Whilst not confirmed yet, reports are indicating that the Taiwanese airline China Airlines (not to be confused with the Chinese mainland carrier Air China) will be signing a letter of intent to join the SkyTeam Alliance.With Asia becoming a bigger target, SkyTeam is doing well with the recent additions of Vietnam Airlines, China Eastern, and the pulling of Shanghai Airlines … [Read more...]
TK: Trouble in the Skies – near miss over London
It seems luck doesn't seem to run Turkish Airlines way. An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report today reported A Citation 525 Business jet came close to a mid-air collision with a Turkish Airlines 777after taking off from London City Airport. The degree of separation was 100ft to 200ft below and half-a-mile from each other at 4000ft in 27 July 2009. It appears the … [Read more...]
Flow control and stacking…
It can only be Heathrow. 50 minutes late, but not a bad way to spend 11 hours in a 777Alas, it's back to reality with the tube on strike.... At least the train isn't solid! More back at Ghettoife.com HQ!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
Greetings from the Asiana Lounge…
Since the transit tour was a dead loss, I'm back in a lounge after adding more stamps to my passport. Meanwhile in the TV viewing area....Next stop - Heathrow!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
… And back at Inchon…
With a long transit. Will be seeing what tours are available... Or it's back to the lounge.... - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
Ok – life can get better….
When you find a bottle of this:And have this:- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
SilverKirs lounge
And it's empty. Especially in the dining room ;)- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
Trip report quick reviews
Ok - to throw you some more bones, here is the results from the trip so far:Lufthansa Economy Class: Moving switfly on.Asiana First FRA-ICN: Wow.Grand Ambassador Sofitel/Pullman/Identity Crisis: Slightly off the main track, but very goodThai ICN-HKG: Excellent Service - for more reasons than I'll let on to until the main trip report is publishedNovotel Nathen Road: Pretty … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Lufthansa Boeing 747-400
It's late Sunday in Hong Kong, so it must be time for some Airplane p0rn.This week, it's another 747-400 - this time in the Lufthansa/Boeing 50 Year relationship paintwork at Frankfurt-am-Main More of course, next week! … [Read more...]
Greetings from Hong Kong
Whilst o could bore you with the Thai flight and the semi disaster at the end of the flight, instead I'll bore you with the view infront of me...- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]
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