Economy Class & Beyond

Safety Video Saturday – Pegasus Airlines

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It's Saturday again, so its time to stow you luggage and prepare to boogie, as Pegasus Airlines of Turkey come up with... well dance and instruction in this wonder of Youtubeness.... Another safety video next week! Want to keep up with me at GhettoIFE? Join me either by signing up for my newsletter, or follow me on Twitter @GhettoIFE for when there are posts to … [Read more...]

Etihad adds more seats from Abu Dhabi to Manchester

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Etihad is slowly modifying its network so it shifts the right aircraft to meet the capacity requirements. As such it is boosting its services from Abu Dhabi to Manchester, with a switch out of an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300ER. The timetable remains the same, with a double daily service, one operating with an Airbus A330 still: EY015 DEPART AUH 02:30 ARRIVE MAN 07:25 … [Read more...]

Emirates adds A380 operation to London… Gatwick

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It seems that Emirates is expanding its footprint at Gatwick airport, by changing one of the rotations from a Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A380 The new timetable goes into effect from 30th March 2013 Dubai – London Gatwick EK011 DEPART DXB 02:50 ARRIVE LGW 07:20 Boeing 777-300ER EK015 DEPART DXB 08:00 ARRIVE LGW 12:30 Boeing 777-300ER EK009 DEPART DXB 15:00 ARRIVE LGW … [Read more...]

A Merry Christmas from GhettoIFE

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Well, it's the 25th December around the world, and it's time to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas as they year draws to a close. I hope that you have made it to where-ever you need to be - be it by car, rail, or air (I had a journey myself that was... rather interesting to say the least.. maybe a story for  another time). Oh, and have earned miles for it too getting … [Read more...]

Biman DC-10s…. Still flying for a bit longer..

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The Biman DC-10s were meant to have stopped flying, and fallen back to reserve flights...  but it seems there's a lot of life yet. Firstly, the DC10 will be flying between Dhaka and Hong Kong every Tuesday until 14th January BG078 DEPART DAC 13:00 ARRIVE HKG 1900HKG D10 2 BG079 DEPART HKG 20:30 ARRIVE DAC 2230DAC D10 2 Booked Equipment: McDonald Douglas DC10 Operates … [Read more...]

Eurostar shines in customer service

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A couple of days ago , I wrote about how I decided to buy a Eurostar ticket. Which is all well and good - I have the ticket I want, but alas - assigned in the wrong car of the train. Eurostar Class 373 power car waiting for its next duty at Paris Nord - from my archives (2001!... I really need to do some more photography..) Allow me to explain. Eurostar trainsets … [Read more...]

Lufthansa to allow personal electronic devices in all stages of flight

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Second to the party in Europe, Lufthansa will be allowing the use personal electronic devices during all phases of flight - including taxi, takeoff, flight and landing. However, the roll-out will be slow with only one fleet of aircraft qualified for use - and that's the airline's Boeing 747-8 fleet. This is made up cadre of 9 aircraft. The change in usage regulations … [Read more...]

JetBlue joins to “No calls in flight” gang

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JetBlue has joined the ranks of Delta and Southwest Airlines in not allowing in-flight voice calls to be made according to an article on Runway Girl. This would include voice calls and Voice over IP calls. JetBle A320 taxing at Newark - Image - GhettoIFE Like a lot of readers, I can see the need for in-flight data via WiFi and to a point, text messaging. Voice … [Read more...]

CityJet to be sold

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Air-France KLM have got a firm offer from Intro Aviation of Germany for the Dublin based regional carrier CityJet, with the VLM subsidiary - who operate services under the Air France banner. Financial terms have not been disclosed at this time, however Air France-KLM are hoping the transaction will close during Q1 of 2014. CityJet are the largest operator out of London … [Read more...]

BA 747-400 takes on a building – Accident at Johannesburg Airport

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An incident occurred this evening when a British Airways Boeing 747 operating a flight from O. R. Tambo (Johannesburg)  International Airport to London. From the looks of it - the plane was sent down a wrong taxiway. From the age olde question - which would win - a 747 or a building, I think we can safely say which won this round: Image via @HarrietTolputt on … [Read more...]