Oh hell. Here we go yet again. It seems that volcano in Iceland is letting itself off again, and the ash is starting to redensify up.Predications are it will affect UK airspace from Sunday through to Tuesday, with NATS providing the current update that Belfast and Dublin are currently open with the cloud near Western Ireland.The situation of course "is fluid", and quite … [Read more...]

Star Alliance today has enlarged again, with the joining of TAM Brazilian Airlines.Now, this is quite a big thing for Star Alliance, as it fills in one hell of a hole that exists in South America (with only connecting traffic with US, UA, LX, CO and a few others). Originally, this was covered by Varig, but due to many issues (least of all bankruptcy), it was ejected from Star … [Read more...]

Well, Day 1 of a new government - and we have something called positive progress. The National ID Card system, along with the National Identity Register has in so many words - been scrapped. The new administration has argued it has cost far too much, expensive, intrusive and have done little to tackle the most serious threats to society such as terrorism and organised crime.Or … [Read more...]

Well for those beyond the UK borders will be looking wondering why it's taken 5 days for us to make a collation government. But the fact is now - we have one. First up, 3rd Runway at Heathrow and Extension to runways. In three words forget about it. Plans for the 3rd runway have been shelved, and a quick read of the new policies indicate that plans for extensions are under … [Read more...]

Oh dear. Not a good day at all. An Air Afriqiyah A330 has crashed at Tripoli airport, killing more than 100 people on board the plane.The service which departed Johannesburg as Flight 8U771 attempted to land at 06:00 local time, and crashed on landing within the airport perimeters.The manifests indicate that 93 passengers and 11 crew were on board the aircraft of various … [Read more...]