Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Repaint Saturday – Eva Air Hello Kitty A330 Kawaii

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It's Saturday, and it's time for the Kawaii crazy people to come out from under the cuteness as Eva Air paints an Airbus A330 for Kitty-Chan. Eva Air are operating up to 4 Hello Kitty routes. For those who love the cuteness Hello Kitty Jets will be flying between Seoul, Toyko, Sapporo and Hong Kong... Head to http://evakitty.evaair.com/ch/  - and turn down your … [Read more...]

LOLCats on… Pondering if this slightly outside the rules…

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It's time for a LOLCat as I haven't one for a bit. But this LOLcat is a bit sneeky and pondering if they can the following sharp objects through security... Kitty - I think the trick is "To look innocent". Unless you want a free grope for freedom at security. Oh and expect to be in a cage too I think ;) More LOLCats when I find one that's relevant ;) … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: What about the Baby? (The BMI Baby that is)

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There's been am Elephant in the Room in the sale of British Midland Airways to Interational Consolidated Airlines Group, and it's been BMI Baby. The Low Cost Carrier (operating a fleet of 737-300/500 aircraft, based out of various UK airports) has been a questionmark in the sale of the sale - with IAG getting a discount from Lufthansa if they failed to sell the unit … [Read more...]

China Airlines throws in the towel on London Taipei direct services – retreats to Amsterdam

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China Airlines can't seem to make the London - Taipei services work it seems, and has thrown in the towel on the twice a week service. From 25th March 2012 onwards, it will switch to a codeshare with SkyTeam partner KLM to Amsterdam, to connect with the existing Amsterdam - Bangkok - Taipei service. So if you want to get to Taipei, yes - it's TWO stops to get there with … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: So what happens if IAG gets the nod?

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With BMI futures week, I'm now going off into the wild possibilities of what might happen. This is based on the following: Gut feeling Prescience and things that have happened before. What we know: IAG Group is the preferred buyer for British Midland Airways, although Virgin  is making its usual noises. There's about zero  chance of being migrated to Miles and … [Read more...]

Coming to the London 2012 Games? Some dates to AVOID Heathrow

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As we enter countdown for the London 2012 Olympic games, Heathrow Airport has published a few interesting titbits on how it's going to cope. Heathrow predict that 80% of overseas London 2012 visitors will flow through the airport, and are even constructing a temporary "Olympic Terminal" to assist for the games (operating from 13-15 August). More importantly, Heathrow has … [Read more...]

Thames Estuary Airport/Boris Island?

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Or £50billion to start with - and that's before we begin properly. The idea of Boris island - or an airport in the Thames Estuary has been floated again, and this time the government is paying attention. Well a bit to the point where it will form part of the formal consultation plan on UK aviation. The study is due to commence in March, in a vain attempt to hold onto the … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: It’s confirmed – NO Miles and More Status Match

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Those of you who were hoping to match to Miles and More from BMI Diamond Club - some very bad news for you (and if truth be told, I've sort of known this after chatting to a few people last week). From http://forum.airliners.de/index.php?showtopic=44637&view=findpost&p=607297 and translated by Google: The sale of bmi IAG (the parent company of BA) - shall be … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Business Class Sale Fares – now loaded

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It seems that Lufthansa is having a bit of a Business Class fare sale. There are fare sales going on ex Germany, but also from the UK too. Those of you who are needing a starting point for Senator status this year could do well to have a look at these: Data - Lufthansa.co.uk With an offer like this, there are of course a bunch of terms and conditions. Purchase … [Read more...]