Economy Class

The mysteries of flying or flying for the first time, probably account for a lot of Flying phobia’s…it is usually the feeling of being out of control and in the hands of someone else that contributes to this fear, and also not understanding what all those sounds whilst on board are or mean, so in writing this account I am attempting to dispel in very basic terms (so experienced aviators don’t have a go at me here thank you!!!) the ...
...airport and how the aircraft maintains flight for the layman….... it is necessarily a long read so sit back and enjoy....or print it out and take it with you for an easy reference ~~~ o0o ~~~ The Aircraft ~~~ o0o ~~~ Most of us will be flying in a twinjet (Boeing 737, 767, 777 and the Airbus series of Aircraft except the A340) or four engined jet aircraft (Boeing 747, Airbus A340 BAe 146) , additionally some of us may also be flying in an ...

Dalesman 25.07.2001 (23.08.2001) · Read full review
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...to tell you about is Economy Class, commonly referred to among businessmen as cattle class. We’ve all been there but is it that bad? It’s the overcrowded, dirty, cramped cabin squashed in at the back of the plane where the air hostesses daren’t venture in to. It’s dark, noisy uncomfortable and you want to avoid it as much as you can. Or that’s the common thought of Economy Class, isn’t it? History of Economy ...
...can’t tell you is why Economy is at the back. I suppose it’s because it takes longer to get out, and you’re nearer the noise of the wing. And also, if you’re stuck in the middle, you get your in-flight meal last. Not that you were going to eat in anyway. A Typical Economy Experience… I am going to do two examples here, so you can actually see the difference in Economy Classes. The first example is SriLankan Airlines, ...

danieletheridge 29.07.2001 · Read full review
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Lets face it we all hate cattle class and we all wish that everytime we took a flight we could fly first class. Well for your average Joe Bloggs its not going to happen, so I suggest we make a choice stop complaining and try to make fun of it or don't fly. Very harsh I know but here's some comments that may or may not make it easier: Every time I am wisked away to some wonderful destination I remember that it is only in the last 20 years that it ...
...a time you had to be rich or you had probably saved for that once in a life time trip and the rest of us just took our main holiday somewhere in the UK or if lucky we took a ferry and a drive to europe. Airlines have made it possible for everyone to get out and see the world and yes they could make it that little bit more comfortable and I am sure things will always get better but we are all in business and I for one dont want the cost of flight ...

nicolasreed 24.09.2001 · Read full review
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How many of us have thought of flying Air India to Toronto? Kuwait Airways or El Al to New York ..? Aeroflot to Australia ..? Its not just the "big boys" such as BA or Virgin that fly to these destinations and hundreds of other places. The advantage of flying less well known airlines to very well known destinations are price, more availability at peak times and not least, lots more space to stretch out (most of the time). Researching different ...
...of hassle so my advice is to find yourself a good old fashioned travel agent, you know the sort, cup of coffee on the desk and a battered old airline route guide to hand. Access to computerised airline reservation systems is an added bonus and will save them phone calls to the individual airlines concerned to check availability. These guys can tell you if Air India is making a stopover in Rome en route to Bombay or how about flying Kuwait Airways ...

Joeyruss 10.05.2003 · Read full review
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I often wonder if airlines are obsessed with profit that they do not take into account the safety and comfort of their passengers. Many years ago a number of people were killed in a fire aboard an airplane at Manchester airport and yet look at planes now. There has been much in the news about DVT and airlines show the video but that is not good enough - what is the point of the video if you are so cramped you cannot move. Anyone over 5 foot would ...
...no chance. When are airlines going to realise that most people would rather pay a little more for the ticket and have some comfort. Apart from the comfort aspect, the safety aspect appears to have been forgotten. It would be almost impossible to get out of these planes as there is just no room. If alternate rows of seats were removed, or if several rows over the entire craft were removed then the remaining seats could be moved to give leg room. ...

terrimay 26.11.2002 · Read full review
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In View of the recent tragedy in America the airlines are pleading with people not to take too much hand luggage. I have to say that seeing what people expect to take on board an aircraft is a security nightmare, bags and more bags with shopping ,small suitcases,weekend bags even bin liners. It is wrong to get angry with airlines when they ask you to take one piece of hand luggage and then bring on board a weekly shop as well. So I hope we are ...
...a safe flying environment and stow our luggage when we check in and not expect to do a mad dash with it all under our arms to save time. Having said all that I have been very glad that within Europe we take the security checks more seriously than they did on internal flights in America, but I am sure that will now change. Safe and Happy travelling to all of you. ...

iainkay1 13.09.2001 · Read full review
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This opinion goes to mostly everybody that has to travel by airplane in the economic class. By the way it is a good subject, because is on the NEWS, people is talking about it all the time. Yes, I am one of those that travel in the economic class, and I tell you it is not very confortable is it? How many times I wanted to get off the plane because my legs was killing myself. Economic Class is the most popular tickets that the airline companies sell ...
...the price we all have to pay, we also pay for the pain. It is a kind of pay for the ticket and get the pain for free, because they would not give the business class for the price of the economic class, would they? I did travel with Varig - Brazil,British Airways - England,United Airlines - USA, Lufthansa - Germany, TAP - Air Portugal, and the best so far is United Airlines, you can travel better than the others. How do you feel when you have to ...

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