Economy Class & Beyond

UK – A dusting of Snow – Except Delays

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For those of you travelling from the regions, expect delays as snow has fallen and is starting to cause minor to major delaysCheck your airline, and double check your airport - you can find a list of UK airports at GhettoIFE.com, and visit their depature/arrival boards.Good luck! … [Read more...]

TSA Bumper Stickers – in full

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Me? TSA (Transportation Security Administration) Bashing? Could be - dread the thought some of them are competent, but alas - I seem to get the ones who are 1) deaf or 2) don't understand the meaning of "Manually Scan my Film".And I'm looking forward to the day I'm selected for a Millimetre Wave Scan - as we all know, these scan are X-Ray based, and X-Rays's are a cumulative … [Read more...]

OS: Releases new seat. And it’s a vision of hell.

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Some people like them, but I'm not a fan. Austrian Airlines (as well as Lufthansa and BMI) show off their new Europe Seat. And oh dear. How thin does this look?And spin forward to 50 seconds or so, and you'll see thisImage - Austrian Airlines, grabbed from Video. Oh dear. Silm seats, zilch padding, and it does look... ermm. Yes well.Can anyone say uncomfortable? … [Read more...]

787 – Further delayed

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As you may have read elsewhere, Boeing has had a few more problems with their 787 fleet, and having to ground the entire test fleet due to an onboard fire aboard a plane during testThe findings are out - and it's not good news with Boeing have to develop “minor design changes” and updates to power distribution panels and system software.Tests have been carried out … [Read more...]

Nude-O-Scopes, Security Theatre and … Porn Stars…

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A blogger has had some intresting times blowing apart the fun that is the TSA at Seattle-Tacoma Airport.Visit http://www.feminisnt.com/2010/my-experience-mocking-tsa-security-theater-at-seatac-as-a-nearly-naked-enfant-terrible/ (NSWF!!!!!)Yes, it's not safe for work. And another example of security theatre. But she has some classic lines...The TSA wanted to feel me up or see … [Read more...]

QF: A380 Statement of Re-entry into service

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The following is a bulk email sent to all Qantas Frequent Flyer Members - reproduced with just the text.I am pleased to advise that Qantas will resume A380 services, commencing with an initial A380 service to London via Singapore on Saturday 27 November.We have undertaken a rigorous inspection program in conjunction with Rolls Royce and Airbus to ensure the fleet is ready to … [Read more...]

QF: A380’s to slowly re-enter service

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Well it's taken long enough, but Qantas has annoucned that it's slowly completing it's safetey checks and are planing for their A380 aircraft to reenter service.Services will commence on the 27th November - over 3 weeks since the engine on QF32 decided to uncontain itself and had to return to Singapore, grounding the fleet.Qantas will be restricting the use of the fleet as … [Read more...]

GA: SkyTeam signs another premier airline – Gaurdia Indonesia

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Well SkyTeam is continuing apace with it's "quality" signings, with negoitation in place with Gaurdia Indonesia for it to join the alliace during the next year to 18 months.SkyTeam has been expanding recently, with Vietnam Airlines onboard this year, and China Airlines of Taiwan joinign too.The joining is these memembers SkyTeam will hope meet demands of customers. Other … [Read more...]

BD: Business Traveller Mazagine interviews Herr Prock-Schauer

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For those of you in Diamond Club land wanting to see what the future hold, head to http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/bmi-update where their team has been interviewing Wolfgang Prock-Schauer about some of the changes coming to BMI.I'll be publishing my analysis a bit later on this evening - but there are little titbits of information for those who are worried about the … [Read more...]