Economy Class & Beyond

Valencia gives in to the “charm” of Ryanair.

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It seems that Valencia can't do without Ryanair, as it will repoen it's base at Valenicia airport in the winter - with the local tourism ministry to provide marketing support to market the services.The base was closed in  Valencia base in November 2008 due to the regional government's decision not to provide marketing support, which has now been promptly reversed due to … [Read more...]

Might be some delay in furthers posts

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Sorry for the delay in posts - and they will be delayed today due to me getting a replacement GhettoIFE device....Can you tell what it is yet?More maybe later ;)- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

UK Budget: Aviation impact

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Well the new UK Budget has been announced and two things stand out of interest (well there are quite a few things, but lets concentrate on the aviation side)VAT will be rising to 20% from 4th January 2012 - For those of you in the EU, we're coming up to the same levels as you. For non EU, its time to get those claim dockets ready when you leave the country to get more tax back. … [Read more...]

VS: Beardy is at it again with another publicity stunt.

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Yes, the Bearded one is out and about again. Now I swear there was something important in it - (the resumption of a Manchester - Las Vegas route in April 2011 and 10 Years of Virgin serving London - Las Vegas)But who cares?Dita Von Teese was out and about, so it's time to name another 747-400.Image - Virgin GroupAnd of course - the lovely Ms Von Teese herself was out on … [Read more...]

Speaking of BMI Baby….

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... and I've moaned about United.bomb in the past. I never thought I'd run into such an incompetent check in procedure.Lets go through the pointsNavigation was all over the shopAuto seat assignment engine... I'd like to know if there was an algorithm to assigning seats or was it a case of picking a random number and letter together and seeing if it actually existed on the … [Read more...]

JK: Spanair – Nope, we won’t bother serving Birmingham after BMI Baby drops the route for them…

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Spanair made a big song and dance about coming to Birmingham, and BMI Baby dutifully moved aside to allow the full service Star Alliance carrier in and suspend it's own services.However, this has now backfired into BMI Baby's face as Spanair has decided not to offer the server BHX service any more.Spanair had been due to commence four-times weekly flights to Barcelona on May … [Read more...]

AA: Another AAincident – door falls off an AA bird on the ground..

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It seems an American Airlines 777-200 had a little incident today at Dallas Fort Worth when someone forgot to set the brakes at the gate, choc the plane... and the aircraft rolling back 200 feet, ripping off a door.There were no injuries reported thankfully.  Pictures at http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2010/06/american-777-loses-door-at-dfw.html....and they say it … [Read more...]

BA and Unite.. and Acas too… means… More deadlock.

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Well things are not at all moving between BA and Unite with ACAS abritrating, with the latest negotiations failing. Whilst ACAS gave both sides new proposals on how to end the action, deadlock remains. Sadly no new meetings are planned to end the actions, however ACAS's doors are open. Whilst the strike was about staffing levels and changes to services, it has now gone onto … [Read more...]

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