Two bits of British Airways news seems to have come to the fore:OpenSkies opens a new route - Paris Orly to Washington DullesIt seems BA has given up trying to sell this horse, and instead are going to flog it into some work by opening up a new route - Orly to Dulles, believing there is room in the premium market to make the service work.As usual, the route will be plyed by a … [Read more...]
Analysis: JAL – Remaining with OneWorld
So we finally approach an end in this JAL dating dance - and it seems that JAL will remain with the OneWorld Alliance to American's delight (and in equal annoyance to SkyTeam and Delta). So lets look a lot deeper into this. As it's common knowledge, JAL has been falling apart recently, and towards the end of last year, it was courted initially by Delta to the tune of $1 … [Read more...]
Analysis: BA38 – Air Accident Investigation Board releases results
The UK Air Accident Investigation Board has released the results of their investigation of the British Airways BA38. For those who have forgotten, BA38 was the Beijing Capital to London Heathrow flight that crashed at the threshold of the runway 27 at Heathrow in January 208 with all 152 people evacuated safely from the aircraft. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMMM), … [Read more...]
*** Update *** BMI Diamond Club members area now working.
Took long enough though.... Although to be honest, it's fixed some of the issues that were there before ... and none of the others... … [Read more...]
Meanwhile back in Diamond Club Land (not fixed yet) …
A fix is meant to on the way today for access to BMI Diamond Club accounts which have now been on limited access for 6 days. Meanwhile, BMI are getting a free dose of sarcasm from its members on what exactly they think of BMI IT/E-Commerce Departments at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bmi-diamond-club/1044881-cannot-log-dc-down-fix-tecnhical-error-8.html. Rather than post … [Read more...]
*** UPDATED *** RC501/Boeing 747-8 Lands Safely, First Flight Complete.
Picture - Boeing Commercial Aircraft - from their live stream. Flight Boeing 501 Experimental landed safely at Panne Field at 16:18PST, with a bounce of a nose. Aircraft has taxied to a stop, and as seen in this image, is being towed so the pilots can disembark and address the press. … [Read more...]
*** BREAKING – Boeing 747-8F heads to first flight *** PICTURES ***
Frame RC501 (Boeing 501 Experimental) took to the air for the first time today, and is currently conducting it's first flight in the Washington State Area. Pictures - Boeing Commercial (from their webcast) More coverage later, but for previous GhettoIFE.com 747-8 Coverage, clicky here to see my analysis here.. … [Read more...]
Diamond Club Problems – To fudge up a database once is careless, to fudge it up multiple times takes class…
It seems BMI's is having one heck of a little SNAFU with the online Diamond Club. When you try and log in, you might see this Not good to see - after a day. Not good to see after two days. Worrying after three days. We're now on FIVE days. There have been rumours of some datacentre issues, and other data issues, but again, the communication from BMI has been … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – British Airways 777-200ER
Another Sunday rolls around - so obviously it must be time for some more Airplane p0rn! This week, it's a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER taxing at Chicago O'Hare International More of course - next week! … [Read more...]
British Airway Looses £50 million in 3 months… calls it “Better than expected”
British Airways appears to be doing "better" after a £50 million pre-tax loss. Excuse me, but if they've lost £50 million down the sofa, please send me their sofas. That's still a lot of cash to loose. However, this down from the £122m lost the same time last year. BA has managed to reduce operating costs, whilst working on the pension blackhole that … [Read more...]
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