Economy Class & Beyond

CO/UA – Fleet update continuing apace.

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Continited/Uninental/"The Combined United" (I'll come up with a name that might make sense one year) have updated the progress on their fleet refits:CO: 757-200 Fleet - all 41 now have BusinessFirst Seats installed.CO: 777-200 Fleet - 22 aircraft have BusinessFirst Seats installed.UA: 767-300ER Fleet - Complete Flat bed in Business installed (in 2009!)UA: 747-400 Fleet - … [Read more...]

UK Budget 2011 – UK APD *FROZEN*, APD on Private Jets added.

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Well the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has delivered his budget to the nation. Rather than concentrate on the everything else that will make British Citizen's life more of a living hell, lets concenrate on the big news for travellers. And it is good - as Air Passenger Duty (APD) has been FROZEN at the current rates. The bad news however, is that APD will go up, but … [Read more...]

More delays from GhettoIFE.com towers….

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Hello again faithful reader. Things will be a lot more quieter than normal for the next couple of days as my iMac has taken a running jump and the power supply unit has brought the farm. As a result, GhettoIFE.com towers will be dedicated to getting my data safely off the blown up computer and disassembling iMacs as advised by iFixit.com. That's before the shoot I have booked … [Read more...]

AZ: More ERJ’s on the way

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Alitalia, that seemingly wonderful Skyteam airline is in the process of fleet renewals, and working with Embraer, they have agreed to lease 20 regional jets.This will be broken down into 15 E-175's (the shorter twin isle jet capable up to 86 seats) and 5 E-190's (the longer 106 seater jet), with deliveries due to begin in Q3 2011 - a very "quick" turnaround for these frames. … [Read more...]

Japan Earthquake: A Captain’s View from the Air

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If you ever wonder what happens when an emergency is declared like an earthquake, and an airport closes, here's a very interesting account from a Delta Captain who was in the air when it hit - and how he got his plane on the ground.Highly recommended reading http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/g7ksg/written_by_a_delta_pilot_on_approach_to_tokyo/ … [Read more...]

FCO: “Get out of Bahrain”

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated it's advice for people in or considering heading to Bahrain. We advise against all travel to Bahrain until further notice. As of 14:00 Bahrain time on 17 March we continue to recommend that those without a pressing reason to remain should leave. Our assessment remains that, as on 16 March, travel on the main routes on the island … [Read more...]

BA/AA/IB – New TimeTable Annoucuned for LHRJFK/ORD

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As promised by AA and BA, they will be adjusting their timetables shortly, to almost deliver an almost "hourly transatlantic shuttle" service between London and New York JFK, with both BA and AA departures times being changed to be non-competing against each other, but to compliment them instead: The times of the new service and who operates them are and departure times from … [Read more...]

Spanish Airport Workers Cancels Strike, Holiday makers breath a sigh of releif

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For holiday makers, there is a collective sigh of relief as Aena - the operator of Spanish Airports has reached a preliminary agreement with the local trade unions, which was leading to major strike action.Had the strike action gone ahead a total of 22 days with 12,500 staff would had gone out on strike, hitting the critical Easter period. The action was called in protest over … [Read more...]