Economy Class & Beyond

BMI Baby wind up begins – first set of routes terminated

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BMI Baby is starting to wind down with the first set of routes now "suspended" - with a major hit for Belfast City Airport loosing BMI Baby service entirely, and Birmingham Airport and East Midlands Airport being reduced to holiday routes mainly. The routes that have now gone: Belfast City Airport (BHD) to: Alicante, Amsterdam, Birmingham, East … [Read more...]

Tired of the stupid APD charges? Tell your MP via A Fair Tax On Flying…

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There's a short but sweet website for those of you who want to let your Member of Parliament (MP) know EXACTLY how you feel about Air Passenger Duty (APD). It's "A Fair Tax On Flying - http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/" and it's simple aim is pile the pressure on MP's to raise the question of APD in the Westminster Chambers and to try and reduce the pain that is APD. Air … [Read more...]

What’s in… the Aer Lingus Elite Matching Kit?

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Well I plumped for Aer Lingus Gold (well, lets face it - it's a Gold I'll actually use as the Aer Lingus service between Birmingham and Dublin mainly because it's 1) marginally more expensive that Ryanair (we're talking about £1-£2 at most) and 2) I get treated a lot more humanely as opposed to being treated like cattle.) So what's in the kit? Envelope - … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, and that can mean that it is time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a Lufthansa Airbus A320 taxing at London Heathrow Airport on a dull September day. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]

BMI Diamond Club member? Want Star Gold Back? Air Canada is matching

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The matching opportunities seem to be increasing for BMI Diamond Club members who want Star Alliance Gold or Silver back. Already, there are reports of Aegean Airways, Turkish Airlines and Aer Lingus matching - well it's now the turn of Canada with their offer. Head to http://aircanada.com/uk/en/offers/aeroplan/earn_miles/earn_miles.html You'll need to join Aeroplan … [Read more...]

British Airways paints a field in Hounslow on the approach to Heathrow…

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The London 2012 Olympics are slowly taking over national life (There's this football thing going on in Poland and Ukraine that I'm skipping through...) Nothing says like "Welcome to the United Kingdom" than a a painted field..with Jessica Ennis on it (a medal winning multi-eventer athlete) Image - British Airways via Instagram - #homeadvantage It took two days and … [Read more...]

Aer Lingus prepares to move to Belfast City Airport

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From the BBC, it seems that FlyeBe and the remains of BMI mainline will have done competition at George Best Belfast City Airport. Aer Lingus is on the verge of moving its Belfast International Airport operations to Belfast City Airport which will be confirmed Now whilst this sounds great in theory, there are some pluses and minuses Firstly, Aer Lingus will have to … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific considers removing IFE units to save fuel

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In an interesting move, Cathay Pacific is considering the removal of seat-back in-flight entertainment systems from its entire fleet. Why? To save weight and fuel IFE Systems add between one to two tonnes of weight on-board a plane. That weight has to be carried around where the plane goes, so more fuel is required.  Multiply that over a fleet of planes, and the savings … [Read more...]