Economy Class & Beyond

Strike Action: Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect – Here we go again.

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Well it seems the RMT is still in a paddy with the operators of the Heathrow Express, and have called their workers out to action again. The strike is scheduled to begin at 09:15 on 26 June, and will last for 24 hours. In addition, the workers will also ban overtime and will work to rule for 24 hours from 25 June and again from 27 June.Plan your journeys accordingly, especially … [Read more...]

AA: Introduces Premium GhettoIFE – or Samsung Galaxy Tablets…

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It seems GhettoIFE is now all the rage, with American Airlines deploying tablets to First and Business Class passengers on certain routes.American will be using Samsung Galaxy's (bucking a trend with everyone using Apple iPad's), and rolling out 6000 of these devices on certain routes operated with Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 equipmentThe first batch of routes have been … [Read more...]

KE: Makes an A380 Advert… but SPOT THE ERROR!

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Ok all - it's time for that wonderful game called "Spot the error in the advert"Is someone using Airbus Corporate footage and adding their own titles on? ;)Well the answer is ... roll forward to 7 seconds in and you'll see... a Trent Engine being mounted.What's so important about that you might ask? Well... Korean Air are using... Engine Alliance Engines... Not Rolls Royce … [Read more...]

KE: Up’s frequencies on CDG-ICN in advance of A380 rollout…

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With the oncomming storm that is the Airbus A380, Korean Air will be upping it's frequencies from 7 times a week to:From 11th June - 6 times a week with a second service 7 (a Double frequency to Seoul on a Saturday)Dept ICN 09:10      Arrive CDG 13:50Dept CDG 16:30      Arrive ICN 10:20+1Equipment rostered for this additional service is a Boeing … [Read more...]

TG: A350’s and B787’s on the way….

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It's getting to that time of year again where we head off to Paris (well not me - some of us have to pay for mileage runs still), as the build-up to the Paris Airshow 2011 build up.Thai Airways has been busy pre-show, announcing leases and purchases.In pre-show news Thai Airways have announced plans for 12 Airbus A350's and 8 Boeing 787's to be acquired. The brought frames will … [Read more...]

SEN RUN: So, what’s in the matching kit then?

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So all you cheap SENs (Lufthansa Senator's) to be... or wanna be SEN's, what's in the kit?Well after being matched electronically online , my kit arrived in the post....Ooh. Luftpost. For me?Welcome letter - and T&C;'s.Ahh. The kit!The card - no it doesn't look like that - I've photoshoped my details out. Nice I maybe. Sharing my personal info - I don't.... ;)Oooh. Luggage … [Read more...]

LUL: New Strike Dates released.

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You can always trust the RMT to mess up a good thing. Whilst they're still closing on negotiations with London Underground over a sacked worker, they've also added to the pressure by calling their members out on strikeThe magic dates and times are:0901 on 19 June and 0300 BST on 20 June 0901 on 27 June and 1159 BST on 28 June1200 on 29 June and 1159 BST on 30 June 1200 and 2100 … [Read more...]