Economy Class & Beyond

*UPDATE* 737-700 Hit By lightening, Crashed, 1 Fatality

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An update of the earlier story, a Aires airline 737-700 was hit by lightnening, with 1 passenger was killed and 34 were injured, causing it to split into at least two parts when landing early Monday on the island of San Andres, Colombia,There were a reported131 people on-board the 737-700 which crashed  around 1:50 a.m. (2:50 a.m. ET), More updates later … [Read more...]

TAM and LAN to merge

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Now here's anohter one that's appeared from nowhere. Brasil's TAM and Chile's LAN Group have announced the intention to merge together into a new group airline. LATAM Airlines Group would combine a bevy of Latin America carriers including all of LAN's and TAM's passenger and cargo activities, whilst still maintaining all the individual brands The merger is subject to both … [Read more...]

BAA vs Unite: 3-1 in favour of Striking

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Here we go with Unite muscling in, and its BAA staff choosing to strike by a factor of 3 to 1 for strike after the rejection of the 1% pay rise offer. Scarily, this also means that BAA will have to close on any strike days as essential staff are due to take part in the walkouts. These include fire fighters, security officers, engineers and support roles on the airport. The hit … [Read more...]

United-Continental Merger: Graphic designers get crayons out again, EU Approval Granted.

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Time to go back to the mega-merger of United and Continental Airlines. With these two giants, it's been confirmed that the merger has been approved by EU Competition authorities, which just leaves the US Authorities to do their job to approve it - or investigate it. Meanwhile, in honour of this, the graphic designers have their digital crayons out again and have been mocking … [Read more...]

MX: Routes reactivated, confusion reigns

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It seems confusion is the order of the day at Mexicana, with the following flights and routes now reactivated and will continue serving until further notice.1586 Mexico City - Madrid1587 Madrid - Mexico City 1594 Mexico City - London1595 London - Mexico CityWhat is exactly going on is now a state of confusion - and more importantly, tickets still cannot be purchased for … [Read more...]

Fake EHIC Sites shut down… but more are probably abound.

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Like the Fake ESTA sites that are around (which will confuse people even more now the fee is coming in), there's also a market on Fake European Heath Insurance Cards (EHIC) as well.The EHIC is a free benefit across the European Economic Area and thus not charged for. The Office of Fair Trading has got in on the act, and has clamped down on 5 providers who now either have … [Read more...]