Oh dear. Money seems to be getting tighter at Air France-KLM Group today after their annual numbers have been annouced.And it's not good news with a massive loss of €1.55 Billion Euro.This is blamed on a mixture of things that they could come up with inculdingFalling air traficLow cargo yieldsFuel Prices up, down and everywhereAnd the AF447 incident. The cheichief executive, … [Read more...]

It seems EgyptAir is getting a bit ambiguous with it's new fleet of Boeing 777-300ER's, and has eyes for further expansion across the pond next year when the last pair of 77W's arrive.Currently, there is no direct Cairo to Toronto, Washington or Chicago, and EgyptAir want to change that.Deployments of 777-300ER's are starting to happen, with an London route (temporarily until … [Read more...]

Unite has lodged a request for an appeal of yesterdays court ruling that the strike was illeagle because of a technicality or two.The courts will be making their formal decision on Thursday 09:30.  If this finds in favour of Unite, any appeal hearing could follow immediately.If successful, strikes go ahead later in the month, but if this fails, Unite will once again … [Read more...]

Well NATS and the CAA have seemed to change the goalposts again.Originally 0.002mg of Ash was considered acceptable. Now subject to limited times, 0.004mg is acceptable subject to approval of engine safety.So now there is three limits - no ash, medium ash and heavy ash.Segmentation - don't you love it? In other ash news, the cloud is slowly blowing away to the north, and … [Read more...]

As it says in the title according to BBC news. More coverage in 20 minutes or so...- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

NATS have updated their advisory, and it seems to be clear skies for all UK airports from 19:00 to at least 01:00 BST 18/05/10.Clear skies and open airports - for now..NATS Update:According to the latest information from the CAA and the Met Office the volcanic ash cloud clears the UK for the period 1900 (local time) until 0100 tomorrow (Tuesday) and all airports in … [Read more...]

NAT's latest update indicates good news - and time for those who want to get out - or get into the country to do their thing.Only the Orkney Islands are now shut, wit the rest of UK Airspace open for now.Latest NATS statement:Update on Monday 17 May, 1300 The CAA has lifted the no-fly zone that has been affecting flights at Heathrow and Gatwick until 1900 (local time) today. … [Read more...]

Things are looking up as airspace is reopening - with Heathrow and Gatwick operating without restrictions. However, the Shetland Isles and Northern Ireland Airports are affected badly still.And who says there's no fun in air travel.Updates as they come will feed onto here. Statement from NATS below: Update on Monday 17 May, 1100 The CAA has lifted the no-fly zone that has been … [Read more...]

It seems this pain in the ash cloud is changing constantly, with airports closing and reopening as soon as gaps are opening up.Heathrow and Gatwick have reopened, with restrictions inbound to LGW.Not a fun day for wanting to be in the air...NATS statement below:The volcanic ash cloud continues to change shape and two key areas affect operations stretching from the South of … [Read more...]