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The Friday News Roundup

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It's Friday, and I've been under the weather with a cold, so lets do a roundup before I go for another bucket full of lemsip... Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo TUI Group cancels … [Read more...]

Auntie goes after the Odious Little Man… and makes a nice music video…

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If there's one thing you can trust the BBC to do - and it's "Watchdog" programme - it's to go after companies. Especially if Anne Robinson (of The Weakest Link) is at the helm.  This week it's the turn of the aviation industry's scum - Ryanair. It's of course, an attack on Ryanair's so called cheap fares policy, and the idea of removing check-in desks and replacing … [Read more...]

TSA: SnowGlobes – a weapon on the war on Terror.

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This was spotted today at LaGuardia airport in New York - by Matt Daimler, founder of the www.seatguru.com... OH GIVE ME STRENGTH! Snowglobes are now formally a WMD it seems now. I'm honestly speechless. Once again, the TSA are proving they are living up to the axiomin that they are a bunch of... Thanks to Upgrade: Travel Better.  I'm going off to vent some … [Read more...]

Analysis- BA001 takes to the skies again – LCY (SNN) JFK

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Well after yesterdays launch of the BA ERJ-170's, we now turn to the big launch of the week - the  London City (LCY) to New York JFK International (JFK)  via Shannon. (SNN). BA has also resurrected the magic flight numbers - BA1, BA2, BA3, and  BA4 - last used on it's Concorde flights. Lets try and work out what BA were thinking when this route was dreamed … [Read more...]

The Friday News Roundup

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It's Saturday, so it's time to look at the commercial aviation world with raised eyebrows and see what's going on this week. (Apologies for the delays - call it sleep) Qantas - No Upturn just yet Qantas report that don't expect an upturn in traffic, with a 88% drop in profits for the first half of the year. Seems that Kangaroo is going to have to do some more bouncing … [Read more...]

Coupon clipping – £25 off AF/DL flights!

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It's time to get your coupon cutters out again Opodo with AirFrance/KLM and Delta are offering £25 off booking over £300. Your magic coupon code is airfrance Book by: 02/10/09 Min Purchase value: £300 UK Residents only See:  http://promos.opodo.co.uk/flights/AirFrance_KLM_Delta/special/?CMP=uk-nl-240909 Remember - £25 is … [Read more...]

*BREAKING* JAL goes into full tailspin – Requests Bailout

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JAL is really in a tailspin as reported on GhettoIFE earlier this month. Well things are going bad to worse with JAL formally requesting Japanese government bailout funds, and the search for a new partner is growing more intensive, with a solution reached by Mid-October. It's still a contest between Air France-KLM, American Airlines, Delta Airlines Bleak times ahead … [Read more...]

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