In news that should surprise... well... no-one at all, Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not open 2014 in any form at all. This includes the vain hope of running some flights from a small part of the new airport. Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin, who is also head of the supervisory board of the airport has gone on the record saying "It will, de facto, be such that the … [Read more...]
EVA Air strengthens services to Canada, adds extra frequencies
EVA Air (the airline of Hello Kitty Fame), is strengthening its services to Canada, with both Toronto and Vancouver reviving an extra service a week to Taipei Taoyan. A Hello Kitty-less Boeing 777-300ER pushing back from Toronto Pearson - Image GhettoIFE.com The new schedule looks like this: Taipei Taoyuan – Vancouver BR010 DEPART TPE 23:55 ARRIVE YVR 19:40 … [Read more...]
United Airlines boosts is Dublin operations for the summer.
United is planning to boost its operations to Dublin over the summer season, with a doubling of frequency between Newark and Dublin. The revised timetable looks like this: UA023 DEPART EWR 19:00 ARRIVE DUB 06:55+1 UA130 DEPART EWR 22:25 ARRIVE DUB 10:20+1 UA022 DEPART DUB 09:00 ARRIVE EWR 11:30 UA131 DEPART DUB 12:30 ARRIVE EWR 15:00 Operates daily between 5th June … [Read more...]
EasyJet cuts London Southend flights to Edinburgh
It seems that London Southend to Edinburgh route will be no longer with us as we roll forward to Summer 2014, with EasyJet pulling the route from the 15th June. EasyJet operate an A320 currently on this route, operating 4-5 services a week. For Southend Airport, it is a bit of a blow as this is very much "an alternative" to the other London Airports, with Edinburgh served … [Read more...]
Video Saturday: How do you manage an airport like Dubai?
It's Saturday, I'm manning a photo booth at a wedding and being a wedding photographer properly for once, so it must be tie time for you on site entertainment. Please extract the screen from your seat (or if you are in an economy seat, please ensure you don't push the screen so hard so it disturbs the person in front of you), as we go to todays IFE. And it's an … [Read more...]
Airbus rolls out an A350 in a new colour scheme
As the Airbus A350 project continues apace, the third Airbus A350 has rolled out of the Toulouse factory, in a rather fetching paint job: Frame MSN2 under tow - Image - Airbus. The 3rd A350 being rather reflective - Image - Airbus SAS. The paintwork is a nod to the carbon fibre composite materials used in the Airbus A350, showing the braiding of … [Read more...]
American Airlines decide which tail they like….
.... and have gone for the new tail that American started painting their planes into. New AA fails in the foreground - Shot at Dallas Fort Worth - Image GhettoIFE. AA 777-200ER at London Heathrow Airport in the new colours - Image GhettoIFE According to Flight, over 60,000 employees from American and US Airways (around 60% of the workforce) went for the new … [Read more...]
Delta’s 717 fleet continue to expand operations
Delta is continuing to expand the use of Boeing 717s (the last generation of an aircraft which history goes back the the Douglas DC-9) with the introduction of 717 operated services for periods. This includes: - Atlanta to Augusta, operating one 717 flight daily from 1st April 2014 until 18 August 2014 - Atlanta to Chicago Midway Airport, operating 13 717 operated flights … [Read more...]
Service Reduction for Emirates in May – July
As Dubai International Airport will be resurfacing one of its runways, during May to July, carriers are being asked to cut back route. This even impacts their largest carrier - Emirates. The first wave was confirmed in June last year, but it seems lots more routes are on the suspension list over the period. The newest update takes aim at Asia and European routes Dubai … [Read more...]
End of Year Review 2013 – July to December
Welcome to the second part of my review of the year, where I look back the stories and blog notes of interest that have raised an eyebrow over the second 6 months of the year: July Top of the news was OZ214 crashing at San Francisco Airport, and an Ethiopian Airlines setting fire to itself. Meanwhile Germanwings relaunched counting Lufthansa's group attempt for a turn … [Read more...]
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