As delays to the 787 project continue to mount up, Airlines are beginning to disclose how the 787 delays are affecting themFirst up is LAN who has an outstanding order of 26 ordered frames and 6 leased frames with the first two due this year. As Boeing hasn't got a hope in hell of getting them out of the factory in time, LAN is looking to acquire more 767's in the mean time. … [Read more...]

Aegean Airlines and Olympic Airlines - both of Greece have had their request to merge blocked by the European Commision. The orignal proposal was annouced in 2010 when Aegean was joining Star Alliance, but has now been refused on the grounds it would (create a)"quasi-monopoly on the Greek air transport market"and"would have led to higher fares for four out of six million Greek … [Read more...]

A tiny bit of what some might see inconsequential news today is that Wrexham and Shropshire Trains - who operate a route from Wrexham, through Chester, Shrewsbury, Telford and through to London are to cease operations in the near future.Services will cease on 28th January. Forward booking tickets will be accepted on on Virgin, Arriva Trains Wales, London Midland and Chiltern … [Read more...]

A tiny bit of what some might see inconsequential news today is that Wrexham and Shropshire Trains - who operate a route from Wrexham, through Chester, Shrewsbury, Telford and through to London are to cease operations in the near future.Services will cease on 28th January. Forward booking tickets will be accepted on on Virgin, Arriva Trains Wales, London Midland and Chiltern … [Read more...]

Alaska Airlines have been busy on the quiet, and has annouced it's buying a new fleet of Boeing 737-900ER's to deploy on it's routes.The order of 2 737-800's (due 2012) and 13 737-900ER's (due 2013-2014) will be deployed on it's current routes, targeting denser runs for trans-continental and mid-continental routes (US East Coast and Midwest from it's Seattle hub in the West … [Read more...]

Time to examine the fallout of Mondays disaterous incident at Moscow Domodedovo (DME) Airport.What has emerged is that the leadership wants to tighten security and have it's pound of flesh over the incident. Proposals have been made to introduce an Israeli-style airport security system Dmitry Medvedev has said, whilst blaming airport officials for security breaches - with a … [Read more...]

(Apolgies for the lack of posts - things at Kevin Towers are slightly bonkers at the moment - I hope to drag the blog back on track over the next day or so) In "Well that went well Ideas" from the last UK Administration, the UK Identity card scheme has formally ended has now ceased.This means that if you were foolish enough to pay the £35, and have your data collected by … [Read more...]

Breaking news from Moscow, where a blast has occured that has killed at least 10 people.BBC News reports that dozens more are thought to have been injured in the blast, and some reports are suggesting this may have been the work of a suicide bomber.Emergency services are on the scene and tending to the wounded.Early reports suggested the blast may have hit the baggage reclaim … [Read more...]