Economy Class & Beyond

Air India has its first 787 delivered.

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It seems someone has turned up the aircon down below as Air India have finally accepted delivery of its first Boeing 787.  Air India 787 Delivery from Charleston - Image (c) The Boeing Company With the delivery of Air India's first 787, they become the 5th operator of the aircraft (when at some points they were meant to be the 2nd customer to have the … [Read more...]

EasyJet to go full allocated seating

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It seems that EasyJet is angling towards a more "grown up" audience as the airline has decided to to introduce allocated seating throughout its network. EasyJet says this is to improve customer satisfaction and attract more passengers. Whilst pre-booking seats is optional (for example, if you're checking in, you won't pay for a seat assignment), for those who have a seat … [Read more...]

Berlin Brandenburg Airport – Delayed to October 2013?

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It what is fast descending into what can be described as a farce, there are  rumblings that the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport has now has its opening  delayed to OCTOBER 2013 instead of the 17th Mach 2013 that was stated after the previous botched opening attempt. The first date of 30th October 2011 for opening was pushed back in 2010. The second date of 3rd June 2012 … [Read more...]

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...]