It’s that time where I start reviewing 2015… before we hit 2016.
Lets have a look at some of highlights of 2015
JANUARY
- GoGo begun shaping its traffic and injecting unwelcome man in the middle certificates… and then promptly stopped.
- I flew Ryanair. Then British Airways. Then US Airways. Then Hated US Airways. Then really hated British Airways. Find out why in Book it Danno. and I get ranty
- Cyprus Airways ceases flying
- I look into HotelTonight… and I wasn’t impressed.
- Marriott backed down from banning personal hotspot devices.
- American Airlines announces Dallas to Shanghai
- British Airways takes an axe to the Avios Scheme… whilst a “Downfall” video takes flight
- Qatar Airways buys 9.99% of IAG
- And Sir Patrick Stewart demonstrates the most annoying people on a plane.
FEBRUARY
- EasyJet gets the paint brushes out.
- Cathay Pacific earmarks Düsseldorf as a new destination. I liked that later on in the year…
- I asked as Frequent Flyers are we caught in a bad romance?
- Delta to serve Starbucks Coffee
- I take a look at Iberia’s bidding for upgrade system and how it works
- Uber comes to my home city
- I take a look at EC/261 and how to claim it from a certain airline.
- Delta’s Richard Anderson begins his year of hate against the Middle East Three Airlines
- Bargin hunters raced to get tickets on United in Norwegian Krona. It didn’t end well.
- I go to London Fashion Weekend and learn how to do some catwalk photography. (It’s tough as as heck).
- Bombardier take the CSeries CS300 to the air for the first time
- … and I still make GhettoIFE systems. So there.
MARCH
- Heathrow Airport increase its free WiFi time up to 8 hours. Is it worth it?
- Iberia offer WiFi in the air. Expect to pay hand over fist.
- Manderin Oriental gets “hacked” – the first of many a hotel “hack” this year
- SWISS signs for an extra three Boeing 777-300ERs
- FlyMojo signs for the CS100. That’s rare enough, someone buy CS100s
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The Hokuriku Shinkansen opens
- Flybe pulls its London City to Dublin route
- March was also the month of Germanwings 4U9525 crash.
- Norwegian Air Shuttle plans takes its London to JFK service daily
APRIL
- Good news! Ultra Long Haul Air Passenger Duty dropped!
- The heavyweight A330 was certified
- I explained how I saved the best part of £5000 thanks to having some points lying around
- Copa signs for the Boeing 737 MAX
- Airbus Plan an 11 across A380 economy layout – here and here. No airline has signed for this… yet.
- The battle of the big bins began with Boeing revealing its move and Airbus with theirs
- Lumexis announces one of the most interesting IFE systems for airlines who don’t want to install IFE systems
- The PED Pouch. Say it with me. POSH GHETTO IFE.
- I saw the future of Premium Economy seats… and I wish airlines would buy it.
- ANA announce plans to paint a plane in the colours of a Droid we are all looking for.
- and I work out I’m too old for early morning starts
MAY
- SWISS confirmed to be the first CSeries operation
- EasyJet annonces denser seating
- I look at Snapselect… and it works well.
- I take a pre-election look at the nasty question that is London Airport expansion (and we’re still looking at it)
- This Irish government says yes to IAG over Aer Lingus
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport contiunes to remain a joke
- And I smashed my iPhone screen.
JUNE
- Malaysia Airlines begins to “Hard reset” itself
- Lufthansa plans to implement a €16 charge for non Lufthansa ticketing sources
- Toronto’s Union Express finally opens. Expect high fares
- Qantas and American Airlines solidfy their Joint Business agreement with the launch of Sydney to LA routes.
- Lo! Aer Lingus introduces the Crisp Buttie.
- It was the Paris Air show. There were a lot of orders…
- I discuss corperate anthems… featuring the warblings of GaurdaIndoneisa
- I said goodbye to Heathrow Terminal 1
- and Boeing shows off the performance of their Boeing 787
More tomorrow as I zoom through July to December!
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