Those of you with a love of space down the back of the plane may choose to reroute after this announcement. Air Canada is to operate it's new high density 777-300ER's on the Vancouver to Hong Kong route, initally 3 days a week, then 5 and finally daily from January 2014. Here's the timetable and the splits: AC007 DEPART YVR 11:40 ARRIVE HKG 1720+1 AC008 DEPART HKG 19:10 … [Read more...]
UK Competition Commision may force Ryanair to give up its holding in Aer Lingus
Fresh from a bloody nose from the European Commission, it's the turn of the UK Competition Commission to land on on Ryanair. The Competition Commission has indicated it force Ryanair to sell its entire stake in Aer Lingus, after a probe has found the near 30% holding that Ryanair has in Aer Lingus allows it to influence strategy at EI. In the ruling, the Competition … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines becomes 787-10X launch customer, also orders A350-1000’s….
Singapore Airlines has put an order in both with Airbus and Boeing for 30 each of the following: The Airbus A350-1000 The Boeing 787-10X This will make Singapore Airlines the Launch Customer for the 787-10X series, whilst at the same time another major airline selecting the A350-1000 for it's long haul fleet The 787-10X is still in the planning stage, but will be a … [Read more...]
EU investigates Spain over refusal to accept ECHI Cards
The ECHI Card (European Health Insurance card) is a very useful bit of plastic if you're an EU citizen travelling to European Union/European Economic Area countries, and you're in need of emergency healthcare. The card allows EU citizens to free healthcare in public hospitals across the 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and is intended … [Read more...]
Heathrow Rewards to come into existence… With free Wifi at Heathrow
It seems some sense has finally arrived at London Heathrow Airport, with FREE WiFi Internet Access coming to the airport. Visitors to Heathrow will get 45 minutes of access for nothing. Those who are on the "New" Heathrow Rewards programme (the old BAA WorldPoints programme) will get double that - 90 minutes of WiFi access. Access starts on the 1st June - Saturday, when the … [Read more...]
Milan airports to go on strike tommorow – EasyJet to cancels/divert flights
SEA Group (owners of the airports in Milan) have confirmed that a 24 hour strike at the airport is going ahead on Wednesday 29th May, affecting Milan-Linate and Milan-Malpensa airports. Flights could be delayed or canceled for those of you who go are going through these two airports. So much so, that EasyJet has decided to scrub up to 60 services to and from these airports … [Read more...]
Things ending this week/soon…
It's Monday and it's a bank holiday in the United Kingdom (and Memorial Day weekend in the USA). Therefore, there's not a lot going on. Rather, I'd draw your attention to some things that are ending soon MBNA's American Airline's Credit Card offer is coming to an end on Friday 31st May. Head to … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – TACA
It's Saturday again, so please stow your luggage in the overhead locker or the seat in-front of you, fasten your safety belt so it's low and tight, ensuring that your seat is in the upright position as we go to this week's safety video. This week, it's TACA showing how to be safe aboard one of their planes. Well you never know when you need this information... Another … [Read more...]
Pakistan International Airlines PL709 diverted under fighter escort.
Another breaking news story today is that a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft has diverted from its journey to Manchester to Stansted Airport. Flight PL709 with 297 passengers - operated by a Boeing 777 - from Lahore was brought to Stanstead under fighter escort by two Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters, where it landed safely and taxied away from the terminal … [Read more...]
BA A319 in major incident at Heathrow – ALL SAFE
A British Airways Airbus A319 (G-EU0E) with flight BA762 from London Heathrow to Oslo suffered apparent engine damage on the right hand engine shortly after takeoff. Image - Sky News After circling, with the aircraft making a success landing back at Heathrow on runway 09L/27R. The flightpath can be seen on FlightAware at … [Read more...]
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