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havahaber · 2 years

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Seyahatçiler, yüksek bilet fiyatlarını ‘intikam seyahati’ için sineye çekiyor

Pandemi süresince bazıları hiç seyahat etmeyen milyonlarca insan, kısıtlamalar kalkar kalkmaz 'intikam seyahati' için harekete geçti. Uçak bileti fiyatları pek çok uçuş rotası için pahalı olsa da, seyahat etmekten uzun süre mahrum kalan seyahatçiler bunu sineye çekiyor. Fiyatlar pandemi öncesinin yüzde 30 üstünde Uçuş talebinin arzın üzerinde olduğunu söyleyen Delta Airlines CEO'su Ed Bastian, "İş seyahati, tatil, business class... hiç fark etmez. Fiyatlar pandemi öncesinin yüzde 30 üzerinde olmasına rağmen her kategoride büyük bir uçuş talebi var." dedi. Hamburg-Singapur uçak bileti 2 bin dolardan 5 bin dolara çıktı Bloomberg'de yer alan habere göre, ekonomi sınıfı Hong Kong - Londra uçak bileti Cathay Pasific'te 5 bin 360 dolar (87 bin TL), New York-Londra arası ekonomi sınıfı uçak bileti ise 2 bin dolar (32 bin TL). Singapur Hava Yollarının daha önce 2 bin dolara sattığı Hamburg - Singapur bileti ise 5 bin dolara (81 TL) çıkmış durumda. Singapur Hava Yollarında uçak bileti fiyatlarının yüzde 27 arttığı belirtiliyor. Dev uçaklar park halinde bekliyor Çoğu ülke seyahat kısıtlamalarını kaldırsa da, taşıyıcılar tüm uçaklarını operasyona alma konusunda temkinli davranıyor. Şirketler yakıt maliyeti açısında avantajlı olan A350s ve 787 Dreamliner gibi modellere yöneldiği için, A380 superjumbolar ve Boeing 747-8s'ler yerde yatmaya devam ediyor. Öte yandan, Çin hala büyük oranda kapalı kaldığı için Güney Asya'daki sıkıntı devam ediyor. “Hava yolu şirketlerinin yeniden filo oluşturması zaman alacak” Asia Pasifik Hava Yolları Bölge Müdürü Subhas Menon, ancak mayıs ayında kısıtlamaların hafifletildiği için hava yolu şirketlerinin yeniden filolarını oluşturmasının zaman alacağını ifade etti. Menon, "Kesin şeyler söylemek için hala çok erken. Henüz haziran ayındayız ve bu iş musluğu açmaya benzemiyor." dedi. Uçuş ağları da azaldı Öte yandan hava yolu şirketleri pandemi döneminde uçuş ağlarını da azalttılar. Daha önce bir noktadan diğerine direkt uçan insanlar şimdi birkaç aktarma yapmayı göze almak zorunda. Mesela British Airways Hong Kong'a bile uçmuyor. Gökyüzünde daha az uçak var. Piyasaya daha az koltuk arz edildiği için toparlanmaya yavaşlıyor, bilet fiyatları ise artıyor. Petrol fiyatları yükseliyor Rusya-Ukrayna savaşı, ham petrol fiyatlarında son 18 ayda yaşanan istikrarlı artışı daha da kötüleştirdi. Şu anda bir hava yolu şirketinin giderlerinde jet yakıtının payı yüzde 38'e yükselmiş durumda. Bu oran daha önce yüzde 27 idi. Bazı bütçeli hava yolu şirketlerinde bu oran yüzde 50'ye kadar çıkıyor. New York’ta jet yakıtı yüzde 80 zamlandı Bölgeye göre değişmekle birlikte, ABD'de petrol fiyatları artıyor. Örneği New York'ta jet yakıtının fiyatı bu yıl yüzde 80 oranında arttı. ABD'li birçok taşıyıcı yakıt maliyetindeki artışı şimdiye kadar karşılayabildi. Ancak bunu bilet fiyatlarında zam yaparak başarabildi. Citigroup analistler, hava yolu şirketlerinin yakıt maliyetindeki artış nedeniyle bilet fiyatlarını daha da artırabileceğini ve bunun da gezginleri zorlayabileceğini belirtiyor. “İntikam seyahatleri” Öte yandan, bilet fiyatlarındaki bu büyük artışın insanların seyahatten alıkoymadığını görülüyor. Uluslararası Hava Taşımacılığı Birliği Eski Genel Müdürü Willie Walsh geçen ay yaptığı açıklamada, iki yıldır seyahate çıkamayan tüketicilerin tatil için daha pahalı uçak biletlerine yöneldiğine dikkat çekti. Analistler, seyahatçilerin bu tutumunu iki yıl evde kalmalarından dolayı iple çektikleri 'intikam seyahati'ne bağlıyor. Personel sıkıntısı Geride kalan iki yılda yüz binlerce pilot, kabin görevlisi ve havacılık sektörünün diğer çalışanları işini kaybetti. Ancak sektör, işleri pandemi öncesine döndürecek kadar hızlı işe alım yapamıyor. Dünyanın en iyi havalimanları arasında gösterilen Singapur Changi Havalimanı şu anda 6 bin 500 işçi arıyor. Pek çok çalışan, daha az istikrarsız sektörlere kaydı ve geri dönmek niyetinde değil. (Turizm Güncel) Read the full article

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aniafawad · 4 years

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In London With British Airways

Here’s a recap of one of the most memorable trips I have ever been on, all thanks to British Airways - If you didn’t already know, British Airways has resumed flying to Pakistan (Islamabad) from London (LHR) after 13 years... and I was one of three lucky Pakistani influencers selected by BA to represent the new face of Pakistan and show the vibrancy of Pakistani youth.

So, how was the experience?

Well, I was seated in the upper cabin in the A380, so not too shabby! 💁‍♀️ Not only did they spoil me in their comfortable Business class with lavish meals, and their impeccable service, but completely won me over with their warmth and hospitality.

We stayed at The Courthouse Hotel, which was in the best location imaginable... it was SO central. I was told it’s also Shahrukh Khan’s hotel of choice in London, so of course I spent a lot of my time day dreaming about running in to Raj... but unfortunately no such luck - We did however get three amazing days of exploring the city and since we had also partnered with Mile 5, thanks to them and their efficient service, we were able to do it in style. They drove us all around London city in their luxury cars and made us feel like royalty.

On my way back home, even though I was flying business class with BA I got to experience their First Wing and dined at their very exclusive Concorde Lounge. The dining area was very private which I really liked, and the food was definitely restaurant quality. I also liked that the menu was diverse.. I was in the mood for desi and quite enjoyed my meal. Normally, I avoid eating food in airport lounges or in planes but I promise you this tasted nothing like that. Still don’t believe me? Go check out my photos! :P

This trip may have been short but the warmth of BA’s hospitality is something I will cherish for a lifetime..

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outfitandtrend · 2 years

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[ad_1] All business class suites should have sliding doors, and I won’t hear otherwise. This is because they give privacy, are not an inconvenience (as some people say), and don’t even translate to that much greater cost for passengers.We’ve had some controversial opinions here at DMARGE. We’ve said kids shouldn’t be allowed in business class. We’ve said road cyclists don’t look cool (going out on a limb there, I know). We’ve even said that floating breakfasts are not all they’re cracked up to be. But today we have had what is, in our opinion, a fairly mild opinion. One that is quite hard to – from a passenger point of view – protest against. That opinion? All business class seats should have sliding doors. Qatar Airways already has them (see: The QSuite), Delta has them (see: the Delta One Suites) and British Airways and Etihad are rolling it out. Air France also just unveiled a new business class with sliding doors, too. Qatar Airways’ Qsuite. Image Credit: Airline Ratings.But the rest of the pack have not yet followed, perhaps due to cost, and perhaps due to the fact that some business class passengers don’t appear to care whether or not their suite has a sliding door. Some passengers have even complained (on online forums) that sliding doors are claustrophobic and not worth the extra cost (which the airline pays in installing them and which is then presumably passed on to the customer). But when we look at business class suites like that on Singapore Airlines’ A380s, or Cathay Pacific, or Emirates, some of which can be turned into ‘love nests’ (internally, with the seat next to them), it seems absurd that there is no option for an outside divider. Singapore Airlines’ A380 business class. No sliding doors in sight.Even if many business class passengers spend most of the flight with their sliding doors pushed back, they are a gold mine for making you feel safe and secure, and to give you privacy while you sleep. Above all: they are an option (not something foisted upon you, which you have to use). They’re also not even that much more expensive. One way business class Sydney to London flights on Qatar Airways, for instance, on the 1st of August, are currently being sold for $11,052. There are also multiple other business class fares (from Sydney to London) that day for $7,300 on Qatar Airways (and on the days next to it) for $6,400. A Singapore Airlines business class fare (which does not have sliding doors), one way, from Sydney to London, on the 1st of August, however, at the time of writing, costs $10,488 (there are also a couple for $8,063). Singapore Airlines also has a first/suites option for $11,000 or so. But from a passenger point of view, we would like to humbly suggest that they just add sliding doors to all their business class seats too… Read Next [ad_2] Source link

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jd-aero-industry · 3 years

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British Airways A380 business class London to Vancouver (decline in service) #airplane #boeing #aerospaceengineering #pilot #pilotlife #aviationeverywhere #aviationnews #aviationmechanic #aviationphotography #aerospace #pilots #aviationindustry #airbus #aircrafttechnician #aviationworld

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Why this will be the hottest airplane seat in 2021 (CNN) — Premium economy. The two words might seem a weird combination in airline terms, since it’s a rare airline where economy seats feel premium these days. But these seats between coach and business class on international flights were heating up even before Covid-19, and as we all start to travel again in 2021, they’re set to be a must-fly for many passengers. Why? It’s a combination of factors. First, the economic crisis means that business class travelers will be “trading down” to premium economy — whether that’s people flying for work whose travel policies are being tightened or upmarket leisure travelers who are feeling the pinch on their wallets but don’t fancy feeling it at their knees or elbows. Second, frequent fliers will have miles to burn after a year of reduced traveling, and with those straitened travel policies that land business travelers in economy, we’ll likely see some of them upgrading themselves to the slightly better seats with their points. That’s alongside pent-up leisure travelers looking for a bit of a splurge, even in hard times. Third comes the fact that, after more than a year of Covid-19, we’re just not psychologically used to being cheek-by-jowl with other people anymore. It’s going to feel very strange to think about doing that on a plane, so the extra space in premium economy will be welcome. Emirates recently debuted its latest A380 with luxurious premium economy seats. Courtesy Emirates What is it? But what is premium economy? Fundamentally, it’s a bigger seat, says Ben Orson, a designer responsible for many of the most successful seats of the past decade, and now managing director of Orson Associates. “The most important part of what a premium economy seat offers the passenger is a significant upgrade in terms of comfort when compared to economy. Premium economy seating typically provides around 5 to 10 inches of additional leg room, a more generous recline with a leg rest and an enhanced entertainment experience with a much larger screen.” Seats are also around two to three inches wider, and there are usually one to two seats fewer in each row: eight in a Boeing 777 or Airbus A380, for example, compared with 10 seats in most economy classes. “This approach has paid off for airlines,” Orson says, “with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic saying that, per square foot, premium economy is the most profitable part of the plane.” Premium economy often comes with upgraded meal service. Courtesy British Airways Premium economy is found, metaphorically and on the actual aircraft, between the increasingly spacious and luxurious business classes and the increasingly less spacious and less luxurious economy classes. Airbus calls this widening gap the “comfort canyon.” Matt Round, chief creative officer at design studio Tangerine, explains that for airlines, it helps to fill this gap and that along with that larger seat comes some additional perks. “Airlines tend to offer premium economy passengers access to more priority services such as free seat reservations, priority boarding and increased luggage allowance. The services that are offered vary according to the airline.” Who flies it? Passengers usually first approach premium economy from one of two directions: either upgrading from economy or downgrading from business. “Pre-Covid-19, premium economy performed well for leisure passengers who wanted a slight treat or for cost-conscious large and small businesses,” Round explains. “On some routes, there was a tendency for passengers traveling on business to fly premium economy during the day and return on a fully flat bed in business class on the night flights.” EVA Air’s premium economy cabins were among the world’s first. EVA Air But, where business class seats have become more spacious and economy class seats have shrunk both in legroom and elbow room, how have premium economy seats changed since their introduction nearly 30 years ago aboard Virgin Atlantic and EVA Air? “They haven’t, not really,” says Peter Tennent, director of design house Factorydesign. “When we designed the first British Airways’ World Traveller Plus seat in 2000, the basis for the seat customization was an aging business class platform. These conventional, yet larger recliner seats were beginning to be superseded by enhanced business class offers, so there was a fairly obvious option to downgrade them from business to a reduced offer to sit between business and economy.” Despite many advances in inflight entertainment and connectivity features such as on-demand inflight touchscreen entertainment, power sockets, WiFi internet and more, the basic seat hasn’t changed much, Tennent says. “There have been many new premium economy seats, some bespoke, others derivatives of existing platforms, but all still following the same principle.” What about the future? Premium economy, says Martin Darbyshire, chief executive officer of Tangerine, is “a life saver for me as a business traveler who runs a privately owned company, and therefore cannot justify flying business class whenever I want. “For a day flight, especially, premium economy is a comfortable way of flying with a reasonable quality of service. The smaller cabin is also a benefit, as it creates a more private space.” Premium economy is also very popular with senior citizens on vacation, particularly because they can usually book early for lower fares. More legroom is a key benefit of premium economy seats. Chris Rank/Delta Air Lines Business travelers, on the other hand, can find it expensive at the last minute, Darbyshire notes. That said, these passengers — especially if they’re also frequent fliers — are among the first to be upgraded into business class if the premium economy cabin is getting full. Overall, says Orson, “premium economy will continue to be attractive to the very tall, the elderly, and anybody else for whom economy class presents too much of a physical challenge.” But, looking forward, he muses, “could it be that the approach which launched premium economy in the first instance — a considered selection of those aspects of business class that really matter to passengers today, such as a more technologically informed approach to comfort, greater privacy, enhanced connectivity or a more distanced boarding experience — might be applied again to create a new way of traveling, perfectly tailored to the ever-evolving needs of our passengers of the future?” Whatever the future looks like, Tennent from Factorydesign notes, “Aviation is a battleground for differentiation. If one airline can offer — or claim to — something better, different or novel compared to their competitors, it provides a commercial advantage.” Top photo from Philippine Airlines. John Walton is an international transportation and aviation journalist based in France, specializing in airlines, commercial aircraft and the passenger experience. Source link Orbem News #Airplane #Hottest #Seat

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globalnewz1 · 3 years

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Weekly Review: March 6, 2021

Hope everyone has a great weekend so far!

In terms of points and travel, Amex added cell phone coverage this week to select premium cards, a Fly Armenia Airways 737 that has been mysteriously rerouted to Iran. Surinam Airways got rid of the new 777. Frontier Airlines narrowly avoided a catastrophic de-icing incident, an Air France, 777 was destroyed by Greenpeace and much more.

Here is a recap from this week on the blog:

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12 best credit card deals March 2021

Every month I write a post with what I think is the best credit card deals, with a particular focus on the best travel credit cards.

It’s 2021 and there is a sense of hope for many of us. People will be vaccinated, and hopefully parts of the world will go back to normal (at least) sometime this year. This is a great reason to put your points-earning strategy in order so that you can plan your dream trip when the time is right.

While there are several excellent long-term credit card offers, the specifics of the top offers are constantly changing (be it the annual fee, minimum spend, or even the size of the welcome bonus).

Delta Pay With Miles: Everything You Need To Know

While Delta SkyMiles is not my preferred mileage currency, one of the things I like about SkyMiles is that the program has a higher “floor” value for miles than American and United.

This means you may be able to “cash out” SkyMiles for the cost of a ticket at a cheaper rate than AAdvantage and MileagePlus.

All of this is thanks to Delta’s “Pay with Miles” feature, with which you can redeem miles for the cost of a Delta purchase at the cost of one cent each. In this post I wanted to see how that works.

Yes, airline contracts of carriage are completely unfair

I can’t think of any other industry that has contracts with customers that are as one-sided as we see it in the aviation industry … but it’s been like that for a long time.

TIPS: Earn miles and promos

8 reasons to get the Hilton Surpass Card Save at Best Western with Amex offers American Selling AAdvantage Miles for 45% off 12 best credit card deals March 2021 Free flights for members of the New Alaska Mileage Plan in California Awesome: Amex Platinum $ 30 monthly PayPal credit Hilton honors points of sale with a 100% bonus (0.5 cents per point) Southwest Airlines points of sale for 40% off Wyndham Rewards points of sale with 40% bonus Awesome: Southwest Credit Card Companion Pass Bonus Offers (Last Chance) Finnair Plus points of sale for a 40% discount Huge welcome bonuses for New Delta Amex Qatar Airways Privilege Club New Member Bonus American Airlines Business Extra Bonus for New Members

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My Hyatt Concierge: How valuable is this benefit? Hilton Surpass Weekend Night Reward: Is It Worth It? Will Closing Credit Cards Affect Your Credit? Delta SkyMiles expands upgrade certificates and makes them easier to use Delta Pay With Miles: Everything You Need To Know Guide to Four Seasons Private Jet Experiences Gold Delta American Express Card Review (2021)

News update

SWITZERLAND Details New Economy Buy On Board Service JetBlue takes over A321neo with new mint seats The more than 21-hour journey of an Embraer E190 to Australia Surinam Airways wants to get rid of new used 777s Wow: Amex is adding cell phone protection to premium cards A bird strike causes KLM a six-hour flight to nowhere Hmm: United Airlines orders more Boeing 737 MAXs Exciting: Alila Napa Valley opening March 2021 (taking reservations now) Bizarre: Fly Armenia 737 flies to Iran, is “missing” Singapore Airlines is reconfiguring all 12 A380s with new cabins Uganda Airlines plans flights to London Heathrow with A330-800neo Frontier Flight avoids “catastrophic” de-icing incidents Surinam Airways is getting rid of new used 777s British Airways gives in to Ghana’s empty threat Boeing raises concerns about the safety of the Airbus A321XLR Lufthansa plans to start the new Business Class in 2022 Marriott rewards vaccinated employees UK passenger tax will rise (again) in 2022 New York eases restrictions on vaccinated travelers Air France 777 destroyed by Greenpeace China Needs Anal Coronavirus Test For Travelers American Airlines employee vaccination incentive SITA responsible for new airline data breach EgyptAir will fly to Israel and replace the mysterious Luft Sinai Aer Lingus’ Manchester Transatlantic flights will soon be on sale

I hope everyone has a nice rest of the weekend!

source https://globalconnekt.com/weekly-review-march-6-2021/

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crazy4tank · 3 years

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The Year I Travelled Every Week

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The Year I Travelled Every Week

Pic: Biking within paradise on La Digue, Seychelles (Oct 2016) Another four months of intense journeying have passed, time to talk about some details of our Autumn adventures. For a complete recap of my travel year, make sure to understand my Winter , Spring and Summer stories.

Seychelles

Pic: The seaside at Savoy Seychelles Holiday resort and Spa on Mahe Earlier October, I visited the particular island nation of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. A powerful one week trip staying at an alternative hotel each night while going to four islands: Mahé , Sainte-Anne , Praslin and La Digue . Hotel wise, I used to be very impressed with the Constance Ephelia Vacation resort , a magical spot to revive the senses. Should you be looking for a resort to de-stress in a beautiful setting along with amazing staff, this is the spot to be!

Picture: Fitness Pool at Constance Ephelia Resort Seychelles Pic: Scuba diving at Anse Lazio, Praslin, Seychelles The granite-based islands within the Seychelles offer some incredible beaches of which Anse Lazio has been one of my favorites.

Pic: Daydreaming at Anse-Lazio seaside on Praslin Island Pic: Pool at Beachcomber Seychelles Sainte-Anne Island Other great resorts I stayed at had been Beachcomber Seychelles Sainte-Anne Island , Raffles Seychelles Praslin Island plus Le Meridien Fisherman’s Cove where I published postcards in an underwater mail box (! ) for some of my fortunate Twitter and Instagram Stories followers.

Pic: Bart with Anse Source D’Argent, Una Digue (Oct 2016) I travelled non-stop between Paris plus Mahe with Air Seychelles , a good Etihad Airways partner. You can generate and redeem Etihad Guest kilometers with Air Seychelles.

Pic: Air flow Seychelles A330-200 at Hair salon Vallée De Mai living room

Maldives

Pic: Qatar Airways B787 Company Class from Brussels in order to Doha For my trip to the particular Maldives in November, I actually redeemed British Airways avios to book a visible BRU-DOH-MLE on Qatar Air passage Business Class.

Pic: Hand tree at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island I stayed a few nights at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island using 285. 1000 Hilton HHonors points. My initial two nights, I was improved to a Water Property which did not impress me much. The particular ‘dividers’ between the villa’s interrupting the views bothered me personally. For my last night, I actually moved to one of the newly restored Beach Villa’s which you normally obtain when booking with factors. I liked those the lot more than the basic overwater villa’s!

Pic: Breakfast every day in paradise at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island In the morning, I actually enjoyed complimentary breakfast in Vilu restaurant thanks to our Hilton HHonors Gemstone status .

Pic: Bart at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (Nov 2016) Pic: Isle shuttle at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island

Pic: Ithaa, World’s Best Undersea Restaurant in Conrad Maldives Conrad Maldives provides unique underwater dining encounters in their Undersea restaurant Ithaa . I had the Champagne cocktail experience, the greater affordable option to visit this unique restaurant.

Pic: Champagne Drink at Ithaa Conrad Maldives

Pic: Tuk Firefox in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Nov 2016) On my way back in order to Belgium, I made a detour through Colombo and Kuala Lumpur. Tuk Firefox Sri Lanka emerged me in Colombo’s meals scene in their colorful Tuks. In Kuala Lumpur, Belgian balloon pilot Jonas hosted me for the thrilling balloon adventure above Putrajaya!

Pic: My Balloon Journey above Putrajaya, Malaysia (Nov 2016)

Pic: Working the night shift on Emirates A380 bar (Nov 2016) My detour via Colombo and Kuala Lumpur a new reason: flying Emirates A380 Business Class extremely cheap… We paid less than 330 EUR! Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is one associated with “the four Cs” (Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca plus Colombo) which regularly provide amazing premium airfares.

Pic: Etihad First Class Check-in Abu Dhabi (Nov 2016) As if traveling Qatar Airways B787 plus Emirates A380 Business Course in one trip wasn’t sufficient yet, I had also additional Etihad A380 First Class to a journey. I flew Etihad’s First Class Apartment from Abu Dhabi to London making use of 41812 Etihad Guest mls + 528AED (132EUR) money.

Picture: Etihad First Class Lounge plus Spa Abu Dhabi (Nov 2016)

Pic: Etihad AIRBUS380 Upper Deck featuring nine First Class Apartments

Pic: Bart at Etihad’s A380 Top class Apartment 4A

Pic: Etihad First Class dessert with Duval Leroy Rose Prestige Bubbly

Pic: The Reception bar onboard Etihad AIRBUS380 Upper Deck

Pic: Etihad A380 First Class House 4A Full Flat Mattress

Weekend break Trips

Pic: Lemon Fresh new at Bratislava Sky Pub Slovakia (Sep 2016) Similar to previously in the year, I held traveling every weekend between my longer trips. Within September I flew in order to Vienna where I produced the short bus trip to Bratislava, my initial visit to Slovakia.

Pic: Hungarian Parliament by night in Budapest (Sep 2016) The second weekend associated with September was a family visit to Budapest where I remained at the InterContinental with view on the Chain Link .

Pic: Autumn weekend in Paris, france with Jaguar XE (Sep 2016)

Pic: Enjoyable in streets of Paris, france with Jaguar XJ (Nov 2016) I also had the enjoyment to drive a number of Jaguars within the Fall of 2016. I actually made two trips in order to Reims & Paris with all the Jaguar XE and Jaguar XJ . Pic: With srprs. me and Air Serbia to Belgrade (Oct 2016) Nederlander travel agency srprs. me amazed me with a weekend break trip to Belgrade (Serbia).

Pic: Bart traveling the 2016 BMW 330e iPerformance BMW made my trip to Dusseldorf a lot more fascinating by borrowing me the 2016 BMW 330e plug hybrid .

Pic: Presidential Package at Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf (Nov 2016) Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf managed me in their Presidential Package in November!

Pic: Executive Sea View Area at Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Dec started with two sunlit weekends in Cannes (France) and Valencia (Spain).

Pic: l’Hemisfèric on Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Valencia

Pic: The Gherkin seen from Duck plus Waffle in London (Dec 2016) Accompanied by a foggy pre-Christmas weekend break in The City.

Conclusion

2016 was a new personal vacation record year for me:

114 plane tickets, 157229 flown miles, six. 3 around earth, 380 hours up in the air

First Class along with Garuda Indonesia, Lufthansa, United states Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways and Etihad Air passage

Business Course with Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Air Canada, Austrian, Adria Airways, Philippine Air carriers, Singapore Airlines, Alitalia, ANA, SWISS, Lufthansa, Brussels Air carriers, Finnair, British Airways plus Air Seychelles

A record number of totally free stays at luxury hotels thanks to IHG’s Greatest Price Guarantee

All of the above makes 48 trips and twenty-seven countries visited !

Up Following

Well, There are one more trip coming up this season, so the numbers above are not final yet! 😉 Ensure that you follow me into 2017 via Instagram Tales , Twitter and Fb . Enjoy the Holiday Season so that as always, thank you for your assistance!

#BMW #business class #Conrad #etihad airways #First Class #intercontinental #jaguar #maldives #qatar airways #seychelles #trip reports

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perfectirishgifts · 3 years

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Once A Fine Dining Experience, Then A Bad Joke, Could Airline Food Be Primed For A Comeback?

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Once A Fine Dining Experience, Then A Bad Joke, Could Airline Food Be Primed For A Comeback?

Industrial scale meal preparation like this at an airline catering facility at Charles de Gaulle … [] International Airport outside Paris may be efficient but it creates big challenges to delivering great tasting meals that travelers will love in the low pressure/low humidity environment aboard a plane at 35,000 feet. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Go figure: At a time when air travel demand is down globally by about 70%, Singaporeans are booking reservations weeks in advance for the chance to pay $40 to $525 to dine inside a parked Singapore Airlines Airbus 380 super widebody.

In Pattaya, Thailand, business at Thai Airways headquarters’ café has exploded in the months since the company chopped up one of its narrow body planes and rebuilt it, with some slight modifications, inside the company’s former commissary.

And people have been flocking since 2013 to the world’s largest “aviation movie set” inside a warehouse in the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of Pacoima. Once there, they pay $475 to $875 a person to enjoy everything from a conventional 1970s economy class inflight meal served on plastic trays to a lavish first class feast served on fine airline china and crystal. And what makes the meal, and an accompanying movie, so special is that it is served inside a giant Boeing 747 “set” by beautiful actors dressed in 1970s airline uniforms. The dinner theatre-style production is called the Pan Am Experience because it seeks to replicate what it was like to fly – and eat while doing so – in the 1970s.

In the real, Covid-19-infested world today, few airlines are serving their few passengers any food or drinks at all. And when they eventually begin doing so again, you can bet that travelers will complain loudly about the quality of the food.

Yet, to some airline and travel aficionados, the opportunity not only to eat airline food but to do it aboard a real or replica airliner has become almost a bucket list item, or else decadent pleasure they allow themselves every now and again.

Over the last 80 years airline food has evolved from a novel idea and technology to:

A high-status experience about which people bragged

The brunt of endless jokes and complaints

Almost non-existent.

But, if a Irish-British historian whose intriguing new book on the history of airline food hits the shelves today is right, airline food is likely to make a limited comeback over the next few years as passenger demand and the industry slowly recovers from near-collapse due to the pandemic.

“I don’t think we’ll ever get back to the point of there being cocktail lounges on 747s; to the Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me marketing approach, to experiencing what it’s like to have white-gloved stewards working from silver service trolleys carving chateaubriand right at your seat and serving you fine wines,” says Bryce Evans, an associate professor of history at Liverpool Hope University in the United Kingdom.

“However, I can see – and I really think more international airlines are doing this already – carriers once again are concentrating on food service as a critical piece of their marketing, of their brand and service experience,” says Evans, author of Food and Aviation in the 20th Century. Published by Bloomsbury, it goes on the shelves in North America and the U.K. today.

“Even now, with the pandemic still going on, several top international airlines like Emirates, Thai, Singapore and Turkish really take pride in their food. That’s something that U.S. carriers used to take great pride in, too. I wish I could say that British Airways, which always used to be quite good with their food service, was still good. It has fallen off some in recent years, but it’s still pretty good and I believe that as part of such airlines’ efforts to attract travelers, especially premium class travelers back to their planes they will once again begin trying to distinguish themselves by their food service in the premium classes.”

Alas, Evans says he does not expect airlines to focus a lot of attention and effort on improving what food they will be serving again to their economy class passengers. Such travelers’ overwhelming preference for low fares will preclude airlines from spending much more on coach class food than they were spending prior to the pandemic’s arrival.

Higher-quality airline food, he says, “is always something you’re going to have to pay more” to receive, whether that cost is embedded in a higher, premium class fare, charged as an extra fee, or presented as an a la carte/buy-on board offering.

Evans, an Irishman teaching at a British university, got interested in the subject of airline food via his research as a historian into how leading historical political leaders used food and sources of food to manipulate key political or historical developments. In particular, he studied how British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill tried to pressure an independent and neutral Ireland into supporting Britain’s World War II efforts through the constriction of the smaller island’s access to food supplies. And it was during that research that he happened upon the character William Maxson, a Minnesota engineer and inventor who at the end of the war essentially invented the process still used today for preparing airline meals many hours in advance and then heating them up in flight right before serving them.

“In 1946 Pan Am signed a contract with Maxson to introduce hot airline food,” Evans explained. “He had created a multi-compartment convection oven that could reheat meals made and frozen well in advance.

You read that right. Singapore Airlines has turned one of its Airbus A380s into a static restaurant … [] during the pandemic at Changi International Airport there. Customers willing pay up to $900 are flocking to experience what it’s like to eat a gourmet meal in the premium sections of the world’s largest passenger plane. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Maxson had teamed with Birds Eye, the American company that perfected the process for freezing vegetables for sale via modern grocery stores, to develop a way of thawing those vegetables, preparing inflight meals using them, and then freezing those meals for service hours later on planes.

The only problem, Evans, noted, was the “Pan Am’s people realized very quickly that Maxson’s meals were quite bad tasting. Others did, too. The New Yorker wrote that they were ‘meals prepared for doomsday.’”

Pan Am, though adjusted quickly by breaking its contract with Maxson and began working with famous chefs, a practice that airlines still engage in today, to come up with more appealing recipes. That, however, is easier said than done.

Noise and motion actually have a negative impact on a person’s ability to taste and enjoy food. So in the piston-engine era airline food departments and their big-name chef advisors had to find ways to overcome those taste challenges. Salt – lots of it – helped. Then the problem got worse with the coming of jets. High altitude, low humidity, and reduced air pressure all have a deleterious effect on the sense of taste. The answer? More salt. And sauces. Lots of them. The thicker the better.

Whether it was intentional or happenstance, carriers in the ‘50s and ‘60s worked with lots of famous French chefs, or others like the American Julia Child who were expert in the French style of cooking. The emphasis on sauces and ingredients with strong flavors, such as curry, helped overcome the degraded sense of taste issue related to eating at altitude. Carriers also switched away from “finer” wines to more full-bodied, fruity – and, lucky for them – usually less expensive wines. Their stronger taste could be more readily sensed by passengers, many of whom actually had been complaining that the very fine wines previously served by airlines didn’t seem to have much taste to them at all.

“Airline food in the ‘50s and ‘60s was actually quite good,” Evans says. “They actually changed Americans’ palettes in those days by popularizing French style cooking before the era of chefs having their own cooking shows on TV.”

The industry gets credit for actually inventing a what is – or at least used to be – a popular lunch menu item at upscale restaurants; the open-face steak sandwich. Airlines regularly engaged in “top this” competitions with their in-flight menus. At one point arguments about over-the-top offerings focused on several carriers that had begun serving steak for lunch on its planes. To calm things down, the International Air Transport Association, the industry’s global lobby organization, established a rule that airlines could not serve steak at lunch. But to get around the rule someone came up with the idea of placing a small steak on piece of toasted bread, with another piece of toast laying next to it. Walla; the open face steak sandwich.

It wasn’t until the early ‘70s, as the widebodies like the 747 had begun entering service and airline costs began rising very high that airline food began to get a reputation for not being very good.”

The famous story of American Airlines President Robert Crandall in the late ‘1970s ordering the removal of the single olive in the carrier’s in-flight dinner salads is the perfect example of why airline food service began to fall in quality. Crandall’s seemingly nit-picky olive order saved his airline an amazing $40,000 annually on the purchase of food at a time when it was in deep financial trouble and looking under the coach cushion for change to stay in business.

Evans said Crandall was right in that consumers didn’t notice or complain about the lack of an olive in their salads. But the lesson learned by the industry was that carriers could save lots of money by cutting back on lots of small items, including various aspects of food delivery and preparation. So, gradually, the quality of food – like the quality of other service features – declined as carriers cut further and further at a time when deregulation was forcing formerly regulated carriers to dramatically cut costs so they could, for the first time ever, compete for the first time on the basis of low fares and low costs.

Now, though, Evans expects at least some carriers, especially those heavily dependent on long-haul international flying, to make the quality of their food a more prominent aspect of their brand identities and they try to coax business travelers and the wealthy to buy more premium class fares.

“With Pan Am back in the day it was about the quality of the food, but also about making a statement about the entire cultural experience of the carrier and its home country, with food being the feature attraction,” Evans said. “Of course, back in those days food became a distraction from the fact that there wasn’t much to do but sit in a seat and read or sleep. There weren’t any movies to watch, at least not early on. The dining experience actually served as a form of entertainment and distraction. Now travelers have seat back videos, their phones and other devices and so much else to occupy their time in flight that maybe food isn’t quite as important.”

Additionally, after adjusting in the ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s to meet new market trends related to eating healthier – which included more emphasis on cold pastas, salads and generally less tasty (and cheaper) foods – Evans says that even before the pandemic began, a new trend was emerging to include some more flavorful menu items.

“I don’t think we’ll be going back to lots of heavily salted and sauced foods,” he added. “But I think we’ll be seeing more strongly flavored meats like beef and exotic poultry rather than rather blander meats like chicken being featured in airline meals. People’s tastes and attitudes change over time and that seems to be happening now, at least in the international [air travel] market.

“But in domestic markets, especially very large domestic markets like America’s, there may be a small comeback and improvement in airline meals,” Evans said. “But with the continued emphasis on low fares I’m afraid we won’t be seeing a lot change or improvement in airline food there.”

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Most glamorous airlines around the world you can book now

(CNN) — As soon as upon a time, air journey was glamorous.

Within the 1950s, air journey’s so-called golden age, flying was an event. Passengers dressed up, flight attendants served meals on china, commonplace seats have been roomier, and every part concerning the expertise felt dignified.

Sixty years in the past, air journey was a glamorous idea.

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At the moment flying is related to overbooking, cramped quarters, badly behaved passengers and inevitable delays. However for vacationers with the means to fly first or enterprise class, the skies are sometimes next-level luxurious.

What qualifies as glamorous on this planet of air journey “shouldn’t be as minimize and dried as one may assume,” says Steve Wooster, managing director of companies and air operations at luxurious journey consultancy Virtuoso. “For some carriers, type means holding onto the airline’s cultural heritage, whereas others embrace extra standard glitz and shine. In the end, it comes right down to high quality as outlined by the traveler.”

In fact, luxurious is subjective.

And but a variety of worldwide airways are dedicated to upscale glamor as a part of their model mission. There’s competitors amongst this lot too, with “some one-upmanship taking place within the trade as airways proceed to lift the bar,” says Wooster.

Unbiased pilot and airline advisor Mike Arnot advised CNN Journey “airways are investing closely of their in-flight leisure and so-called exhausting product, similar to seats. Every of these seats can value the airline upwards of $100,000 for enterprise class. Nevertheless it makes a giant distinction to passengers who care, significantly those that have a alternative on tips on how to fly throughout the Atlantic or to Asia.”

From arrival and lounge expertise, to in-flight service, facilities, inside design and {hardware}, the sky is the restrict for the next carriers.

Turkish Airways

How Turkish Airways does enterprise class.

Turkish Airways

Getting into the business-class lounge for Turkish Airways at its hub within the new Istanbul Airport, it is clear luxurious is a precedence. The service’s lounges have been designed with undulating stable wooden panels to mirror the breezes and motion of the area’s Aegean Sea, a theme that permeates the model’s identification.

The 60,000-square-foot enterprise lounge contains 13 non-public suites with showers and seating for 765 visitors, together with assembly rooms, a library, a prayer room and a museum created along with the Istanbul Trendy.

The service is investing in {hardware} in a giant manner too, with plans so as to add 30 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners over the following 4 years. Every plane will function a enterprise class cabin by which all 30 fully-flat-reclining seats could have direct aisle entry. The seats can be outfitted with adjustable mirrors and 18-inch leisure screens.

As soon as on board, vacationers get pleasure from Denon noise-canceling headphones and an amenity package designed by Versace and equipment model Mandarina Duck. There’s additionally a devoted bar and sizzling towel service earlier than mealtime.

Cabin crew uniforms have been designed by Milan couturier Ettore Bilotta, with colours and shapes mentioned to be discovered within the Istanbul Bosphorus strait, bringing the circulation theme, and the vitality of Turkey, full circle.

Emirates Airways

“You may’t discuss luxurious within the sky with out mentioning the Center East,” says Nick Ellis, an editor at aviation-focused journey web site The Factors Man. “Dubai’s Emirates has one in all — if not essentially the most — extremely regarded first-class merchandise flying at present.”

Sure, that is the Emirates’ in-flight bar.

Emirates Air

That regard is born out upon arrival on the airline’s Dubai Worldwide Airport enterprise class lounge, the place workers can be popping any and all 4 Moët & Chandon Champagne vintages: Moët Impérial, Rosé Impérial, Nectar Impérial and Grand Classic 2008.

Emirates has invested in {hardware} too, lately refurbishing its Boeing 777-300ER aircrafts — and the ensuing firstclass suites, the service says, are “game-changing.”

The totally enclosed non-public suites have sliding doorways, digital home windows and interiors impressed by Mercedes-Benz — delicate leather-based seating and stitching, touch-screen management panels and temper lighting — with a zero-gravity seat place mimicking these created by designers at NASA.

On the opposite Emirates plane, the AirBus 380, every first-class suite can be totally non-public with a sliding door and ambient lighting, seats that convert into totally flat beds, and regional meals paired with craft cocktails, Dom Perignon and Emirates Classic Assortment wines.

British firm Bowers and Wilkins created unique noise-canceling E1 headphones, and when it is time for mattress, passengers obtain a pair of moisturizing pajamas (the sleepwear releases argan oil and shea butter with a passenger’s each toss and switch).

An amino-acid wealthy skincare package from Byredo supplies further hydration, and a sleep oil and pillow mist full the bedtime routine selling most restful sleep.

As soon as awake, it is off to one in all two on-board bathe spas with heated flooring. Stocked with amenity kits created by Bvlgari and that includes Voya skincare merchandise, vacationers have one other alternative to reach refreshed, and smelling luxurious.

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways equates to luxurious, from arrival to lounge to in-flight first-class, which boasts butlers and journey concierges amongst different facilities.

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Etihad Airways, the second largest service within the United Arab Emirates, is so eager for vacationers to contemplate an Etihad flight their residence away from residence, they named their highest journey class The Residence.

For its every day JFK to Abu Dhabi route, Etihad provides an Airbus A380-800 with 4 courses of service: Financial system Sensible, Enterprise Studio, First Flats, and, sure, The Residence.

The Residence, providing a personal bed room with a double mattress and custom-made mattress with Duxiana bedding and {custom} loungewear constructed from antibacterial and hypoallergenic supplies, is a three-room suite designed for one to 2 visitors. The en-suite bathe is stocked with Luciana linens and robes and Acqua di Parma toiletries.

There is a separate residing space on the higher deck, and fortunate visitors can be served by a VIP journey concierge and in-flight butler. Residence vacationers even have entry to a devoted Residence lounge on the airport, and personal chauffeur in any respect Airbus locations.

One class under The Residence at Etihad isn’t any slouch both.

The Airbus has 9 first-class areas often known as First Flats that present a personal sanctuary, mini-bar and vainness unit and on-board bathe. Vacationers can lounge in both the Poltrona Frau leather-based recliners, or stretch out within the full-length ottomans that convert to 80-inch beds, having fun with the service’s signature Cognac service — a Remy Martin Cellar Grasp ’28, in a stemless Normann Copenhagen glass.

Etihad prides itself on its luxurious partnerships: This previous New York Style Week, the airline partnered with Swiss luxurious watchmaker Breitling to create an unique restricted version watch crafted with gold Arabic numerals — there are 500 watches out there.

Singapore Airways

“Excellent service is the final word luxurious,” says Singapore Airways spokesperson James Boyd, and the corporate invests sources accordingly.

SIA’s inflight crews endure the trade’s most stringent recruitment and coaching, the model says, surpassing the trade common by weeks, to incorporate instruction in overseas languages and wine appreciation, amongst different disciplines.

French couturier Pierre Balmain custom-designs the model’s sarong kebaya uniforms for every crew member.

From the second passengers arrive at Singapore Changi Airport, they’re welcomed in by a model “recognized for its opulence,” says The Factors Man’s Ellis. The unique expertise begins with the Non-public First Class check-in pavilion, and continues at The Non-public Room, an enhanced lounge expertise with a pre-flight non-public fine-dining restaurant.

Snooze in luxurious: Adjoining suites in firstclass at Singapore Airways could be mixed in order that {couples} can share a bigger area and double mattress.

Singapore Airways

The in-flight expertise epitomizes old-school glamor: caviar service, starched linens, Wedgwood bone china to plate meals designed by famend cooks, and the traveler’s alternative of three Champagnes to start out — classic Dom Perignon, Krug or Taittinger. “Second-growth” Bordeaux wines, the second finest within the area, based on the Bordeaux wine classification created in 1855, are on provide as properly.

Within the Airbus A380s, first-class suites have armchairs and separate twin beds, and adjoining suites could be mixed in order that {couples} touring collectively can share one bigger area and a double mattress.

Visitors are handled to turn-down service with Lalique sleepwear and linens, and if restlessness is a matter, they will flip to guided stretching workouts and leisure strategies developed by Canyon Ranch Wellness Architects for SIA, by way of their private leisure methods.

Air France / KLM Royal Dutch Airways

Air France has been “investing closely in lounges,” together with a renovation at Washington Dulles.

Air France

Air France, in the meantime, and its sister airline KLM, have been “investing closely in lounges,” based on Air France communications director Arturo Diaz. In 2019, Air France revamped its enterprise class lounge at Washington Dulles, and at New York’s JFK it added a brand new La Prairie magnificence remedy heart.

Passengers in enterprise class and in La Premiere, Air France’s firstclass, can retreat into the 30-square-meter area without cost massages and 20-30-minute facials. For these with much less time between connections, there’s additionally an space for fast magnificence therapies.

Final yr Air France unveiled a brand new flagship lounge at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, full with an On the spot Rest space with mini-suites and loungers, a detox bar, non-public saunas and a set serving facials by Clarins-trained aestheticians.

The service is prioritizing its concentrate on in-flight meals as properly; La Premiere and enterprise class clients can now get pleasure from meals designed by Michelin-starred chef Daniel Rose of NYC French eatery Le Coucou and Paris eating places Chez la Vieille and La Bourse et La Vie.

The brand new KLM Crown lounge at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

KLM Royal Dutch Airways

KLM will open the ultimate section of its new flagship lounge, the KLM Crown, at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on the finish of 2019, with separate areas for work, leisure, leisure, food and drinks, tremendous eating and sleep pods.

All Nippon Airways

Top quality “suites” on All Nippon Air provide privateness doorways and movable partitions that allow bigger seating and sleeping areas.

All Nippon Air

In summer season 2019, the service rolled out 12 new Boeing 777-300ER aircrafts, designed by architect Kengo Kuma and British designer Acumen to meld Japanese heritage with Western design ideas.

For All Nippon’s first-class space, aka The Suite, the design “takes inspiration from high-end Japanese resorts,” explains Acumen model expertise director Mike Crump. “Darkish rosewood is used all through the suite to present it an expensive really feel, the carpet has an earthy coloration and print, whereas the cabin partitions function an authentic grey cloud sample impressed by conventional Japanese work.”

Along with being soothing aesthetically, chairs in The Suite are “essentially the most spacious totally enclosed seating association but on an ANA plane,” says All Nippon’s VP of Americas, Shigeru Hattori. The massive flatbed surfaces, Crump provides, mirror how Japanese folks calm down utilizing padded mattresses and tatami mats.

The redesigned aircrafts have privateness doorways, 43-inch viewing displays on what an ANA spokesperson calls the “world’s first 4K private display screen on a business airliner,” and movable partitions to pair seats to create bigger seating and sleeping areas.

Enterprise class, often known as The Room, was additionally redesigned this fall and has expanded to double the width of the earlier enterprise class seats. The design is impressed by fashionable, multifunctional Japanese residing areas — versatile doorways provide each privateness and the possibility to pivot the seat and share area with fellow vacationers.

Each courses function new {custom} lighting by Panasonic, supposed to imitate the pure dawn.

Japan Airways

On the first-class Japan Airways lounge at Narita Airport, guests can get pleasure from contemporary sushi, together with bathe rooms, therapeutic massage chairs and a library and gallery.

Japan Airways

The primary-class lounges at Japan Airways (JAL) are a quiet sanctuary from the chaos of the encircling metropolis. On arrival vacationers will discover bathe rooms, medical therapeutic massage chairs, libraries and gallery rooms.

On the lately renovated first-class lounge at Narita, eating choices embrace made-to-order sushi hand rolls and ramen from fashionable Tokyo store Afuri and eye-pleasing Japanese set meals. These could be paired with three completely different sorts of sake or a choice of sommelier-curated wines and Champagnes.

As soon as on board, JAL First Class provides simply eight non-public suites with wooden grain interiors and beneficiant storage areas. Vacationers can select from exhausting or delicate Airweave pillows and may turn into slippers and natural cotton pajamas.

The “Anytime You Want” restaurant choice permits vacationers to dine, sure, anytime they want, on seasonal ingredient-sourced menus with considerate wine and Champagne pairings. Italian attire label Etro has created the amenity kits, which embrace a steam eye masks on all flights to Japan.

Different standout carriers

On the subject of design, service and brand-partnered facilities (moisturizing PJs and Cognac service, anybody?), the airways above are second to none.

Many extra have stellar trade reputations, too, although and are to not be missed.

Bucket-list worthy Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, for instance, takes lounge life significantly, with six first-class lounges at Hong Kong Worldwide, housing temperature-controlled cabanas, rain bathe bathtub suites and day beds.

Qatar Airways, based on The Factors Man’s Ellis, “has developed an excellent business-class product,” together with Qsuite, Qatar’s proprietary seat design with forward- and backward-facing seats, every with a completely closing door, that mix to kind double beds and even quads.

Germany’s Lufthansa “is probably not the flashiest within the sky, but it surely’s possible essentially the most constantly nice product that is flying,” Ellis provides, welcoming first-class visitors with their signature single rose and a glass of Laurent-Perrier Grand Siecle Champagne. And Australian service Qantas is executing a multimillon-dollar improve to all 12 of its A380 Airbuses by 2020, including 27% extra room in premium seats.

All nice causes to get reserving.

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[ad_1] We’ve had some controversial opinions here at DMARGE. We’ve said kids shouldn’t be allowed in business class. We’ve said road cyclists don’t look cool (going out on a limb there, I know). We’ve even said that floating breakfasts are not all they’re cracked up to be. But today we have had what is, in our opinion, a fairly mild opinion. One that is quite hard to – from a passenger point of view – protest against. That opinion? All business class seats should have sliding doors. Qatar Airways already has them (see: The QSuite), Delta has them (see: the Delta One Suites) and British Airways and Etihad are rolling it out. Air France also just unveiled a new business class with sliding doors, too. Qatar Airways’ Qsuite. Image Credit: Airline Ratings.But the rest of the pack have not yet followed, perhaps due to cost, and perhaps due to the fact that some business class passengers don’t appear to care whether or not their suite has a sliding door. Some passengers have even complained (on online forums) that sliding doors are claustrophobic and not worth the extra cost (which the airline pays in installing them and which is then presumably passed on to the customer). But when we look at business class suites like that on Singapore Airlines’ A380s, or Cathay Pacific, or Emirates, some of which can be turned into ‘love nests’ (internally, with the seat next to them), it seems absurd that there is no option for an outside divider. Singapore Airlines’ A380 business class. No sliding doors in sight.Even if many business class passengers spend most of the flight with their sliding doors pushed back, they are a gold mine for making you feel safe and secure, and to give you privacy while you sleep. Above all: they are an option (not something foisted upon you, which you have to use). They’re also not even that much more expensive. One way business class Sydney to London flights on Qatar Airways, for instance, on the 1st of August, are currently being sold for $11,052. There are also multiple other business class fares (from Sydney to London) that day for $7,300 on Qatar Airways (and on the days next to it) for $6,400. A Singapore Airlines business class fare (which does not have sliding doors), one way, from Sydney to London, on the 1st of August, however, at the time of writing, costs $10,488 (there are also a couple for $8,063). Singapore Airlines also has a first/suites option for $11,000 or so. But from a passenger point of view, we would like to humbly suggest that they just add sliding doors to all their business class seats too… Read Next Did you enjoy this story? If so, subscribe to our daily newsletter to receive our top tending stories. [gravityform id="7" title="false" description="false" ajax="true" ] [ad_2] Source link

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Old Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 superjumbos may be broken up for parts.

Airbus's A380 superjumbo faces the ignominy of being broken up for spare parts if second-hand operators for the oldest jets can't be found in coming months.

The double-deckers could be "parted out" to recover engines and other spares worth at least US$100 million (NZ$137 million) per plane, according to German fund manager Dr. Peters, which owns four A380s due to be returned between October and June by Singapore Airlines following the expiration of 10-year lease deals.

At the same time, talks are continuing with six potential operators of the jets, including an Asian low-cost airline that would fly them in a 700-seat single-class layout, Chief Executive Officer Anselm Gehling said in an interview. Prospective users also include carriers in the US, which has so far eschewed the model, and Europe, where British Airways owner IAG is continuing to evaluate deploying used A380s at airlines within the group, he said.

"Our main goal is to find new lessees," Gehling said. "We're also willing to sell the aircraft as some airlines told us they'd prefer that. Still, there are hardly any spare parts around when it comes to engines for A380s, so it may make sense to do a part-out for the first one or two aircraft returning."

Airbus struck an order blank on selling new A380s last year and has offered to revamp the model with fuel-saving winglets and 80 extra seats on top of the standard 550 to improve its appeal. Boeing last month dropped the very large aircraft category from its 20-year forecast, saying it sees no long-term future for either the Airbus plane or its own 747.

Parting out can be a lucrative option even for relatively young planes, with components - especially turbine elements - carefully managed in the aftermarket. Original lease terms on the A380s require that they be returned with engines, landing gear and auxiliary power units effectively as new.

An Airbus spokesman said that the Toulouse, France-based manufacturer remains confident in the market for second-hand A380s, adding that used planes will present a growth opportunity for new entrants and operators with new business models.

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We are in awe by the latest developments at ANA (All Nippon Airways). The airline has just announced its collaboration with famed architect Kengo Kuma and leading British designers Acumen to roll out a total of twelve completely redesigned Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in time for the Tokyo 2020 games.

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The first redesigned (premium-heavy) aircraft will serve the Tokyo/Haneda-London route (NH211/NH212) starting from August 2 and over the course of 2 months becoming a daily feature on the city pair.

The five-year project has seen Kuma refine the design and colour palette to be reflective of a modern Japan, however, the main design architecture was brought to life by Acumen, and the cross-continental approach has delivered a truly impressive product which raises the bar, especially in the business class cabin. The entire ANA customer and brand experience has been looked at, including the design of all the seating, galley entrance areas, social spaces and cabin interior design across all four cabin classes.

“Our partnerships with Mr. Kuma and Acumen illustrate that ANA has sought out the input of the most influential voices in the design community for these innovative new cabin designs,” said Hideki Kunugi, Executive Vice President of ANA.

“In 2010, we were the first in Japan to introduce the full flat seat with all aisle access and in order for ANA to continue to lead and set the global standard for comfort and convenience, we knew that it would be necessary to integrate the latest insights from design professionals as we sought to redesign the flight experience and elevate every aspect of travel for our passengers.”

Introducing “The Suite” First Class Cabin

Eagle eyed avgeeks will notice these new First Class seats aren’t actually new, in fact, the same seat is available on ANA’s flying Honu’s. However, the entire design palette of the 777 now blends seamlessly and seems to make more sense visually here than on the Hawaiian inspired A380.

Designed with impeccable attention to detail, The Suite has been influenced by luxury Japanese hotels (there is a hint of AmanTokyo here) and is the most spacious fully enclosed seating ever seen on an ANA aircraft, and with only 8 seats, this is an intimate and perfectly formed cabin.

While still inherently ‘boxy’ this reflects Japanese clean utilitarian design. What really stands out though are the luxury dark wood veneers, the addition of privacy-enhancing doors and a MASSIVE 43 inch monitor that is the world’s first 4K personal monitor on a commercial airliner.

“The Room” Business Class Seat

At the heart of ANA’s new product investment is a brand new seat design for Business Class called THE Room which is modelled on the Safran Fusio seat, in fact ANA is the launch carrier of this seat model.

Inspired by modern, multifunctional Japanese living spaces, The Room offers for the first time flexible doors for personal privacy that can also be adjusted to share the space with fellow travel companions – from dining together with the family to conducting meetings with colleagues.

New to ANA, The Room is a forward-rear facing seat concept, offering a revolutionary change in space and comfort for ANA Business Class customers. Similar in approach to the earlier incarnation of the SIA seat, the product offers one of the widest Business Class seating environments in the world – with a wide sofa which is double the width to previous Business Class seating.

The whole design places emphasis on minimisation and de-cluttering, with discrete areas for all personal belongings, and deep blue accent hues precisely placed inside each compartment.

The seat has a keen residential feel to it, thanks to the warm finishes that Kengo Kuma has introduced including three different wood finishes inspired by modern Japanese homes – Rosewood, Light Japanese Ash and Dark Japanese Ash.

New Premium Economy and Economy Class Seat

Although the Business Class cabin takes up much of the aircraft, there is still a premium economy cabin too, which is small and intimate, but no less impressive. While the seats aren’t different, to celebrate the rich and magnificent history of Japan, the new Premium Economy and Economy Class upholstery has been redesigned with Japanese patterns which tell a story known as “The Journey”

Traditional prints include tatami mat pattern which represents a Japanese welcome, and an arrow design taken from the Yagasuri pattern to suggest movement and direction.

These non-repeating patterns mean each seat cover, across the Premium Economy and Economy seats will be completely unique. Passengers traveling in Premium Economy and Economy Class will also enjoy an enhanced flight experience thanks to improved touch screen monitors and headrests that are adjustable along six distinct axes. These are the same upgrades recently installed on ANA’s Boeing 787-10 aircraft.

Going behind the Japanese inspired journey

To celebrate the rich and magnificent history of Japan, Acumen developed digital versions of traditional Japanese patterns to create a story through the seat cover upholstery. The Journey concept starts by capturing the pre-travel anticipation with a modern interpretation of a traditional Japanese cloud pattern; followed by a tatami mat pattern which represents a Japanese welcome and an arrow design taken from the Yagasuri pattern to suggest movement and direction; the falling Sakura (cherry blossom) signifies your arrival in Japan and a time to celebrate life with family and friends.

These non-repeating patterns mean each seat cover across the Premium Economy and Economy seats will be unique. The new seat designs in these classes also feature six-way adjustable headrests to improve passenger comfort.

To complement the radically enhanced seating areas, Acumen also created a new welcome experience for all ANA customers with an enhanced galley design – designed to be of similar style of a luxury Japanese hotel reception. Building on the Omotenashi philosophy of Japanese hospitality, the galleys now feature welcome monitors, enhanced lighting and decorative blinds to be used during boarding.

The new look and feel of this area reflects Kengo Kuma’s architectural approach and incorporates natural colours and materials such as wood and basalt slate stone, while using back-lit panels that resemble traditional Japanese hand-made paper (known as ‘washi’).

The Big Picture

ANA launches breathtaking new luxury cabins in collaboration with famed Japanese architect and British design team, Acumen We are in awe by the latest developments at ANA (All Nippon Airways). The airline has just announced its collaboration with famed architect Kengo Kuma and leading British designers Acumen to roll out a total of twelve completely redesigned Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in time for the Tokyo 2020 games.

#2020 #777 #acumen #All Nippon #All Nippon airways #ana #Business class #Designer #Economy #first class #HND-LHR #japan #LHR-HND #Premium Economy #retrofit #Tokyo #upgrade

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Episode 345 - Save the Reno

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev, Armando and the legendary Bob Mills for this week's aviation silliness.

In this week's show the Boeing 737 Max can finally fly passengers, Singapore airlines installs their new first class onto all its A380's & two pilots get into trouble for drawing non-family-show content in the sky. In the military this week The US Air Force continues to expand options for enlisted Airmen and some officers to seek pilot positions and the first F/A-18C from the Blue Angels lands in Washington for display at the Smithsonian. We welcome to the live show, guest Bob Mills to talk about the National Championship Air Races. If you'd like to make a donation please go to :

https://airrace.org/save-the-races/

If you want to learn more about the appeal, you can watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlZZR1qcXiA

Neil Cloughley continues his chat with Carlos about the fascinating Faradair project and this week we learn the details about the proposed propulsion system.

In this week's Plane Truth we're learning about Engine Failures & Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC).

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

COMMERCIAL

737 Max cleared for take-off

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/18/business/boeing-737-max-approval/index.html

https://uk.reuters.com/article/boeing-737max-regulators/analysis-as-regulators-prepare-to-weigh-in-on-737-max-faas-global-dominance-fades-idUKL1N2I42I3 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-18/boeing-max-cleared-to-fly-as-faa-lifts-longest-u-s-grounding

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/boeing-max-declared-safe-to-fly-by-europe-s-aviation-regulator

https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-2020/737-max-certification-remains-urgent-for-boeing-even-as-new-jet-demand-sags/139027.article

https://www.aerotime.aero/ruta.burbaite/24277-ryanair-s-737-max-200-design-issue-prompts-new-delays

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54981658

http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2020/Return-of-the-Boeing-737-MAX-to-service-OPS-DIS-11/default.aspx

Qantas Centenary Celebrations

https://simpleflying.com/qantas-boeing-787-sydney-harbor/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktoI40GCSFg&feature=youtu.be

British Airways and American Airlines launch transatlantic Covid-19 tests

https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/travel/british-airways-and-american-airlines-launch-transatlantic-covid-19-tests-1.1113503

Is MOM Air, a new and familiar-looking budget airline, for real?

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/mom-air-new-budget-airline

https://onemileatatime.com/mom-air-iceland/

https://onemileatatime.com/mom-air-artwork-not-real/

Singapore A380 New First Class to be installed on all A380s

https://mainlymiles.com/2020/11/15/singapore-airlines-will-fit-all-12-of-its-a380s-with-new-cabin-products/

Two pilots are under investigation for allegedly altering their flight path to draw something rude in the sky

https://www.airlive.net/two-pilots-are-under-investigation-for-allegedly-altering-their-flight-path-to-draw-a-gigantic-penis-in-the-sky/

MILITARY

Air Force Will Now Offer Enlisted Troops a Path to Pilot Training

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/18/air-force-will-now-offer-enlisted-troops-path-pilot-training.html

Taiwan Grounds F-16s After Second Fighter Accident in Less Than a Month

https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/taiwan-grounds-f-16s-after-second-fighter-accident-less-month

First Blue Angels F/A-18C Has Arrived At The National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center

https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/19/first-blue-angels-f-a-18c-has-arrived-at-the-national-air-and-space-museums-udvar-hazy-center/

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