Economy Class & Beyond

Japan Trip 2012: Well. If it’s 06:15 (Local), it must be time to travel

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Yup. The open road begins again. And this morning, it's at Birmingham Airport (what laughably used to be called "Birmingham International Airport). So far so good. Put it like this: I'm glad I checked in at the desk so I got a fasttrack sticker. The queues for security were... awful. Just awful Anyway. Good morning from that ServisAir Lounge. And yes, it's still an (What … [Read more...]

Another Day, another Strike at Frankfurt

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It seems the GdF union has placed Frankfurt airport under strike action, and it will be hitting today (20th Feb). The strike will from Monday, 20 Feb 2012 from 05:00 CET to till Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012, 05:00 CET The Lufthansa cancellation list is up - and it's.. hefty. See … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – United Boeing 757 – with Winglets!

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Well it's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a United Airlines 757 in classic blues colours with winglets taxing into San Francisco International after completing a service from New York-JFK. " From next week there should be a lot more interesting stuff... And that leads me into a new post shortly ;) … [Read more...]

IRIS switched off at Manchester and Birmingham. London to follow…

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In what is the bonehead maneuver of the day (although UK Borders will call it "cost saving"), the IRIS Border Authentication Machines has been now confirmed as switched off at Birmingham and Manchester Airports by visitors to the Business Traveler forum. What is more concerning are two other bits of information that have surfaced: No new registrations for IRIS will be … [Read more...]

Surprise Surprise. Virgin makes a complaint over the BMI takeover by IAG

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Well, if you couldn't see this coming... you need new glasses. Virgin Group today lodged a formal complaint at the European Commission over International Consolidated Airlines Group takeover of British Midland Airways. Virgin group argues there will be a " "choice of one" on flights between Aberdeen and Edinburgh and Heathrow (ignoring the small matter of flights to other … [Read more...]

Qantas – Delays 787-8 deliveries

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Well it seems Qantas is trying to save money "any way possible", with the announcement that they will be deferring delivery of the first of their 787 fleet as a way of reducing capital expenditure. Qantas cites the delays by Boeing to actually deliver aircrft as a good excuse, with savings that are not inconsiderable. Well the odd million Aussie dollars to Qantas can be lost … [Read more...]

Kingfisher takes another loss

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Well it seems KingFisher is really suffering with losses by increasing 75% during to October to December period, and it's raising new concerns about the carrier as an ongoing business. Kingfisher (which has never made a profit in its existence) has lost 4.44bn rupees ($90m; £57m) Oct-Dec 2011, compared with 2.54bn rupees in Oct-Dec 2010. Kingfisher states that the cost … [Read more...]