For the masses out there who have brought 3G USB Modems (or as some call then "Dongles"), it's time for some sobering advice regarding them.William Harrison signed up for a 3GB/month Contract with Orange UK for a Mobile Data Plan - so he would have access to the Internet whilst on the move and during his internship in Paris. Now if was using his dongle in the UK,& 3GB would … [Read more...]

Ok - this one was completely off the radar. The New Olympic Airlines and Aegean Airlines are to merge to make a "New New" Olympic Air. Olympic air was built out of the remains of Olympic Airways (and the sorry saga behind that). Aegan has had a health growth over the past few years.Alas, Greece and a lot of companies in that zone have suffered badly during the recession, … [Read more...]

It seems that going on strike is the in-vouge thing to do at the moment.Both Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly controllers have walked out in a five day strike over job fears, with 25% running out of Paris-CDG and  50% of flights running at Paris-OrlyStaff are objecting to a six-national deal (between Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland) to … [Read more...]

The Lufthansa/Germanwings strike has been suspended. Subject to the outcome of talks with the Union and Management, the next industrial action - if any will be 09/03. An agreement with union and management has been obtained after  a two-hour long hearing at a Frankfurt industrial court.The strike will be officially lifted at Midnight CET, but expect serious distruption … [Read more...]

With the German Pilots union not willing to budge, nor Lufthansa - the strike action and emergency timetables are now in effect. Luftansa's replacement timetable is here.  Lufthansa Italia routes are unaffected.Germanwings replacement timetable is also up here The action is expected to end Thursday (25) midnight.   Good luck if you're caught in these … [Read more...]