Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways and Japan Airlines to commence Code Share/Joint Ticketing Agreement on 1st October

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Japan Airlines and British Airways have tied the knot over a Joint Ticketing Agreement/Code Share Agreement between London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita/Tokyo Haneda routes. Reciprocal coding and the JTA commences on the 1st October 2012. Combined, JAL and BA will offer 19 return flights a week on a combined frequency: Tokyo NRT/HND to London Heathrow BA006/JL7081 DEPART … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Strike… Round 2

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Well the 2nd round of strike action by the UFO union is under way with Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich all hit this time with cancellations, running at the following times: 05:00 to 13:00 CET  at Berlin-Tegel, 06:00 to 14:00 CET  at Frankfurt 13:00CET to 00:00+1CET  (midnight Wednesday) at Munich airport Again, the domestic programme is hit hard, whilst the short haul … [Read more...]

Bye Bye (BMI) Baby….

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It's getting close to closing time for the Low Cost Carrier offshoot of BMI - BMI Baby. With the final flights set for the 9th September (Sunday this week), they've put a little ditty out on their website: BMI Baby was create out of the spare Boeing 737's BMI mainline had leftover after mainline switched to Airbus operations. Based out of different airport during its … [Read more...]

Boeing delivers LAN’s first 787

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On Friday, LAN Chille had its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner handed over and delivered by Boeing, making it the 4th operator of the 787 family. LAN 787-8 - Image - The Boeing Company Whilst LAN have order 32 of the 787 type (spit into 22 787-8's and 10 787-9's), the airline will be receiving three of the batch this year, with the balance of the two aircraft to be … [Read more...]

BREAKING: US Airways Agrees With AMR to Evaluate Possible Merger, Exchanges Financial Documents

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A bit of breaking news from Bloomberg, with the headline that US Airways and AMR (owner of American Airlines) are to evaluate a possible merger. As a prelude to such work, both have signed Non-disclosure Agreements (NDA's) to allow exchange of confidential financial and operational data to evaluate a potential merger of the two carriers. Both airlines will also work in … [Read more...]

Lufthansa cabin crew strike – first phase over… more to come.

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Frankfurt bore the brunt of strike action today, with Lufthansa cabin crew aligned with the UFO Union walking out from 05:00CET to 13:00CET today. Flights to and from Frankfurt airport have been hit due to planes already stuck at the airport with little parking space left, causing major cancellations. Out of the 840 flights that Lufthansa operates out of Frankfurt, 360 of … [Read more...]

Biritsh Airways pushes “A Fair Tax on Flying”

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It seems British Airways is finally pushing "A Fair Tax on Flying" with a message that was sent out yesterday to UK BA Executive Club members: Text: As a frequent flyer, you will know as well as anyone that taxes on air travel are higher in the UK than anywhere else in the world - so I wanted to tell you about a campaign aimed at changing that. In the last six years, … [Read more...]

Thai Airways set to get their first A380 on 27th September

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I've done my fair share of chatting about the 787 - lets switch to the other "new" jet in the sky - the Airbus A380, and in particular, Thai Airways. Thai Airways is due to take delivery of their first Airbus A380 on the 27th September, and will be starting to put them into service extremely quickly on the 6th October, operating from Bangkok to Hong Kong and … [Read more...]

Reminder: Tesco Clubcard Bonus offers end 31st August

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I'm sure most of you have converted your Tesco ClubCard points into something more useful already, but if you haven't there are two good promotions which end on 31st August. Avios conversions to British Airways Executive Club or Avios.com are offering a 50% uplift, , so a 1 x £2.50 voucher (normally 600 Avios) becomes 900 Avios Virgin Atlantic are offering a 50% uplift, … [Read more...]

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