Economy Class & Beyond

A salutory lesson on Data Roaming – 2.5GB for £8000!

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For the masses out there who have brought 3G USB Modems (or as some call then "Dongles"), it's time for some sobering advice regarding them.William Harrison signed up for a 3GB/month Contract with Orange UK for a Mobile Data Plan - so he would have access to the Internet whilst on the move and during his internship in Paris. Now if was using his dongle in the UK,& 3GB would … [Read more...]

Aegean and Olympic to Merge… huh?

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Ok - this one was completely off the radar. The New Olympic Airlines and Aegean Airlines are to merge to make a "New New" Olympic Air. Olympic air was built out of the remains of Olympic Airways (and the sorry saga behind that). Aegan has had a health growth over the past few years.Alas, Greece and a lot of companies in that zone have suffered badly during the recession, … [Read more...]

Kingfisher Airlines to join OneWorld.

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It seems spring is in the air for alliances as companies buddy up together. Today seems no exception with Kingfisher Airlines of India joining OneWorld.A memorandum of understanding has been signed as a first step between the current 11 members of OneWorld and Kingfisher, and should progress into full membership - subject to Indian regulatory approval from India's Ministry of … [Read more...]

Paris ATC goes on strike… who’s next please?

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It seems that going on strike is the in-vouge thing to do at the moment.Both Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly controllers have walked out in a five day strike over job fears, with 25% running out of Paris-CDG and  50% of flights running at Paris-OrlyStaff are objecting to a six-national deal (between Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland) to … [Read more...]

*** BREAKING *** Lufthansa/Germanwings Strike SUSPENDED.

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The Lufthansa/Germanwings strike has been suspended. Subject to the outcome of talks with the Union and Management, the next industrial action - if any will be 09/03. An agreement with union and management has been obtained after  a two-hour long hearing at a Frankfurt industrial court.The strike will be officially lifted at Midnight CET, but expect serious distruption … [Read more...]

** BREAKING ** BA Staff vote to strike – by 81%

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In a completely unexpected move(!) British Airways staff in the Unite union have voted to strike with 81% of staff polled voting in favour of industrial action.However British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) say this may not end in a strike.Quote: "We don't want to strike," said spokesperson Ken Ablard. "All we want is for BA to negotiate and not … [Read more...]

Lufthansa and Germanwings strike: It’s a Go!

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With the German Pilots union not willing to budge, nor Lufthansa - the strike action and emergency timetables are now in effect. Luftansa's replacement timetable is here.  Lufthansa Italia routes are unaffected.Germanwings replacement timetable is also up here The action is expected to end Thursday (25) midnight.   Good luck if you're caught in these … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – KLM Fokker F70

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It's that time of the week again and time for some more airplane p0rn.This week, to celebrate the additions to SkyTeam, it's a KLM Fokker F70 on a CityHopper service from Birmingham Airport to Amsterdam Schipol.More Airplane p0rn of course - next week! … [Read more...]

SkyTeam expands – Vientam Airlines an TARON to join

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Well it seems SkyTeam has finally got a bit busy and have formally invited Vietnam Airlines and TAROM (Romainan Airlines) to join it's alliance.In theory, this will boost SkyTeams presence in Eastern Europe (with Alitalia nearby), and strengthen it in Asia (where it has Korea Air and China Southern) In membership terms, Vietnam Airlines will join as a full member, where as … [Read more...]

Meanwhile, Lufthansa has a strike on the horizon (Lufthansa Strike)

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So if you've been laughing at BA and it's upcoming strike action decision, spare a thought for those who are flying Lufthansa and GermanWings next week.The German flag carrier and the "Vereinigung Cockpit” (VC) Union (Pilots union) are locked in a dispute that is leading to full strike action, schedule to run from 22 February 2010 to 25 February 2010 for both Lufthansa … [Read more...]