Economy Class & Beyond

EK: Emirates to do anohter short A380 deployment to Delhi…

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The other master of the publicity stunt, Emirates is going to deploy an A380 for a day to Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport as part of the launch of the airports Terminal 3. The service will be EK516 on July 15, leaving Dubai at 1010 and arriving at 1450, returning as EK517, departing at 1750.India is one of the few places where an A380 has yet to touch down on a … [Read more...]

FR/EI: EU to Ryanair. Hands off the Aer Lingus!

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Well sometimes Ryanair can't have everything it wants. The European Court of Justice has ruled that Ryanair's bid for  Aer Lingus should be blocked on the grounds it would create a monopoly for flights from Dublin airport - both of which have dominant positions in the airport.On Tuesday the court ruled that Ryanair could keep its 29.9% stake, however  Aer Lingus … [Read more...]

LH: Lufthansa Euro Seating. Or.. it’s going to get tighter….

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Lufthansa has revealed the "upgrade" of it A320 fleet, and it's named it 'Neue Europa Kabine' - Or in English - New European Cabin. (Slight definition matter - A320 fleet refers to family aircraft based on the A320 model, inculding the A319, A320 and A321)  And the bad news is - more seats are going in the aircraft. The semi good news is howeverm these will be slimline … [Read more...]

SU: Aeroflot to buy 11 A330’s, Yakov Smirnoff without Joke*

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Aeroflot is gearing up to purchase 11 new A330-300 frames, all to be delivered in 2011-13.This will increase their A330 series fleet to 20 (a mix of A330-200 and A330-300 series aircraft), which will hopefully tide them over until the A350XWB's begin delivery. For those who are still asleep, the A330 is a twin-engined widebody aircraft capable of 335 seats (2-class) or 295 … [Read more...]

AZ: Alitalia join SkyTeam TATL Combined Service Alliance.

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It seems Alitalia is slowly getting back into gear after ceeding into new ownership, with it joining the Air France, KLM and Delta Transatlantic Joint Venutre programme where airlines share transatlantic revenues and costs to run Trans Atlantic flights (or TATL flights)Alitalia being late to the party of course will have it's membership of this Joint Venture backdated to 1st … [Read more...]

Horrendously geeky: How to build a plane engine

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Whilst the BBC laughably calls this "How to build a Jumbo Jet Engine" (and they feature no 747's - the traditional jumbo jet), it actually gives a very geeky insight and the sheer work that goes into the construction of a Rolls Royce Trent Engine, some peeks at the 787 and some of the first engine parts of the A350XWB.Worth the 60 minutes it's on for.UK Users can access it from … [Read more...]

Drinks in Belfast with the BMI Board (BHX-BFS,DUB-BHX) Heading into LCC territory with BMI Baby and Aer Lingus, and a ride on the Enterprise Service.

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Drinks in Belfast with the BMI Board (BHX-BFS,DUB-BHX) Heading into LCC territory with BMI Baby and Aer Lingus, and a ride on the Enterprise Rail Service. Ok kids. Something a bit different from the usual wittering of United's food, Ghetto IFE systems and Star Alliance Carriers. This time, its travel for the sheer pleasure of it, and catching up with good people. That's … [Read more...]

Google buys ITA Software

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Now you're thinking "why the hell am I talking about Google buying yet another company?"Well this is important - as it's the engine a lot us use to get the base fares, tax breakdowns and fare comparison tools. In addition from a commercial viewpoint, it's the software that drives some airlines booking  engines (Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, Continental and US Airways) as well … [Read more...]

BD: Wha? You actually *fly* BMI? 10% off sound any good?

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For those few people who actually fly BMI, courtesy of www.vouchercodes.co.uk, there's a lovely 10% code of 10FLYBMI. Unlike previous codes, this is valid on the whole network. However as usual, you've 1) got to be quick to book it as it expires on the 01/08/10  and 2) find somewhere you want to go that BMI operate to (which is a challenge in itself) Now there are a bunch … [Read more...]