Economy Class & Beyond

HP: And All I see when I see the new Hawaii Five-O titles….

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For us mere British People, the Hawaii Five-O Reboot has been airing on Sky 1 on Sunday.And when I see the title sequence, I see a certain Hawaiian airline has managed to get some valuable exposure...(about 14 seconds, and 2 seconds or so of exposure)Yes, Hawaiian Airlines and one of their new A330's gets pride of screen. … [Read more...]

DL: Launches Premium Economy product – “Economy Comfort”

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It's been discussed at length, but airlines are introducing Premium Economy seats like the idea is going out of business (which in some cases are a either an upgraded economy product or a downgraded business product... or in the case of one airline in an exercise in extra legroom).Well Delta has decided to release a premium economy product called "Economy Comfort" (taking the … [Read more...]

What? Another Trip in a few days?

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Afraid so.I'm opening up a new travel tag called NYC. And yes, it EXACTLY where you think it is.However, there is a very big ulterior motive to this trip. And yes, it is photography based.But you'll find out what that is soon enough... Over the next few days, I'll be building up to the trip (with of course, live reporting when I find a free hotspot).For now, I'll leave you with … [Read more...]

QF: What’s that skippy? Qantas putting it’s Fuel Surchage (YQ) up?

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The Spirit of Australia has decided it needs a bit more spirit. Or ideally Jet1-A fuel. Alas, as that's getting expensive, a fuel surcharge is being applied as price of oil is going up everywhere. For Europe, prepare to be stung with a 53% rise from US$96 to US$147.For the Americas and South Africa, the rise is 35% or so from from US$86 to US$116. For Asia and Pacific Region … [Read more...]

1000th Boeing 767 rolled out to ANA

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Well it doesn't seem like a few weeks since I talked about Boeing preapring it's 1000th 767 preparing for rollout. Well now it's painted up, and almost ready for rolling out, and heading off flight testing and delivery to the ever patient ANA whilst they wait for new 787'sImage - BoeingWell whilst it does look striking in ANA's colours, and the 1001 767 is being assembled … [Read more...]

SQ: The return of the Singapore Girl

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She's back after a long time in advertising land - yes the Singapore Girl is back, not showing the product, but the emotions of a product.If that's at all possible. Whilst not as outlandish as Virgin's advert, it's a simple put together one. And I like. … [Read more...]

BA: Fuel Surcharge increases again

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It seems fuel costs are going to be the pain of the year, with British Airways increasing it's fuel surchargesThe minor bit of good news - shorthaul is unaffected. However, long haul is a different story: For World Traveller (Economy) flights over nine hours, the surcharge will increase from £76 a sector to £88.  On sectors less than nine hours, it will … [Read more...]