Economy Class & Beyond

Tokyo Haneda (HND) begins to open up – Why should you care?

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I'll demonstrate in some simple graphical steps...Tokyo and her airportsView Larger MapIn distance terms (driving) it's 82.5km from Narita, or 25.2km from Haneda - or in other words, 1 and a half hours vs 30 minutes or so. Any way you cut it, that's a time saving. Japan and the USA are starting to open up HND to long range traffic (with BA having a poke around too when an Open … [Read more...]

Eurostar to Brussels? Not likely at the moment…

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Yesterday there was one hell of a crash in Belgium that has affected Eurostar services from London to Brussels via Lille.As the Eurostar lines run next to the crash site, the area has been closed off, and services cannot run at this time. Also Thayles services suspended during this time.  Eurostar reports their service between London and Brussels will be affected at least … [Read more...]

Nude-o-scopes – Illegal, Unlawful? Could be acording to the Equality and Human Rights Commission

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With the rushed introduction of Nude-o-Scopes (Millimetre Wave Scanners), whilst the cries of think of the children have been loud, not much thought has been given to the legal implications of the units - and if they are actually unlawful.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is concerned enough to write a letter (oh strong stuff) to Lord Adonis (Transport Secretary), … [Read more...]

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

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Just a quick message to wish all my viewers Happy New Year as we move into The Year of The Tiger.An Aviation tie in? This lantern is brought to you by Cathay Pacific Again Kung Hei Fat Choi! … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United 777 … with a difference.

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Time for some Airplane p0rn.This week, it's a United 777... with a mismatched nose cone (or sometime known as a clown nose)  Lets zoom in on some of United's finest work... and not having a correctly coloured nose...God bless Maintenance eh?More airplane p0rn - of course - next week! … [Read more...]

OneWorld Antitrust Approval for BA, AA, Finair and Iberia… at a price.

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The Department of Transport has made a move that will no doubt infuriate Richard Branson. The immunity from antitrust laws, for the OneWorld carriers for American, British Airways, Finair and Iberia has been granted putting it on equal footing of SkyTeam and Star AllianceQuoting the DoT:The Department said the proposed alliance would enhance competition in the airline … [Read more...]

OpenSkies expands and BA Mainline Introduce updated First…

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Two bits of British Airways news seems to have come to the fore:OpenSkies opens a new route - Paris Orly to Washington DullesIt seems BA has given up trying to sell this horse, and instead are going to flog it into some work by opening up a new route - Orly to Dulles, believing there is room in the premium market to make the service work.As usual, the route will be plyed by a … [Read more...]

Analysis: JAL – Remaining with OneWorld

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So we finally approach an end in this JAL dating dance - and it seems that JAL will remain with the OneWorld Alliance to American's delight (and in equal annoyance to SkyTeam and Delta). So lets look a lot deeper into this. As it's common knowledge, JAL has been falling apart recently, and towards the end of last year, it was courted initially by Delta to the tune of $1 … [Read more...]

Analysis: BA38 – Air Accident Investigation Board releases results

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The UK Air Accident Investigation Board has released the results of their investigation of the British Airways BA38. For those who have forgotten, BA38 was the Beijing Capital to London Heathrow flight that crashed at the threshold of the runway 27 at Heathrow in January 208 with all 152 people evacuated safely from the aircraft. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMMM), … [Read more...]

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