Economy Class & Beyond

Virgin Atlantic to commence UK Domestic services between London and Manchester

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It seems that Virgin Atlantic is preparing to build a short-haul network for feeder traffic after failing to buy BMI with the announcement today that it will commence flying between London Heathrow and Manchester (two of the hubs that Virgin Atlantic operate from). The slots to operate London to Manchester will be from Virgin Atlantic's current allocation of slots - a total … [Read more...]

Photos and videos from NYC2: Now live…

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Well the trip report is a tiny bit delayed as I'm having a bit of writers block (although I'll clear it when I change the names of the guilty, and hold my tongue a bit). For now, the pictures have gone live as well as the videos: Pictures: To London and at City Airport - http://www.photoblog.com/kevincm/2012/08/06/ BA1 London To Shannon, to New York (cameraphone … [Read more...]

Pssst! Wanna buy an airport? BAA puts Stansted Airport on the market

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Well this has been coming for quite some time with BAA battling tooth and nail to hang onto Stansted Airport. BAA has fought appeal and after appeal (and lost them all) from a decision in 2009 that BAA needed to sell the two of its London airports to promote competition, and has finally put STN on the sales block. BAA was originally told to sell off Stansted, Gatwick and … [Read more...]

Hong Kong Airlines abandons A380’s/787’s – switches to a regional focus

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Hong Kong Airlines is pulling back some of its grand plans to expand, with the announcement that is dropping its long haul expansion, and deciding to focus more regionally The carrier had orders in for 787's and A380's which have now been swapped around. The airline is to sell its two if its 737-300 freighters, whilst swapping the Airbus A380's for A330's and A320's. For … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Brussels Airlines Airbus A330

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane art. This week, we're at New York John F Kennedy International Airport, with a Brussels Airlines Airbus A330 taxing at the 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...]

Safety Video Saturday – Pan American A300

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It's time to put your seat into the upright position, stow your table, retract all headrests and tell your kids not to use the plane as a climbing frame (we're coming onto that later, I promise), as we go back in time for this weeks Safety Video Saturday. I've been doing a bit of dig through YouTube for safety videos, and I think I've unearthed some gold with this … [Read more...]