One of the bigger concerns when IAG took over British Midland International was the fate of Belfast and Dublin routes. British Airways has had mixed success with the routes in the past, and up until the takeover of BMI, had left those routes to Aer Lingus. Whilst IAG is not touching 25% stake in Aer Lingus that is up sale, IAG (operating as British Airways) is happy to … [Read more...]
Air India pilots strike to end
In what only can be described as good news, Air India pilots have called off their strike action after two months of protests. The dispute centred around training over the pilots flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with over 400 pilots involved in the action, and 101 pilots fired. The action has been deemed by the Delhi High Court as "illegal" and a return to work issued on … [Read more...]
Emriates to introduce its A380 to Moscow
The tendrils of Emirates continues to expand, this time with a change of services to Moscow. Emriates is planning to deploy a version of their Airbus A380 from 1st December 2012 to Moscow Domodedovo. The aircraft will be configured with 517 seats and replace one of the existing rotations that Emirates operate to Moscow. The revised changes shape up like this: Dubai … [Read more...]
Jetstar Japan commences service
Another part of Jetstar took to the air today with Jetstar Japan commencing service. Jetstar Japan operated flight GK111 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo successfully, and thus joins the Jetstar family in the Asia/Pacific/Australasia region. For those keeping up that's: Jetstar (Australia and New Zealand) Jetstar Asia (Singapore, also incorporating Valueair) Jetstar … [Read more...]
In case you’ve forgotten……. (BMI Diamond Club Miles Transfer)
The BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Executive Avios transfer tool is now open (as advertised in an email from Donnington Hall): Now I've copy and pasted a bit out of it as it's important (embolding mine) "As part of the bmi integration, British Airways is offering Diamond Club members the opportunity to transfer destinations miles to Avios at a rate of 1:1. … [Read more...]
Malaysia Airlines to go A380 daily on KL-London Route earlier than planned, and other A380 plans
It seems Malaysia Airlines have confidence in their A380 plan after commencing operations of the aircraft on the 1st July. The new plan as of Monday (2nd July) is to take the Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow route daily from the 12th August (from an original daily date of 25th August) The revised schedule (along with the other Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow service) is … [Read more...]
A Guide to migrating your bmi Diamond Club Miles to British Airways Avios….
Well the tool is live... so it's time to convert those BMI Diamond Club Destination Miles to British Airways Avios (unless there's a reason you want Diamond Club miles - eg redemption space on Jet, Qatar, Virgin Atlantic or Transaero). An update before you begin from BMI - Ensure the following is up to date: Contact details Name Email address Date of birth in … [Read more...]
** BREAKING ** Combine my Avios is live for bmi Diamond Club
The online tool to convert your bmi Diamond Club Miles is now LIVE at www.britishairways.com. Go into your account, Click manage my account and then Combine my Avios. A FULL GUIDE on how to convert your miles to Avios is published on GhettoIFE.com at … [Read more...]
ESTA Renewals – it’s coming up to that that time…
For those of you who have ESTA's (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) for the United States of America- the visa that isn't a visa - it's an authorisation) and who got their ESTA's before the US Government started charging for them , you'll soon get a message notifying you that your ESTA is about to expire. Something like the one below: ATTENTION! The … [Read more...]
Airplane art – British Airways 747-400
It's Sunday so it must be time for some more airline art. This week, under an autumn dawn, a British Airways Boeing 747-400 is being towed to the maintenance pad at London Heathrow Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version - and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]
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