Economy Class & Beyond

BA762 Incident: Engine Cowling doors were unlatched.

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The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch has confirmed that the fan cowl doors were left unlatched post maintenance on the plane, that lead to the incident of Flight BA762. During take off, the cowls were lost on both engines, resulting in a punctured a fuel pipe in the right-hand engine - as well as the plane landing with the cowling's gone. The plane returned to … [Read more...]

Air Canada to deploy its high density 777-300ER on Vancouver to Hong Kong

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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...]

EU investigates Spain over refusal to accept ECHI Cards

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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

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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

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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…

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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

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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.

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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...]