Economy Class & Beyond

Yes, the blog has got a little smaller…

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... as the latest trip report epic is now archived off into the ether.Of course you can get to it here or if for some reason you want to read up on some of my other adventures, you can always hit the Trip Reports section of GhettoIFE.com (and of course, it's on FlyerTalk as well!).More importantly, a lot of the photographic content is now being released and will be available at … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Luxair

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow those tray tables and place your seats in the upright position, as we display this week's Safety video, from the small carrier Luxair (the airline of Luxenbourg) More next week! … [Read more...]

UA: Want Brunch in Economy on a UA PS flight? That’s $24.99 please…

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It seems United loves to come up with ways of fleecing out of more money.The latest wheeze is to charge for Economy Meals on their PS Service. Yes - they've got the ghual to charge for something that was free oh so long ago. "between New York Kennedy and Los Angeles or San Francisco - including a selection of sweet and savory brunch items and sparkling wine."Ooh. Sparkling … [Read more...]

America-Japan Anti-Trust immunity firming up for Star and OneWorld…

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News arrives indicting that Department of Transport in the USA are close to giving the green light for OneWorld and Star Alliance carriers, connecting Japan and the USA. Of course, something has to hold up this agreement, and that is the approval of an Open Skies agreement being signed, with the first part of it being the Tokyo Haneda slots being awarded. In this case, the … [Read more...]

BD: BMI Regional to Feed Brussels Airlines, Of course, we are one big happy fleet….

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(Bonus points to those who can guess the reference in the title)BMI Regional (the ERJ flying arm of British Midland) is realigning its timetables, and adding new codeshares to its flights to connect with Brussels Airlines (also owned partially by Lufthansa)Marketing Brussels as an alternative to other busy hubs (or to you and me: London Heathrow), it's planned that you can use … [Read more...]

BA/AA/IB – New Joint Venture Routes announced.

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Hot off the heels of the joint venture annouced, it seems the group is going to quickly consolidate their postion with a bunch of new flights, of which they areNew York JFK-Budapest operated by American AirlinesChicago-Helsinki  operated by American Airlines London Heathrow-San Diego operated by British Airways Madrid-Los Angeles operated by Iberia In … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn Extra – British Airways Retro 757….

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Time for some extra Airplane p0rn this week, courtesy of British Airways as they begin the last weeks of 757 services within the mainline airline.For this event, they've painted up G-CPET into the classic 1983 Livery designed by 1983 “Negus & Negus”, in the classical red tail.  Image: (c) British Airways - http://press.ba.com/?p=1475BA was a launch partner … [Read more...]

SQ: To launch BCN-GRU Route…

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Signapore airlines are quietly beavering away in the background, and has recived route approval and lauced a schedle for Barcelona to San Paulo service as a tag-on to their Singapore - Barcalona route.Flight No. Depart      Arrive  Depart     Arrive        EQU … [Read more...]