Economy Class & Beyond

Egypt: FCO Lays on additional charter flight

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With everything that's going on, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made the following announcement:A charter flight will leave Cairo on Thursday 3 February to enable further British nationals to leave as unrest continues.The flight from Cairo to Gatwick is to supplement commercial flights already being provided by British airlines.This flight is not instead of commercial … [Read more...]

LAM/TAM – Merger on Hold….

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Those at LATAM who were hoping for a quick merger have had to put the merger on hold as the Chilean anti-trust court has accepted the request of CONADECUS to investigate the impact of the merger in terms of competition. As such. LAN and TAM and has ordered to "suspend the (merger)process" whilst an investigation is conducted. This puts the 6-9 month merger plan in jeopardy, and … [Read more...]

Egypt: Latest updates

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Time for the daily Egypt update.First up from the FCO: We advise against all but essential travel to Cairo (all four governorates, including Giza), Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.  As a result of large demonstrations on 1 February, the nationwide curfew has been extended to 13:00-08:00 local time.  However, this does not extend to Red Sea resorts.  We recommend … [Read more...]

BD: As GLA goes, new destinations are added to SVG, BGO, CMN and RAK

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Well it didn't take long for British Midland International to announce what it was going to do with the slots and aircraft released from the loss making London to Glasgow route.New routes from London to Stavanger (SVG), Bergen (BGO), Casablanca (CMN) and Marrakech (RAK) have been added to the route mapDaily to Bergen and Stavanger and four-times weekly to Casablanca from … [Read more...]

Cairo: BMI and BA update travel advice, FCO advice constant.

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Well, we all know the press are reporting how things are in Egypt.BMI has updated it's booking advice and flight times for BD771/BD772 for the next few days. See http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/flight-and-airport-info/flight-information/travel-news.aspx#294 with a stop in Beurit for a crew change. Rebookings are being accepted to the end of March. British Airways in the … [Read more...]

BD: GLA-LHR – AXED

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A lot of rumor has been going around, and alas, it appears to be true with British Midland International axing the Glasgow to London RouteConfirmation comes from the Glasgow Evening Times The route leaves British Airways to run the Glasgow to London route, with BMI pulling out saying it is quitting to focus on more-profitable long haul services.A spokeswoman said: … [Read more...]

Airplan p0rn – Aer Lingus A320

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more Airplane p0rn. Today, it's an Aer Lingus A320 at Dublin Airport, fresh after a little shorthaul leg from Birmingham Airport. More of course next week! … [Read more...]

Cairo Protests: FCO advises against all but essental travel

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As the situation in Egypt beings to degenrate further, the impact is being felt.The UK Forgien and Commonwealth Office has followed the following advice: In light of the ongoing demonstrations, we advise against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.  This does not affect transits through Cairo airport for onward travel to other destinations, … [Read more...]