It seems that the UK is still an entry hotspot, and it's been highlighted in a lovely post on the BBC News site.It seems a 20-year-old Romanian wanted to escape Vienna, and stowed away in the rear wheel compartment of an aircraft, not knowing where it was heading. According to the CAA, there was a varity of way he could had been killed on the journey "If they don't find the … [Read more...]

(oh, it's the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung - ILA Berlin 2010 this week, so expect a few more of these..) TAM it seems has a few pennies in it's back pocket, and it aiming to strenghen itself now its a member of Star Alliance by going to Airbus and buying some more aircaft.In this order, TAM are ordering 20 x A320 series aircraft, and 5 x A350-900's. This in … [Read more...]

IATA is out with the latest numbers, and profits are on the way... up.IATA estimates profits of £1.7bn in 2010, with an upturn from last year. This is in comparison with March when they predicted a $2.8bn loss.Director of IATA Giovanni Bisignani said "The global economy is recovering... much more quickly than could have been anticipated," "We thought that it would take … [Read more...]

A bit of trouble downunder as Virgin Blue appears to be having issues with naughty people.Apparently some Virgin Blue employees thought it would be fun to have pornographic material running around on their work networks.So whilst the baggage handlers thought it would be fun, Management took a much dimmer view. In the first instance a stiff warning was issued to discontinue the … [Read more...]

The list has been few a few revisions, and as more people jump onto the iPhone App bandwagon, the list of airlines supporting apps are growing.Shame a lot of the eat data for breakfast - not good if you're roaming.But still the latest list is at http://www.ghettoife.com/2010/02/iphone-apps-is-there-app-for-your.html (all listed are free)Fill your boots! … [Read more...]