Remember Flight QF32? 18 months, ago, a Qantas Airbus A380 - VH-OQA "Nancy Bird Walton" experienced an uncontained engine failure over Batam in 2010, and had to limp back Singapore. As we all know, there were no injuries... save for the airplane itself. Well it's take 18 months of repairs, but it seems Nancy Bird is ready to take to the air again after extensive … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – American Airlines Boeing 737-800
It's Easter Sunday at GhettoIFE towers, and it's time for some more airplane art! This week - and as it's Easter - you all get a present - , it's a series of photos of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 (yes, I checked. I could read the reg off the tail), with tail number N919AN taking off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. (It goes without saying … [Read more...]
Airplane Repaint Saturday – Contiental “Peter Max”
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for a Airplane repaint. This week, it's Continental Airlines 777 getting the Peter Max once over. The livery was applied to celebrate New York City 2000 World Capital of the Millennium. It was painted over sadly. And that grey, white, blue and a gold band does get... boring after all... … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines withdraw 747-400’s from front-line passenger service
Singapore Airlines - once proponents and a large operator of the Boeing 747-400 have completed passenger operations with the 747-400's, closing a very big chapter of 747 operations with the airline who operated incarnations of the 747 from 1973 up until 2012. Singapore Airlines operated the 747-200 "Super B", the 747-300 "Big Top", and the 747-400 "Megatop". The airline … [Read more...]
BMI updates Facebook post – more of the future revealed…
Well it seems the end is drawing nearer and nearer.. and on the BMI FaceBook page, an FAQ has been posted. What do we learn from it though? BMI state the intended date from exiting Star Alliance will be to be around 20 April, 2012. BMI, Lufthansa and Star Alliance will be working together to ensure a smooth exit that doesn't leave everyone in the hole. Diamond Club … [Read more...]
An Easter gift from UK Border Agency: Expect delays this weekend
It seems a lack of manpower is behind this weekend's dire warning that there could be gridlock at the UK Borders The UK Border force says it has a "very solid plan" in place and disruption would be kept to a minimum during the Easter weekend and the weekend after. The UK Border Agency is planning to recruit extra staff to help with the holiday demand. Last year, it seems … [Read more...]
ORDXII – Pictures and Videos up
If you've been paying attention to the GhettoIFE Twitter feed(@GhettoIFE), this is old news. For everyone else - good news! The pictures and videos from ORDXII are now up. For something different, I've split them by segment. Well it was a good idea at the time... London to Washington Dulles with United in a Boeing 767-300ER Set 1 - … [Read more...]
Asiana says 18th April is the exit date of BMI from Star Alliance…
Sadly my Korean isn't that great (heck, I got by in Korea with 10 words I think), but this web page from Asiana gives a hint: http://asianaclub.flyasiana.com/Korean/Club2008/customer/Notice_View.jsp?Pkid=325 There are two dates in this: 18th April 2012 and 31st May 2012. I'd guess the 31st May may referrer to the Star Alliance Company Plus. Like it or not - the … [Read more...]
Stansted Easter Strike called off
Good news if you're heading off for the Easter break with Swissport and the GMB union agreeing call off the proposed Easter strike The GMB union members working for Swissport had agreed to strike due to the pay cuts proposed, however both sides have seen sense over the holiday at least. In a joint statement Swissport and the GMB and Unite unions said: "We are pleased … [Read more...]
ORDXII – closing in on the end of a trip
Well the trip is coming to an end. Thankfully, I made the early coach - with an emergency bag consolidation exercise. Homeward bound. More later with the ultra quick trip report... And the full monster to come... … [Read more...]
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