For Kenya Airways, there will be a bit patience ahead as they have now finalised their order for Boeing 787's, and have agreed a new delivery schedule. Kenya Airways have in the past have been threatening to cancel the order with the delays the programme and even had gone to Airbus to consider other options, but it seems they are happy now to wait, with the first delivery of … [Read more...]

In signs that hell will eventually freeze, BA and Unite have been having exploritary talks that have been described as "optimistic", the deadline for a strike announcement has been delayed until May 13 2011.Both sides seem to be talking. Which seems to be good news. For travellers, this means the Long Easter Break, The Royal Wedding and the May Day Bank Holiday will be … [Read more...]

The problem with being the UK's 6th largest airport are numerous. Apart from being stuck between two major hubs (Manchester to the top, London below) and a major cargo hub to the right (EMA), there is the problem of the runway at Birmingham Airport.Namely, it's a postage stamp and it's not really suitable for very long haul services to take off from.Well the expansion of the … [Read more...]

EDIT: New Layouts went live on the 15th April! Greetings gentle readerI'll admit it. I've been tardy with my posts since I've been back from the USA, and the colour scheme of this blog is really getting on my nerves too.So here are a few of things that are upcoming:No matter what, I'll try and post each dayI'll be trying to do some more analysis as I go along in my posts … [Read more...]