Economy Class & Beyond

Well I might have a use for some of this Canadian shrapnel after all ….

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Coming this September: Multi-Modal-Mayhem (or YYZ2)! Although you might notice a problem with this map...This starts in Brussels and ends in.... Frankfurt. Much more to come on this in the coming months - although you might be able to guess by the title how I get to Brussels..........There's also a couple of other things on the brew - my usual Chicago trip and... something that … [Read more...]

SZ: Air Southwest… abandons the Southwest (Plymouth and Newquay)

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it seems nothing goes right for Air SouthwestAfter loosing money hand over foot, being sold to Eastern Airways, the final nails in the coffin are looming with the shut down of Newquay and Plymouth routes from the 14th September.In short - the airline will cease to exist at that point.Flights from Newquay simply didn't make money without Plymouth, so it's been decided to … [Read more...]

USA Today: More than 25,000 security breaches since November 2001

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... or as I like to call it 25,000 FAILURES. This excludes any fondling, X-rays, nude-o-scoping. Of which if we counted those, we'd be here for forever and day. http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/07/Airport-security-breaches-since-2001-raise-alarms/49326312/1 is where the story is at.  Have a read then head back here. Whilst some of these incidents are for … [Read more...]

CZ: First to use A380’s… Domesticly within China

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China Southern has been busy, as the SkyTeam member has announced it's first operations for it's incoming A380 fleet. The A380's are planned to serve on daily China domestic services between Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Shanghai Hongqiao. Reasons cited include high domestic traffic on routes, and in the case of Beijing - Shanghai route, competition from the new High Speed … [Read more...]

FR: Back to MAN.

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After a partial pullout from Manchester over charges a few years ago, Ryanair are back again now that BMI Baby is pulling out of the airport. Ryanair will operate services from Manchester to Alicante, Girona, Bezier, Biarritz, Bremen, Brussels, Dublin, Faro, Frankfurt, Ibiza, Katowice, Madrid, Malaga, Memmingen, Milan, Murcia, Oslo, Palma, Paris, Reus, Rome, Rzeszow, Tallinn, … [Read more...]

D7: Air Asia X is moving from STN to LGW

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For those of you who love Low Cost Carriers on ultra-long haul routes, Air Asia X is upping sticks from London Stansted and heading over to London Gatwick.This will be for flights arriving and departing from October 24th, providing better connections to the South East and beyond. Slots times will be simlar, so check your travel plans - EasyJet is also cooperating and can … [Read more...]

TT: Tiger Airways Australia – Court appearance set for 22/07

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Tiger Airways Australia's case for an extended grounded by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) will be heard on 22nd July. Subject to the result of the hearing will determine if Tiger Australia remains grounded, or actually flies. If the hearing goes against Tiger Australia, they grounded till at least the 1st August. Tiger Australia has said it is optimistic … [Read more...]

In it for the Miles – ua1flyer hits 10,000,000 Miles … the HARD Way.

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ua1flyer - or Thomas Stuker has made one hell of an achievement. That is flying 10,000,000 (Ten Million) miles with United. For those keeping track that's, 5,962 United Airlines flights flying the equivalent of 400 times around the globe. And no matter what class you're in, that's one hell of a lot of flying.And that's one hell of a cause for a party in Chicago - which is what … [Read more...]

QF: Pliots vote for industrial action

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It seems all is not well aboard the good ship Qantas with the pilots voting to take industrial action over pay and conditions. With 94% of those who voted voting for action - although at this time the exact form (eg strikes) has not been decided or when it would take place. The Union wishes to use the threat of the action as a stick to push Qantas management to the table for … [Read more...]