Economy Class & Beyond

Airbus: A350 is going to be late, A340 is no longer for sale.

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Two bits of news from Airbus today. Firstly, the Airbus A350 unsurprisingly.. is going to be late (and anyone who thought the A350 would be on time really needs to look at the recent history of new aircraft deliveries from both Boeing and Airbus). The A350-900's schedule has now slipped to "final assembly" beginning in early 2012, and Entry into Service to the first … [Read more...]

FCO posts its latest “Odd requests for help”. May Induce Laughter…

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has released it's latest list of "Odd requests for assistance. And some of these are just comedy gold. Here's a few requests the poor people at the FCO have had to handle A telephone number for Phil Collins Phoning the Sydney Consulate to ask what clothes he should pack for his holiday Asking them to sell a house in Sofia A lady … [Read more...]

Hong Kong Airlines to deploy single class business product on LON-HKG…

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Here's a good one. Hong Kong Airlines has decided to sell tickets on a new route. Nothing new you might think, except this will be a single class route between London and Hong Hong. With Business Class Seats. Tickets will go on sale in December, with flights launching in March 2012. Hong Kong Airlines plan to operate this with *three* A330-200, configured with 34 lie-flat … [Read more...]

Transaero orders more aircraft… this time Boeing 747-8i’s….

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Remember a couple of weeks ago I wrote about Transaero ordering some Airbus A380's? Well it seems Transareo are at it again, this time ordering big aircraft from Boeing, with a preliminary agreement to order four Boeing 747-8 passenger aircraft. Transaero is planing for these planes to be fitted in a four-class configuration with about 460 seats installed. Transaero is … [Read more...]

United to launch Manchester (UK) route

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United is beavering away, and has announced the launch of a Manchester <> Washington Dulles Route Subject to approval, the following flights will operate: DEPART MAN 12:00  ARRIVE IAD 15:00 DEPART IAD 22:15 ARRIVE MAN 10:20+1 Operates Daily Commencement: May 2012 (Subject to approval) Equipment Booked: CO 757-200 You'll note the equipment used - a Continental … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400

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Ok, I'm still learning about this server and the RSS feeds. And on top of that, I'm pretty much sniffling lots which isn't doing me any good. This week's airplane art is a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 parked up at London Heathrow T3. More of course next week.... but the big posting of the day is about to occur. Check back in 2 hours for "A Smooch of Chicago and a Kiss of … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – British Airways

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Well it's Saturday so it's time for Safety Video Saturday. And yes, I'm scraping the barrel even further than before (mainly as the BA Youtube team hasn't stuck a copy of their video online), with British Airways presenting their safety demonstration recorded in what looks like Club World to me (Trust me - that isn't a World Traveller/World Traveller Plus screen...) More … [Read more...]

Analysis: BMI… Next Steps.

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Well now we sort of know what is happening to BMI, it's time to get to the nitty gritty for what could happen next. And I'll preface this with the following: THIS IS PURE CONJECTURE AND SPECULATION based on what's happening at this moment of time. What we know: BMI is being sold to IAG BMI Regional is being sold to a 3rd Party. Target Closing date of 30th March … [Read more...]

BMI/IAG – Statement from Donington Hall – Business as usual

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Statement from BMI HQ at Donnington Hall Following on from today’s announcement we’d like to advise that it’s business as usual at bmi. The route network and schedule for bmi remains as is and any bookings made now for future travel will be fully honoured. An agreement in principle for the sale of bmi to IAG has been reached and it is expected that the purchase agreement … [Read more...]