Behind the Scenes: London City Airport – From the Tower Behind the Scenes: London City Airport: The Introduction Peak rush to London, aLoft ExCeL Morning time at LCY – Inspecting runway lights Ramp Operations At the JetCentre Ramp Walk 1 Ramp Walk 2 From the Tower (THIS SECTION) Watery Inspections with the Fire Service Leaving London and … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes: London City Airport – Ramp Walk 2
Behind the Scenes: London City Airport – Ramp Walk 2: Future Plans Behind the Scenes: London City Airport: The Introduction Peak rush to London, aLoft ExCeL Morning time at LCY – Inspecting runway lights Ramp Operations At the JetCentre Ramp Walk 1 Ramp Walk 2 (THIS SECTION) From the Tower Watery Inspections with the Fire Service Leaving … [Read more...]
Two Two-days sales from ANA and Lufthansa…
There seems to be a flurry of two day "snap" sales at the moment that appear and disappear faster than you can say "Can I have a week off work please?". Here are today's offers which have wandered past my eyes: ANA is at it again, this time with fares from Europe to Nagoya and Osaka. Prices start at £579 from the UK, €679 from Austria and Germany, €629 from some west … [Read more...]
British Airways begins preperations for its first A380
With the first British Airways Airbus A380 almost complete and now running engine tests, the time for BA to get ready to operate the new bird in time for Summer 2013. Rolls Royce Trent 900 Engine being mounted onto British Airways first Airbus A380 - Image Airbus S.A.S. And that involves a lot of training. To assist, BA are commissioning a simulator at Gatwick to … [Read more...]
Air India deploys its 787 to Frankfurt
Air India is getting to grips with its new aircraft - the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and has successfully deployed it to regionally, to Dubai and now to its first European destination - Frankfurt Flight AI120/A121 has been switched from a Boeing 777-200LR to a Boeing 787-8, with an increase in seating from 238 seats to 256 seats - a small capacity bump, but always … [Read more...]
So you *really* want to know what happens on a 747 D Check?
Earlier this year, the BBC ran a great documentary on how British Airways performed a D Check on one of its Boeing 747 aircraft - - G-CIVX - as it is sent for a full strip-down, test, repairs and rebuild of the plane. Alas - the documentary was restricted to BBC iPlayer and has long since expired off the catchup TV service. Thankfully, the power of Youtube is here to the … [Read more...]
Tesco Clubcard current collection period – Ends 20th October
For those of you who shop at Tesco and collect Clubcard points - a big heads up. The current period for collecting points is coming to an end on Saturday 20th October. If you're doing spending and want it reflected in this quarters statement, it needs to be done by the 17th October as Clubcard points take two days to process... and Tesco's IT can be variable at … [Read more...]
Kingfisher fleet to remain grounded to at least 20th October
Lets go back to the sorry saga of KingFisher Airlines, which now appears to be grounded to at least 20th October, with a promise of resumption of service on the 21st October 2012 During the weekend, the Kingfisher Airlines issued the following statement: "The company is continuing to work with, and appeal to, the employees striking to return to work so that the airline can … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – British Airways Airbus A318’s
It's Sunday so it must be time for some Airplane Art. This week, it's the "fleet" of British Airways Airbus A318's stabled at London City Airport after completing their legs from New York. Both will return to New York as BA1 and BA3 later that day. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Air France
It's Saturday again, so please stow your table, place your seat in the upright position and ensure your seatbelt is fastened as this week, we leave safety in the hands of Air France Another safety video next week! … [Read more...]
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