Singapore Airlines has dissapointingly decided the stragegy of having Economy on both decks of an A380 is to come to an end with the delivery of new aircraft next year according to Business TravellerWhat as a nice cabin in a A340/A330'eqse 2 x 4 x 2 seating (as opposed to the main deck holding 3 x 4 x 3) in a very "mini-club" cabin will become harder to get hold of when the … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Delta 767-300ER
.. and speaking of Delta, it's Sunday - so it's time for some airplane p0rn. And it's a Delta 767-300ER in the Deltaflot style colour scheme, taken at Dublin Airport More of course next week! … [Read more...]
DL: Delta Customer Service – According to VirtualShackles….
I'll let the cartoon do the talking...But in some ways, we've all encountered this (well maybe not the last panel....) Source: http://www.virtualshackles.com/159 … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Thomson Airlines A320
It's that time again to put your seat back into the upright position, stow your tray table and put your seatbelt on as Thomson gives us a safety demo for their A320's More of course next week! … [Read more...]
LH: FRA-JFK? Yep. A380 Land.
Lufthansa are laying in the plans for it's A380 fleet. Already serving Johannesburg, Tokyo and Being, the next target for the LH A380's will be New York - John F Kennedy International. This will be the destination of the 5th A380 when it arrives in February. JFK isn't a stranger to A380's with Emirates running services there originally, before it redeployed them to Toronoto. … [Read more...]
BD: Sir Michael Bishop talks to Airline Business.
BMI's ex-CEO Sir Michael Bishop talks to Airline Business Magazine. It's an interesting retrospective of being man with the "the little airline" at Heathrow, and some of his views on the future, in particular the role of security and the delays airframers are taking to get products into market. Interesting reading for those who need something to nibble on. … [Read more...]
EK: A380 damaged by catering truck…
If it's not one thing with A380's, it's another. And today's news from Toronto is a small wakeup to those supply those A380's. Emirates has withdawn one of its A380 from use after an incident with a catering truck, damaged the right wing of the aircraft. The truck is a scisor lift truck, and was servicing the top deck of the aircraft during the incident when it failed, and the … [Read more...]
Security at the airport – no, not Security Theatre, but Computer Security….
We all go through airport security time and a again thinking what security theatre nonsense we are going to have to put up with today.However for those of you who use Internet Kisoks, or computers left in lounges for your use, are you practicing safe computing?The chances are - not.Paul Ducklin of Sophos has written an excellent artricle on what he found on one Mac in a Qantas … [Read more...]
CX: They want you feel… New Business Class seats.
Cathay Pacific have been busy it seems, and as well as new routes, they've launched a new Business Class Seat.Image - Cathay Pacific, resized to fit screens better ;)So lets do some quick checks:It's being installed on a lot of birds:- On all New long haul A330-300 deliveries (March 2011)- On all new Boeing 777-300ER deliveries (April 2011)Rollout will then continue to all Long … [Read more...]
Want to avoid APD? HINT: Start in Ireland….
The Irish Air Travel tax is being reduced - from a not considerable €10 to an insignficant €3. You read that right. €3This comes to effect from 1st March 2011 to 31st December 2011. This is to combat the dropping visitor numbers to Ireland.To quote Brian Lenihan"The position will be reviewed next year, and the rate will be increased unless there is evidence of an … [Read more...]
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