If you ever wonder what happens when an emergency is declared like an earthquake, and an airport closes, here's a very interesting account from a Delta Captain who was in the air when it hit - and how he got his plane on the ground.Highly recommended reading http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/g7ksg/written_by_a_delta_pilot_on_approach_to_tokyo/ … [Read more...]

As promised by AA and BA, they will be adjusting their timetables shortly, to almost deliver an almost "hourly transatlantic shuttle" service between London and New York JFK, with both BA and AA departures times being changed to be non-competing against each other, but to compliment them instead: The times of the new service and who operates them are and departure times from … [Read more...]

For holiday makers, there is a collective sigh of relief as Aena - the operator of Spanish Airports has reached a preliminary agreement with the local trade unions, which was leading to major strike action.Had the strike action gone ahead a total of 22 days with 12,500 staff would had gone out on strike, hitting the critical Easter period. The action was called in protest over … [Read more...]

It seems that Greeks do like to share, with Aegean Airlines have brought the Olympic Airlines slots at London Heathrow and Paris Charles De Gaul Airports.Aegean are using these slots to expand their services, opening direct services to Larnaca and Heathrow, and increasing it's Heathrow to Athens service to four times daily from two timesNew services commence from March 27th. A … [Read more...]