Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – CityJet Fokker 50

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It's Sunday again, and it must be time for Airplane Art. This week, its a CityJet Fokker 50 parked at London City Airport preparing for an early morning departure. 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! Oh yes, I'll be doing the draw for the 1st Anniversary … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Thai Airways A380

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It's Saturday again, so its time to place your seats in the upright position, stow your table, ensure footrests are down and your seatbelts are fastened as its time for this weeks safety demonstration This week, it's Thai Airways International with their Airbus A380 Safety Video (which was forwarded to me by one of my regular readers - Andrew). Next week - something … [Read more...]

Kingfisher Airlines licence suspended

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In what should be no surprise to... well... anyone, Kingfisher Airlines has had its licence to operate suspended by the Indian Regulator - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation. DGCA has suspended the licence due to Kingfisher not producing a viable plan for its financial and operational revival- and to resolve the issues with over payment of employees. All bookings … [Read more...]

MBNA (UK) – United Airlines Credit Card now has a 15K signup bonus!

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Well here's something rare in the UK - a signup bonus for a credit card. MBNA with United Airlines is offering "MileagePlus American Express Credit Card" The skinny on the card isn't that bad: Earn 15,000 bonus award miles - if you spend £300 within 60 days of account open date Paperless Statements Earn miles on your everyday purchases – Earn 1 mile for every £1 … [Read more...]

Glasgow Airport reopens after an emergency landing

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Glasgow Airport today had an emergency incident where a Jet2 flight declared an emergency as it was preparing for take off. The flight - LS117 operating a Glasgow to Alicante was operated by a Boeing 737 made an emergency sop on the runway prior to take off due to smoke in the cabin at 07:40 BST. The emergency slides were deployed for evacuation with all 189 passenger … [Read more...]

Garuda Indonesia buddies up with Etihad – signs codeshares

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In another day of  the ever increasing Etihad alliance (well - it feels like it some days), Garuda Indonesia and Etihad have launched a a "worldwide strategic cooperation deal" Gaurda Indonesia  will codeshare Etihad operated on the following routes from Abu Dhabi commencing 28th October 2012: Amman,  Athens, Bahrain, Beirut, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago, Dammam, Dublin, … [Read more...]

Behind the Scenes: London City Airport – From the Tower

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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...]