Economy Class & Beyond

Oh for the LOVE of Avios! British Airways First Class Lounge T5

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Hong Kong 3: For the LOVE of Avios! With Swiss and British Airways The British Airways T5 First Class Lounge Sections: Memo to Self: Stop looking at Booking Engines Late at Night Leaving Birmingham, Servisair Lounge, To Zürich with Swiss and OLT Express on LX425 Zürich Night Stop – “Zürich Dayrooms”, Senator Lounge … [Read more...]

New LHR T2 continues apace… but where are some airlines ending up?

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London Heathrow T2. For some of you, you'll have flashbacks to the Europa Terminal as it used to be called. Well, that's all changed as the new Heathrow T2 is nearing completion. Roof of the new LHR T2 - Image BAA. Well to no-one's surprise, T2 will be the home of Star Alliance with plans for all Star Alliance airlines who operate in and out of Heathrow to move into … [Read more...]

More 777’s on the way China Airlines, Turkish and a delivery for AA

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In the rush of yesterdays sale of 49% of Virgin Atlantic from Singapore Airlines to Delta, there was some other interesting news of a Boeing 777 nature. And it seems the popularity of the 777-300ER continues with two airlines signing for more aircraft. First up is China Airlines, who are to order 6 777-300ER's. China Airlines 777-300ER's are due to replace the airlines … [Read more...]

Walsh vs Branson. No £1 million. How about a Kick in the Groin instead?

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Oh dear. The children are out in force today. Yesterday, Richard Branson wanted to bet Willie Walsh £1 million that the Virgin Atlantic brand would be around in 5 years time. Willie Walsh responded he'd prefer a knee in the groin. Well, the children get their wish, with Richard Branson accepting the bet of a Knee in the Groin. In a blog post, Richard Branson … [Read more...]

Delta confirmed to buy 49% of Virgin Atlantic

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Delta finally does what it wanted - and has gone ahead to acquire the 49% of Virgin Atlantic that Singapore Airlines was selling. For the cool sum of $360 million (£244 Million), Delta gets more access to Heathrow, and the ability to set another joint venture across the Atlantic. For Richard Branson - 51% of the airline is still held by the Virgin Group with it's own brand … [Read more...]

Iberia unions call off Strike Action

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In a bit of good news as we head towards the Christmas travel season, the unions that represent staff for Iberia have called off their planned strike action. The action that was meant to take place on: 14th December 17th December 18th December 19th  December 20th December 21st December The unions have called off this actions as they do not wish to harm … [Read more...]

£1 Million says we’ll be around in 5 years – Virgin and BA in a war of words

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If there's anyone who can milk the media, it's Richard Branson. With reports that Delta are going to snap up the 49% of Virgin Atlantic, IAG head Willie Walsh has been talking of the Virgin Atlantic brand going away. Willie Walsh told the press aboard a London - Seoul flight that  that he couldn’t see Delta wanting to operate the Virgin brand. "If they do, what does it say … [Read more...]

Iberia route cuts to bite from January 2013

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We've been waiting to see how the cuts at Iberia are going to strike... well here they are. From Mid-January 2013, the short haul following routes are withdrawn: Athens Cairo Istanbul From 1st April, the following Long Haul services are facing the axe: Havana Santo Domingo San Juan (re-route via Miami) Montevideo (via other Iberia destinations) The … [Read more...]