Tiger Airways Australia remains grounded for Australian domestic departures following the intervention of the CASA on Saturday.Tiger are holding talks with the CASA to try and get back in the air, but these are bearing no fruit as of yet.Or to put in the CASA's words:"CASA believes permitting the airline to continue to fly poses a serious and imminent risk to air safety"Ouch. … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane p0rn. This week, it's an Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER parked at Toronto Pearson International More next week! … [Read more...]
QF: Safety Video Saturday – Qantas
It's time for controversy and to put you seat into the upright position as John Travolta and friends at Qantas give you the low down on being safe with them: More safety next week! … [Read more...]
TT: Tiger Airways Australia – Grounded.
Tiger Airways Australia have come to a cropper, and have been grounded by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority as the authority has "lost confidence in Tiger's ability to manage safety appropriately".All Tiger Airways Australia have been grounded at least until 9th July.The CASA said it took the action because it believed permitting the airline to continue to fly … [Read more...]
EU Mobile Phone costs drop again…
The European Union sometimes has a purpose - and it's regulating the costs of mobile phone costs is normally one of them.The latest price cuts have gone into effect as of today, meaning the following:Calls will cost no more than €0.35 (around 31p) per minute to make. This excludes VAT, down from €0.39. The maximum cost to receive calls will be €0.11 (around … [Read more...]
FR: Confuses “Popularity” with “Volume” and makes a PR of it.
Ryanair has released a press release saying loud and proud that "IATA CONFIRMS RYANAIR IS THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AIRLINE"Page - Ryanair.com Oooooooooook. They go on to mention the Volumes of passengers they carry.Hold up on second there Friends of The Odious Little Man. What is the definition of the word "Favourite"?According to dictionary.com....Definition: … [Read more...]
SQ: More A330’s on the way
It seems Singapore Airlines are liking the A330's it operates. So much so, they're leasing another 15 of them, due for delivery between 2013 and 2015. The new aircraft will replace some of the existing Boeing 777's that are used for regional and mid-haul services - covering Asia, Australia and Middle East.They currently operate 19 on the type on 5 year short leases (and … [Read more...]
UA/CO: The new name of the combined airlines frequent flyer’s programme will be….
... wait for it...... wait for it...The name is Mileage Plus, which will fold in the existing Mileage Plus and Continental OnePass programmes.More details of the announcement over at MilePoint … [Read more...]
UK Public Service Strike (PCS/Teaching Unions/Others) – Expect long immigration queues
Tommorow could be a very long day if you're coming into the United Kingdom as the Public Services Unions are going out of strike. UKBA's Border staff are members of the PCS Union, who are taking their members on strike, as well as Schools, Universities, Courts and probation services, Jobcentres and tax and benefit offices, Driving test centres Some Council Services, and more … [Read more...]
Office of Fair Trading: Hidden Card Fees to be banned.
Well it seems the Office of Fair Trading may have some teeth after all, in todays announcement that Travel companies have been ordered to end the use of hidden surcharges for passengers paying by card.For those who are pained with the filling in booking forms, we all know at the page before "buy", some airlines will decide to levy a fee for the use of a credit card or Debit … [Read more...]
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