For those of us who watch the skies, the sight of the White and Blue whale will soon disappear from the sky on bigger birds as British Midland Internationals Operating Certificate expires today. BMI Airbus A320 at London Heathrow A short potted history: The Early Years bmi began life in 1938 as Air Schools Ltd, specialising in RAF pilot training In 1949, the … [Read more...]
Hell freezes over – Virgin Atlantic in talks to join “an alliance”
It seems that snowball in hell has brought itself a very comfy hat to insulate itself as Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it is in "advanced talks" with "an alliance" according to Blomberg Speaking to Blomberg, Richard Branson says: Virgin Atlantic, the airline controlled by U.K. billionaire Richard Branson, is in “fairly advanced talks” to join an aviation alliance as the … [Read more...]
Air Canada and United Joint Business Agreement reached
Air Cananda and United Airlines have had their plan for a joint business agreement allowing them to share revenue and passengers agreed on all bar 14 routes by the Canadian Competition Bureau. The bureau said the agreement would “protect and preserve competition” on the 14 key, high demand routes between Canada and the U.S. The reasoning is that on these 14 routes. On … [Read more...]
CAA has awarded London to Moscow… to EasyJet
Oh, this is going to set the fire alight at Virgin Ataltic HQ, with the announcement today from UK Civil Aviation Authority, with them confirming that the spare London - Moscow operations slot will be issued to EasyJet over Virgin Atlantic Citing the decision, part of the reason is due to the scarce capacity at Heathrow. The other reason? A different product. "On balance, … [Read more...]
One picture to sum up the AA TATL experience…
Yes, it did feel that tight down the back... ... and yes, there's a trip report brewing. … [Read more...]
ORDXIII – Good morning from the BA F Lounge
Good morning from the F Lounge... and I suppose there can only really be one picture... Well I do have 9 hours of AA Economy to come... More a bit later. … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Extra – Airbus A350 Tailfin
It's Wednesday, so it must be time for some Airplane Art Extra! This special comes from Airbus S.A.S. who have unveiled the fully painted horizontal stabiliser of their new Airbus A350 aircraft Image - Airbus S.A.S. This vertical stabiliser will be integrated into the first Airbus A350 (MSN1), standing at a proud 10 meters high. For the vertical stabiliser … [Read more...]
Here we go again. Aegean goes after Olympic Air
It what seems like a sense of deja vu, Aegean Airlines have announced a deal to acquire Olympic Air from its current owners- Marfin Investment Group - for €72 million. Aegean plan to turn Olympic into a subsidiary brand of Aegean, whist retaining the two brands up front. At the backend, route networks will be adjusted to suit the combined entity, as well as cost savings at … [Read more...]
Turkish Airlines signs for more 777-300ER’s
After picking up some A330's from Airbus last week, it seems Turkish want some more Boeing 777's. The order is for 15 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, with options for 5 more - a total of 20 aircraft. Subject to agreements, the following delivery schedulde is planning for these new planes: Three 777-300ER's will be delivered in 2014, Seven 777-300ER's will be … [Read more...]
GhettoIFE’s First Anniversary Prize Draw results
Well I was going to do this during the weekend, but I fell asleep after working on it most of the weekend, but here are the winners of the GhettoIFE first anniversary draw. And I can't believe so many of you had perfect meals in the air... or else you didn't say so … [Read more...]
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