Kevincm, Author at Economy Class & Beyond

BA: BA vs Unite – Notification of Ballot sent – Possible strike action ahead

15/12/2010 by Kevincm

Like two old women moaning and arguing, British Airways and Unite are once again locking horns.As they cannot agree over:The immediate restoration of staff travel concessions, in full, to the crew from whom they were taken by BA.Binding arbitration, through ACAS, of all cabin crew disciplinary cases related to the original dispute.The restoration of all earnings docked from … [Read more...]

APD: Want to fly from the south east? There could be a tax for that!

15/12/2010 by Kevincm

It seems the current administration really wants to turn the screws for taxes, with a new aviation policy in the offing.Now whilst most of us couldn't give two tosses what's in it (least of all Heathrow will be ignored, expansion ignored, etc etc etc), this gem comes from Theresa Villiers, Minister of State for Aviation "It is not inconceivable that our tax reform might look at … [Read more...]

BA: Fuel Surcharge on the up.

14/12/2010 by Kevincm

Bad news if you fly BA, as the fuel surcharge (the dreaded YQ) is on the up again by another £10 a sector on long haul services.Short Haul services are unaffected, but those going the distance, prepare to pay more.World Traveller (Economy), Less than 9 hours goes from £53 to £63World Traveller (Economy), Greater than 9 hours goes from £66 to … [Read more...]

BD: BMI’s visit to the strategy boutique hits the front page.

14/12/2010 by Kevincm

In what will become known as the blue button phase, the rollout of the new logo has hit the BMI website.Well it's there. And pefectly timed in the middle of a repaint phase of the fleet. That's our BMI I guess... … [Read more...]

BD: Off to the Strategy Boutique once again with a new logo

13/12/2010 by Kevincm

BMI once again has gone off to the Strategy Boutique* and has re-logoed itself - revealed in a Lufthansa Newsletter with thanks to oliver2002 on FlyerTalkAnd this is what they've spent money on this time..Well it's a logo I suppose. Any resemblance to the OneWorld logo is just a passing concern. There's also an interesting piece of PR from Lufthansa and Donnington Hall HQ on … [Read more...]

SQ: No more economy for you on the top deck!

13/12/2010 by Kevincm

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

12/12/2010 by Kevincm

.. 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….

12/12/2010 by Kevincm

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

11/12/2010 by Kevincm

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.

10/12/2010 by Kevincm

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...]