Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week in the cold of a Chicago winter is a Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER taxing on its way to the International Terminal after completing the long journey from Doha. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next … [Read more...]

MH370: French Satellites pick up possible debris

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Further news this morning in the hunt for MH370 as countries continue to scour the Southern Indian Ocean as Malaysia states they have new images from the France which could help finding this aircraft. According to the Malaysian Transport Ministry "This morning, Malaysia received new satellite images from the French authorities showing potential objects in the vicinity of the … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 vs Cars…

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I've written far too much about things that don't make me smile recently - so I've decided to post something that will make people smile. Namely because it involves: A Boeing 747-400 (However much the BBC try and cover it up, we all know it's a Virgin Atlantic bird) Four General Electric CF-6 Engines Cars Richard Hammond doing ... well... what he does best. (Yes, it's a … [Read more...]

MH370: New satellite imagary released by the Chinese

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New satellite has emerged this morning  from the Chinese government that identifies an object 22m by 13m in the Southern Indian Ocean approximately 120km from the first site from where Australia released its satellite images.  Image - Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence - … [Read more...]

MH370: The Continuing Indian Ocean hunt

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The Indian Ocean continues to be a focus of  the investigation for where MH370 - the missing Boeing 777-200 is. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is to deploy six aircraft in the search today The first Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion departed around 09:00 AEDT Two  ultralong range commercial jets departed for the search area around 09:15 A second RAAF P3 … [Read more...]

Comair (South Africa) goes for 737-MAX

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Comair of South Africa will become the first African operator of the Boeing 737MAX series, with an order of eight aircraft to join their fleet. The eight aircraft will join the Comair fleet to be used by kulula.com (Comair's low cost fleet) and by Comair's British Airways Franchised service (making these the first Boeing 737-MAX aircraft to go into BA colours). Comair 737 … [Read more...]

MH370: The Indian Ocean Search Continues

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As daylight shines over in Australia, the search planes are out again to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200. Australia has already deployed a P3 Orion to begin the search anew today. There is a 4-5 hour flying time there, 2 hours endurance to search, and then the return to Perth. In real terms, the closest land is the Antarctic rather than … [Read more...]

MH370 – Australia release satalite images

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Australia has released the satellite images which if is using in the search for MH370 Images: Australia Maritime Safety Authority The images were taken 16th March, showing an object that is 24 meters long, with another object around 5 meters long. It is not known if these are directly related to MH370. Want to keep up with me at GhettoIFE? Join me either by signing up … [Read more...]

MH370: Australia Identifies “Creditable Information” and objects in the hunt for the plane

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Breaking news from Australia - where objects have been spotted in what is called "Creditable Information" by their Prime Minster that two possible objects have been identified in the hunt for MH370. The objects have been identified by satellite - however, they may not be related to the MH370 incident. One object is approximately 24 meters across. Australia has deemed it … [Read more...]

UK Air Passenger Duty to take a cut…

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… but not quite yet. George Osborn, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom today unveiled his Budget package today. In it was a lovely nugget for those of us who want to go on holiday... or fly for that matter. The Famous Budget Red Box - Image HM Government - www.gov.uk One of the things that puts some people off flying out the United Kingdom is pain know … [Read more...]