One word: Ouch. Picture - BBC News It seems that everywhere is a bit of a skidpan at the moment - especially at Glasgow Prestwick Airport were a Ryanair 737 that arrived from Dublin skidded off a taxiway after landing safely. No injuries thankfully amongst the 129 passengers and 6 crew, and were evacuated normally. Whilst the aircraft has been deemded safe to fly … [Read more...]
A smattering of snow, and everything goes wrong…
Snow and ice are still playing up in the UK, so here's a few things to be aware of: All London Airports, Bristol, Manchester and in fact - the majority of UK Airports are showing delays. Eurostar is still suspended, pending testing of the new snow defence systems installed on the trains. Roads are still chaotic Also the East Coast of the USA is suffering major snow … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Aer Lingus A320
It's that time of the week again and it's more airplane p0rn! This week - an Aer Lingus A320 parked up at Dublin on a very cold winters morning. … [Read more...]
Expect more brinkmanship between BA and Unite…
Unite has signalled it wishes to reballot it's members for another attempt at strike action. Whilst not unexpected, personally - I would still be considering other carriers over the next few weeks. For any strike to happen there much be a consultation period, ballot and actual notice to the company. That puts it +4 weeks away, and pushing it into February. For that … [Read more...]
Snow trouble ahead.
If you're travelling today (Saturday 19th), expect Delays at LHR due to snow LGW appear to be fine Some Delays at LCY Issues with UK immigration in other countries - Strike action alas And major issues with Eurostar not due to strikes, but due to the cold snap. Weather... we just can't deal with it over here... (from a non-snowy but very cold and icey Birmingham) … [Read more...]
**BREAKING ** British Airways Cabin Crew Strike ruled illegal – STRIKE IS OFF.
I repeat in large letters THE BRITISH AIRWAYS CREW STRIKE HAS BEEN RULED ILLEGAL AND THUS CANNOT GO AHEAD. Unite are annoyed, and is planning on holding fresh ballots. BA on the other hand is bedding into its positition and are pressuring Unite to "understand it's position" More follows. … [Read more...]
Let’s Strike! Who Else is heading into a Strike action over this “Festive” season?
Apart from British Airways, who else is out on strike over the festive period? Eurostar - The Anglo-French-Belgium Consortium has workers walking on 18/19 and 26/27 (unless resolved) over pay and conditions. About 70 drivers and 20 on-board staff are to walk out over pay for 48 hours. Eurostar is confident of running a service with it's French/Belgium workers, however - … [Read more...]
FlyGlobespan goes into administration (Duh Duh Duh.. Another one bites the dust )
Well this annualas horiblas seems to coming to an end for the civil avation sector, but it's taken another casualty this year, in the form of FlyGlobespan. It seems that a funding injection failure took Globespan to the brink and pushed it over. This hasn't been helped with rumors going around that it was heading for the wall since the middle of this … [Read more...]
Boeing’s 787 takes to the skies… so what next?
Firstly, lets have some take off movies From KOMO News. from Jon at Flightblogger and it landing.... from 2WheelFever, Youtube. For Boeing, this is the beginning of a long road to getting FAA and JAA certification, in which FlightBlogger covers in extenstive length. But soon enough, we'll reach the point of "first delivery" and "first … [Read more...]
The BA Strike – Rebooking and Generic Advice
NOTE - BA Strike is OFF as of 17/12. So lets quickly recap the Unite/BA Cabin Crew Strike Turnout: 80% with a 9:1 favour in Strike. Strike Dates: 22nd December 2009 for 12 days until 2nd January 2010 BA Rebooking Policy -See http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flightops/public/en_gb?p_faqid=3917, but in simple terms: "Customers who are booked to travel between … [Read more...]
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