

JS: Air Koryo Annouces a new route

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For those who want to get into North Korea, it seems a new route is opening up from the Middle East.Operating once a week it has the stellar schedudle of:JS161 FNJ1800 – 0110+1KWI JS162 KWI1400 – 0500+1FNJ Operated using a Tupelov TU-204. Well. It could be interest to someone. This is the second route announcement this year with a route to Kuala Lumpar. … [Read more...]