Economy Class & Beyond

ANA continues to fiddle with the 787 timetable for March

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Well it seems ANA are still waiting for another internationally configured Boeing 787 to arrive, and so is re-balancing the 787 timetable for March Dates the 787 will operate in March 2012 March 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th, 2012 All other dates will be operated with an ANA Boeing 777-200ER What is slightly … [Read more...]

Another day, another day of strikes at Frankfurt

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Oh yes, it shouldn't come as a surprise, but Frankfurt ground staff are still on strike. The news gets worse as it's due to continue until at least Friday according to Lufthansa. Here's the hit list http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/info_and_services/irregularities/canceled_flights?nodeid=3526064&l=en&cid=18002 Bottom line: Short Haul Domestic programme … [Read more...]

Kingfisher – Endgame?

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As Live from a Lounge has covered, the good times of Kingfisher may be drawing to a close according to The Hindu Times. Kingfishers bank accounts are in a very precarious state - that of being frozen. Only 16 planes out of a 64 fleet strong aircraft are serviceable. It also seems the lack of pay has forced employees to jump ship with 35 commanders jumping to IndiGo and … [Read more...]

In … Russia. TransAero and British Airways FIGHT!

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All is not good in Russia it seems as British Airways ramps up its planned Russia Expansion. As it's been reported, British Airways will be ramping up it's flights to Moscow with a Boeing 747-400 from the WorldWide Fleet, upgrading it from a 767-300/A320 Operation. An Application which British Airways has sent seems to have been lost to run the service. Oops. Others say … [Read more...]

Japan 2012: an hour on the ground

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Well you read my post about the German ground staff action earlier. Well it looks like my plane is on the ground for an hour plus, with an ETA into FRA at 11:20. Good thing I'm not on a schedule.... … [Read more...]

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...]