Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

BA: The rise of the Ghetto IFE system contiunes – BA to use iPads on some of the 777 Fleet…

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Well it seems maybe I should lobby BA for some money and copyright. But I'm not an evil person (damn my love of the open source movement). British Airways is to introduce iPads in British Airways First on a trial with aircraft with the GMIS systems installed. These aircraft have no AVOD (rather a rolling video system with small screens). These frames are due in the shop during … [Read more...]

SQ/DJ : Annoucne tie up…. explains why MH was rushed into OneWorld…

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It seems there is more than meets the eye, with Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia announcing a Strategic Alliance today.They're planning to:Codeshare on each other’s international and domestic flights;Offer reciprocal frequent flyer programme benefits and lounge access;Co-ordinate schedules between Singapore and Australia and beyond to provide seamless connections; … [Read more...]

MH: To Join… Oneworld!

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Well this is a turn-up for the books. Malaysian Airlines who have been buddying up with KLM recently have decided to join OneWorld instead as announced at a meeting off the current IATA Conference. The announcement with the CEO of MAS - Tengku Azmil and the co-sponsor - Alan Joyce of Qantas, say that the airline will be ready to join within 12-18 months.Using Kuala Lumpur as … [Read more...]

Blog Admin: Trip Report pictures are a bit broken….

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Bit of minor blog admin, but it seems the hosts of my photos (Photoblog.com) have once again fiddled with the hosting arrangements of some of my older photos. Which means most of the photos in the older trip reports (2008-2009) are broken at this moment in time. I'll be fixing them over the weekend - again as it seems more of my times is spent fixing at the moment. Almost … [Read more...]

KE: A380 off to… Paris!

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Korean Air has umm'd and ahh'd over where it's going to deploy it's first A380. And it's chosen Paris Charles De Gaul as it's first "Official" destination after the run-in flightsThe run-in flights will initially commence on regional routes the 17/06/2011 operating Seoul Inchon to Tokyo Narita, Hong Kong and eventually Bangkok. Internationally the A380's will be deployed on … [Read more...]