Economy Class & Beyond

SAS puts some of it’s MD-80’s out to stud… with Alligent.

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Well we know that SAS are reorganising themselves as they've suffered in the current climate, and are in the process of disposing 21 of its MD-80 fleet. It seems that Allegiant Air was in the market for some aircraft, and thus have brought 18 MD-80's. These veteran aircraft are currently on the ground and are between 19 and 25 years old, so they're easy money for SAS to … [Read more...]

Ryanair Declared “puerile and childish”. What’s new?

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(I've almost caught up with my posts - dread the thought I might be up to date by tomorrow afternoon. Of course stranger things have happened - normally whilst I'm in the queue to board the plane). How long is it since I've bitched about O'Leary's pestilence of an airline? Far too long it seems. The Office of Fair Trading enforces both consumer protection and competition … [Read more...]

Flying with Fish and Elliott.org… *No longer subpoenad*

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In very good news (and news I missed by my own admission) both Chris Elliot and Steven Frischling  have had their subpoenas for information regarding the now infamous SD-1544-09-06 TSA Directive withdrawn by the TSA. In addition, the TSA will replace Fish's MacBook that was damaged by the investigation. The TSA describes their investigations nearing completion … [Read more...]

JAL: No more bailouts… but we’ll consider extending a loan..

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When is a bailout not a bailout? When it has something to do with JAL it seems. Whilst the Japanese Government has promised no new loans to it, it has however promised to extend previous loans from 1 Billion Yen to 2 Billion Yen. Thats a lot of yen! This still doesn't solve the long term problems with JAL (least of all the 1.5 TRILLON Yen Debt Pile - and growing), but … [Read more...]

Air Berlin 737-800 copies Ryanair… skids off Taxiway

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We'll be doing a mini catchup over the next couple of days.  Lots been happening - me mostly sleeping through it. I'm also in the middle of planning my next trip at the mo - a post on that later. An Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 Flight AB2450 departing Dortmund (Germany) to the to Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Spain) overran the runway during takeoff, and ended up at the … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United 757

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A New Year, so of course... more Airplane p0rn! This week - a bit of snow, and as we mostly know, Chicago O'Hare tends to slow down.  This shot is of a United 757 at the C gates at ORD. More airplane p0rn of course, next week … [Read more...]

Happy New Year

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Wishing you all Happy New Year and safe travels over the coming year! GhettoIFE.com will be out and about next year with more travels, and will keep ontop of the stories, the fun and the madness that is the world of civil aviation especially in these times. Note: Yes - It's an automated posting that I wrote the day before. I'm probably in bed when this goes live ;) … [Read more...]

List of UK Major Airports with IATA codes

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United Kingdom and Ireland Airport list For those of you who might be confused by some of the Three Lettered Codes (IATA) of Airports I use in the blog posts, here's a semi-comprehensive list of major airports within the United Kingdom and Ireland area. The link to the respective airport's site is also there too. I've added a Twitter feed if they have it too. IATA … [Read more...]

Just a reminder…

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For people who are intending shopping in the United Kingdom, or who are purchasing goods and services, it's that time - Value Added Tax (VAT) will be going up from 15% to 17.5% from 1st January 2010.  Most of you will notice it - thankfully most over the counter reatailers will inculde the VAT directly into the price you pay or the price ticket (unlike some countries … [Read more...]

The TSA opens a new line… in the war against Bloggers

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It seems with bomb threats that the TSA and the Department of Homeland Security has something better to do - harass Bloggers and pump them for information. Both Christoper Elliot and Steven Frischling have had visits from TSA and DHS  "Homeland Security Special Agents", issuing subpoenas on disclosure of the actual source that these bloggers got their information … [Read more...]