Economy Class & Beyond

BA and Iberia to tie the knot

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After much negotiation, British Airways and Iberia have agreed in principle to tie the knot - forging the 3rd largest airline in the world. After 16 months of discussion, the company will merge as an umbrella company (400 aircraft, 200 destinations). However in fiscal might, it will be smaller than Lufthansa or AirFrance-KLM. Willie Walsh will head the new company with … [Read more...]

ANA Goes a bit CGI

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As ANA patiently wait for their first Dreamliner to take to the sky - let alone be delivered, they've released a cute anime/CGI/liveaction video. Now... this jetpack, does it have TATL range? ;) A nice bit of animation and very European targeted (Ode to Joy in the background) … [Read more...]

Almost flying the drunken skies – United Captain held for being drunk…

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If you were travelling on UA949 to Chicago from London on 9th, you might had find the flight cancelled. It seems that the Police were informed and the pilot - a 51 year old from Lakewood, Colorado was arrested for being over the prescribed alcohol limit and thus breath tested.  The pilot has since been released on bail, and due to appear in court on the 20th … [Read more...]

United ditches Mesa CRJ-200’s

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Mesa air. That wonderful United Express provider seems to be needing a paddle as its going down a creek without it. It seems as well as pulling it's Dash-8 services (-300's, not the latest Q400 series I should add - 10 aircraft), the CRJ-200 fleet is also being withdrawn by 30th April 2010 from United services - a total of 26 aircraft. Cranky has an excellent analysis … [Read more...]

The Autumn Run – Mixing Business with Pleasure with UA and US LHR-ORD-LAX-LAS-(LAS-PHX-LAX-LAS)-SFO-LHR

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The Autumn Run - Mixing Business with Pleasure with UA and US LHR-ORD-LAX-LAS-(LAS-PHX-LAX-LAS)-SFO-LHR Or "Go on... add me to the volunteer list please" ---- WARNING: This is a LOT longer than I thought it would be when I started putting keyboard to screen. Sorry! Do I really need to introduce this report? Oh very well then!  This was going to be the usual … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn Extra – Airbus A330-200F First Flight

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Congratulations to Airbus for getting it's first A330-200F Freight Edition up into the air, and completed it's first 4 hour test flight successfully. More pictures: http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a330a340/a330-200f/first-flight/photos-video/ Picture Credit: Airbus S.A.S. 2009, H. Gosse. … [Read more...]

The trip report is on the way…

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... sorry things are taking a bit long - least of all its a matter of putting text to the screen. It *should* hopefully be live for the Weekend.  However in the event of a delay, please look out of the window for any flying pigs. I'm hoping to get things back to normal this week and should be posting news and commentary from next week onwards … [Read more...]

LOLCats on the TSA..

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... Well someone has to do a good job... I mean to say what next - asking for manual scans of film may cause offence? ;) Source: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/11/01/funny-pictures-unattended-at-any-time/ … [Read more...]