China Southern will take delivery of it's first Airbus A380 on Friday October 14. To celebrate the occasion, there will be a ceremony at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse on the 14th. China Southern is planning to operate it's A380 initially on domestic trips, with: Beijing-Guangzhou route from October 18, switching to Beijing-Shanghai route from October 27 The … [Read more...]
CI: China Airlines formally joins SkyTeam
Today, the SkyTeam Alliance welcomes it's newest member - China Airlines (of Taiwan - not to be confused with Air China) It becomes the 15th member of the SkyTeam Alliance, and the Fifth Asian member of SkyTeam (the others being China Eastern, China Southern, Korean Air and Vietman Airlines). In addition for frequent flyer people, Dynasty Miles now become redeemable for … [Read more...]
FR: Guess which PrePaid Mastercard is going to be VERY expensive to use?
... Correct. Once again, Ryanair strikes again. According to an article posted at MSN Money UK We all know of the new method of payment - use a Ryanair Prepaid card to pay avoid the purchasing fee. However what are the fees on this card? Well it comes as no surprise that it's TravelEx who are issuing the card. Lets get down to the nitty gritty of the fees: Want to … [Read more...]
BD: UK Winter Schedule Announced – Cuts ahoy, but don’t panic… yet
British Midland International have announced their winter schedule, and there are cuts left right and centre on the UK Domestic programme. London LHR Edinburgh will be reduced from a maximum of 8 flights a day to 6 during Monday to Friday. Saturday drops from 6 to 4 flights, Sunday drops from 7 to 5 flights a day London LHR Manchester gets an even bigger cut with … [Read more...]
NH *BREAKING* Boeing 787 Arrived at HND
Live from the BBC News feed (as I'm watching BBC News 24), JA801A has arrived at Tokyo Haneda International Airport, completing it's delivery flight from Seattle Paine Field. YFrog Image by ikarosairline - http://yfrog.com/h7tv6pwj Now for ANA - the hard work begins.... … [Read more...]
UPDATE: APD Long Haul Departures from Northern Ireland FALLS from 1st November 2011
Good news if you're planning Long Haul Travel from Northern Ireland! If you were reading earlier, you would had seen APD about to fall in cost from Northern Ireland. Well now, it has. From the 1st November, Air Passenger Duty will FALL on Long Haul Segments from Northern Ireland. The revised APD numbers are equivalent to Short Haul Services, … [Read more...]
VS/BA/BD: Branson to IAG – Stop Slicing of bits of BMI
Well it's taken long enough for the Bearded One to get involved, but Richard Branson is calling on regulators to examine the purchase of slots at London’s Heathrow by IAG from Lufthansa.. and it's British Midland International subsidiary according to Bloomberg Virgin Say: “Branson is concerned that BA could be attempting to salami slice BMI’s key assets, … [Read more...]
BFSEWR to escape APD?
Over in Northern Ireland, there is considerable debate going on regarding the United (Continental operated) service between Belfast International and Newark International Airport. The service operates daily with a Boeing 757-200 However, there are issues, least of which is the Air Passenger Duty (APD) of £60 if you're travelling Economy, £120 if you're going … [Read more...]
U2: EasyJet try to 1UP British Airways…
Well as you know British Airways has relaunched it's "To Fly, To Serve" brand. Easyjet are not being slouches, and have struck back with their advert. Nothing like a war of words eh? … [Read more...]
Stelios is up to something…. but what?
It seems Stelios Haji-Ioannou of EasyJet fame is planning something called FastJet.... www.fastjet.com But what is he up to? Certainly EasyJet aren't over impressed. EasyJet say: it has received notice from Haji-Ioannou that he "intends to set up airline branded Fastjet and that a website, www.fastjet.com, has already been established". and "To the extent … [Read more...]
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