Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – EasyJet Airbus A319

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's an EasyJet Airbus A319 resting at a clear night at Birmingham Airport, ready for its next turn back to Belfast International Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Vodka, Check. Diet Coke, Check. Boarding Pass and Passport… Check!

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And good evening from Birmingham Airport, where you join me in the beginnings of my mad last trip of the year. As I'm on a rucksack (and that's about it) and an Avois run after another day of hell in my office, I'm relaxing in the Servisair lounge at Birmingham Airport... which seems to has gone through and Ikea plus makeover. I'll just nurse my drink until my flight … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Air France A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week - taxing in the morning sunshine is an Air France Airbus A320 at Birmingham Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]

BMIBaby Fallout – Birmingham and EMA recover… Belfast City less so…

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More response today from the fallout of BMI Baby being wound down. Birmingham Airport has announced that they will be bringing two aircraft to join it's local base, and will add more flights to  Malaga, Alicante, Rome, Palma, Faro and Barcelona; all destinations served by bmibaby. Meanwhile, Flybe will continue to operate to Belfast City, with EasyJet joining them in the … [Read more...]

Birmingham airport attracts a full time EasyJet service

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EasyJet is deciding to risk it again at Birmingham, with the launch of a Birmingham to Belfast International Airport (Aldergrove) Service. The service will operate daily to start with on 22nd October, and ramp up to a two flights a weekday and one flight a day on weekends service from 29th October. Currently Birmingham to Belfast is served by BMI Baby and FlyBe, who … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – BMI Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a British Midland International Airbus A320 at Birmingham Airport, waiting to operate a flight the early morning Lufthansa to Frankfurt-am-Main (Click for the large version) More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Japan Trip 2012: Well. If it’s 06:15 (Local), it must be time to travel

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Yup. The open road begins again. And this morning, it's at Birmingham Airport (what laughably used to be called "Birmingham International Airport). So far so good. Put it like this: I'm glad I checked in at the desk so I got a fasttrack sticker. The queues for security were... awful. Just awful Anyway. Good morning from that ServisAir Lounge. And yes, it's still an (What … [Read more...]