Economy Class & Beyond

Iberia introduces another way to save itself money – Print your own Luggage tags!

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Iberia have introduced a new tool for those who like to print everything at home and save the airline the expense of printing a boarding pass - they've also introduced print your luggage tag called MyBagTag The idea is simple - when you check in, you can also check your luggage at the same time. Providing it meets the allowances in your ticket (in terms of weight, items and … [Read more...]

Issues on at Swanwick causing restrictions in air traffic across south east of the United Kingdom

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A bit of bad news if you're heading in and out of the South East of England, as there appears to be computer glitches National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has announced that it's "experiencing technical problems" at its Swanwick control centre, and it's trying to restore operations. Whilst UK airspace is not closed and flight are not suspended, NATS is restricting the … [Read more...]

OZ214: Plane was below target speed before landing

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More details are emerging of Asiana Airlines Flight OZ214 from Seoul to San Francisco that crashed on Saturday. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have released new facts with the plane was flying a lot slower than the target approach speed 137knots on attempting to land at San Francisco Airport. In fact the plane was doing 106knots. An aural stall warning … [Read more...]

Thai Airways cancels A380 operations to London

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Thai Airways has formally cancelled plans to operate their new Airbus A380's between Bangkok to London Heathrow. The aircraft was due to be deployed on the run from the 1st December to operate one rotation of the two Thai fly. The delay has been put down to the fixes that are being applied wing ribs to Thai's new aircraft - the faults dating to 2012. As aircraft reach the … [Read more...]

BMI Regional continues apace – Best on-time performance

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BMI Regional continues to power ahead since Sector Aviation took over last year. This segment of BMI always had a good on-time performance (which can be somewhat attributed not flying in and out of Heathrow), and according to FlightsOnTime.info - are the most punctual airline over the past 12 months. The airline achieved a 94.6% on-time arrival rate, with BA Cityflyer unit … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 777-200ER

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It's Sunday again, so it's time for some airplane art. This week, it's an All Nippon Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at Frankfurt-am-Main Intentional airport, awaiting a return flight to Tokyo Haneda in February last year. 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 week! … [Read more...]

Asiana San Francisco Crash: No mechanical failure

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A few more details have emerged and have been confirmed since Asiana Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco Airport. The Boeing 777-200ER (registration HL7742) landed short of the runway, hitting the sea wall and ripped its tail off in the process, causing the plane to crash at the airport. The aircraft bounced twice, then spun around and departed from the left side of Runway … [Read more...]

UPDATE 6: Asiana Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport

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Breaking news with an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER operating OZ214 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport. The airplane was coming in from Seoul, South Korea and apparently crashed sometime after touching down on Runway 28. The Flightware map is at http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAR214/history/20130706/0730Z/RKSI/KSFO Image: KTVU  … [Read more...]

KLM celebrates Comic Sans day… I celebrate the need for new glasses.

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In my other lives, there is a font I would remove and have destroyed from all computers in the world. And that font is Comic Sans. Whilst its uses are great in a classroom or at a school, using in professional documents should be a crime punishable by some humiliation (or forcing them to make me coffee..) - and putting it on a web site is a crime that requires designers to … [Read more...]