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British Airways is adding to its London Heathrow network, with the airline adding Nuremberg as a destination. Flights to Nuremberg will commence on the 27th of March. British Airways will operate the London Heathrow to Nuremberg as follows From 27th M…
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KLM confirms its Austin, Texas route launch
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As hinted at a couple of years ago, KLM has confirmed it will be launching its service to Austin, Texas. The new route will start on 28th March 2022. KLM will operate a direct service between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Austin–Bergstrom Internationa…
easyJet celebrates 20 years of being orange at Gatwick
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As well as being the Lunar New Year, easyJet is breaking out the party poppers as it celebrate 20 years of operating out of London Gatwick. easyJet started at Gatwick on the 1st February 2002, with just a handful of routes – the first being Barcelona o…
Qatar Airways signs for Boeing 737 MAX 10 and Boeing 777-8F
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, Qatar Airways has gone to Boeing for new aircraft, with the airline launching the new 777-8 Freighter. Qatar Airways will be the 777-8 Freighter launch customer with a firm order for 34 aircraft and options for 16 mo…
UK Government announces plans to change Air Passenger Rights
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It seems Grant Shapps has nothing better to do today, than launching a consultation on passenger rights (there’s some sort of report that has been released by Sue Gray, but I’m sure it’s about nothing important). The new proposals will allow passengers…
Airplane Art – Ryanair Boeing 737-800 taking off from Dublin Airport
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It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 taking off from its home base of Dublin Airport on another flight to somewhere short-haul. Ryanair’s fleet is spread across its subsidiaries, …
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (29th/30th January)
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We’ve come to the end of another week at Economy Class and Beyond. And not a nice one by any means… Well. That says it all really for this week. I’m holding up well, so far and keeping going – if tired as hell and sleeping this off as much as possible….
Delta goes greener with its new onboard amenities
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Delta is trying to improve its eco-credentials as it builds out new amenities for passengers. Let’s see what eco-steps the airline is taking. Starting this month, the airline will refresh its onboard product offerings with artisan-made amenity kits, re…
British Airways to move in with American Airlines at JFK Terminal 8 in December
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British Airways has announced more details of its move from New York-JFK Terminal 7 to Terminal 8, where it will move in with fellow oneworld airline American Airlines. There is a big date for the calendar – and it is the 1st December 2022, when the a…
KLM to offer Air-Rail Link between Schipol and Amsterdam Centraal
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Flying as we know is one part of the multi-modal mix of travel – it is normally combined with something else – be it driving, coach, train or metro. KLM is making one of those connections, with passengers being able to book a train ticket from Schiphol…
UK to change requirements for entry: No LFT needed for vaccinated travellers
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It seems the UK Government is pushing ahead with reopening the country to visitors, as it prepares to remove the requirement for testing for eligible vaccinated travellers. In the move it has taken, all testing measures for eligible fully vaccinated tr…
Azorra Aviation signs for additional Embraer E2 aircraft
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Lessor Azorra Aviation (based out of Florida, USA), has signed a deal with Embraer for new E2 family aircraft. The lessor has signed an agreement for 20 new E2 family aircraft, plus a further 30 purchase rights. This flexible deal enables Azorra to acq…
Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow
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It’s still Sunday somewhere in the world, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at its home base of London Heathrow after completing a long haul flight. Virgin Atlantic operate a fleet …
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (22nd/23rd January)
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We’re getting to the end of the week, with the full January blues settled in. It’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Maybe Google needs to learn to Undo things, after a week like this week. Travel Technology TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Idea…
Google sticks it to legacy G-Suite/Google Workspace “Free” users – Pay up or get out
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For those who are very small users of G-Suite who signed up for a “free” platform before 2012 – there’s some very bad news coming, with Google planning to discontinue the product. Of course, at the time of writing, no Google Workspace administrator has…
SWISS to introduce its first Airspace by Airbus Aircraft
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With the new Airbus A320neo aircraft, Swiss International Air Lines is taking delivery of, there, of course, comes a new cabin. SWISS is taking this forward, with the Airspace by Airbus cabin. This will be present in their new Airbus A320neo family fle…
Ryanair prepares to scale up services at its Dublin base
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Whilst Ryanair enjoys closing bases, it also expands them too when there’s a chance to make cash. And it seems it’s going to expand at its home of Dublin Airport. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 departing Dublin Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond Ryanair…
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS?
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Most of my IT interactions so far have been with either Microsoft Windows, Apple’s macOS or some sort of Linux distribution (most recently Manjaro, but sometimes Ubuntu). But a few discussions I’ve had with people have made me cast my eye away at Goog…
Virgin Atlantic to restart Tobago service
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For those looking for sun, Virgin Atlantic is set to restart its service to Tobago. The airline will relaunch its service, operating twice daily from the 29th January 2022, as a tag-on flight between Barbados and Tobago. Planned operations are as follo…
Virgin Atlantic and LATAM announce a codeshare agreement
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It must be codeshare season, with Virgin Atlantic announcing a new codeshare agreement with LATAM Airlines LATAM Boeing 777-300ER in Star Wars Stormtrooper livery – Image, Economy Class and Beyond Customers booking through Virgin Atlantic are now able…