Economy Class & Beyond

Arik Air orders two 747-8i’s… huh?

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Arik Air is an odd beast. With bits of it from Nigerian Airlines, and different investments here and there, it operates a 22 aircraft fleet, focusing on Nigeria and the area, as well as a few long-haul routes (namely, London, New York JFK, Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg). To run the long haul routes, it's drafted in a pair of Airbus A340-500's which can been seen flying some of … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – American Airlines Boeing 777-200

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It's Sunday, and in GhettoIFE land, that means it's our other regular feature - Airplane art.  For those who ask, it's when I go travelling, I like to take pictures of planes (as well as many other things). Airplane art used to be known as Airplane p0rn, but as I've moved the site over to a more family friendly site, I'll make it more family friendly. And yes, it hurts a … [Read more...]

Heathwick? What an awful idea….

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Hitting the press today in the United Kingdom has been the idea of "Heathwick" (with the Telegraph breaking it first, followed by the BBC The idea is to some simple - slap in a High Speed Rail link to operate between London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airports around the M25, running at 180mph to 15 minutes and create a "virtual hub" between the two airports. Ministers … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – TAM

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For those who are new to GhettoIFE, it may be Saturday, but we do run two fixed features at GhettoIFE. Saturday demonstrates our commitment to your safety (if you like it or lump it), and I link them up to see how a safety video can change from country to country, from airline to airline. This week, it's TAM... with Plasticine More safety of course next week! … [Read more...]

Dutch Railways to introduce “Emergency Plastic Relief Bags”

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Umm. Are we sure it's not April 1st? Oh dear. In this case, it's probably true. This up on the BBC News site, who note that the Dutch National Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen), is to add plastic bags as part of a first aid provision on some services. What you'll be doing in these bags... well.. is it to provide an emergency place to urinate. Or to put it bluntly - Wee … [Read more...]

Fares going down at Gatwick for British Airways

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British Airways must be feeling the pinch from all the other low cost carriers at London Gatwick, and has launched a new campaign of lower fares from/to Gatwick. Fares are down as much by 20%, for an undefined period (but not a short as a sale), and kick of from £39 a sector for Amsterdam, Bologna, Bordeaux, Malaga, Marseilles, and going up in steps from there (for example, … [Read more...]

Welcome to GhettoIFE.com… on Boarding Area!

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Well from the looks of it, we've migrated and have arrived at BoardingArea.com safely! For my new readers, Welcome to GhettoIFE! This is a very different sort of Frequent Flyer blog to the norm. I'll be focusing on UK and Europe mainly, but also I'll be casting my eyes worldwide on the latest happenings. In addition, you'll find out things such as: My Travels Airplane … [Read more...]

FR: Which? attacks over the Ryanair’s new PrePaid MasterCard…

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As covered last week at GhettoIFE.com, the Ryanair PrePaid MasterCard rates were announced. Well this week, Which? (the consumer group) has branded the card as "An Insult" to it's Ryanair's customers. Or to quote Which? fully they belive the card is "insult to UK consumers who have little opportunity to avoid such fees". Ouch. Ryanair argue the card will be more … [Read more...]

AA: The Vultures Begin to Circle

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If you're an American Airlines stockholder, then you'll probably be feeling the vultures circling with the 33% drop in share value yesterday, on fears that AA's parent - AMR may have to seek Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection. At one point, shares in AMR dived by 41%, with share trading halted. The problems AMR has are the twisted combination of high debt, sluggish demand and … [Read more...]

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