ANA has confirmed the first six routes to get its new Premium Economy seats. The routes and start dates for the new seats are: Tokyo Narita – New York JFK from 29/08/2012 Tokyo Narita – London Heathrow from 14/09/2012 Tokyo Narita – Frankfurt from 30/09/2012 Tokyo Narita – San Francisco from 01/10/2012 Tokyo Narita – Los … [Read more...]
Air France is considering “all options” with CityJet
If you've flown into London City Airport, you'd had noticed an airline there that looks like Air France - but isn't Air France. It's CityJet - an Air France subsidiary based in Ireland. Air France has recently released a set of measures to restore profits across the Air France group. Whilst the plan covers nearly all the French Regional segments of Air France - Airlinair, … [Read more...]
Things that scare the TSA: Apple Awards
Adding to the list that make the TSA go a bit giddy are Futuristic design awards it seems. Juraj Hlaváč had won an Apple Designs Award at the recent Apple World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco for the educational game called "Bobo Explores Light" developed by his company, Game Collage. The award itself is a small silver cube that glows from … [Read more...]
Ryanair makes yet another bid for Aer Lingus
One of Ryanair's past-times is the constant stalking of Aer Lingus. Ryanair (who own 29.8% of Aer Lingus) has placed a fat offer of a 694 million euro cash bid for Aer Lingus in a new attempt to gain of EI, at 1.30 euros per share There are two rather big obstacles to overcome for a takeover however - The Office of Fair Trading ruled that Ryanair's ownership of the … [Read more...]
This is London Calling… (According to BA anyway)
Remember I said there maybe more shenanigans after the lovely Jessica Ennis got painted onto a park on the approach into Heathrow? Well, let it never be said British Airways doesn't like to create more shenanigans. This time, London is calling with a British Airways Boeing 777 going for a tour around London, round the landmarks and finally to the Olympic Stadium in … [Read more...]
BMI Baby wind up begins – first set of routes terminated
BMI Baby is starting to wind down with the first set of routes now "suspended" - with a major hit for Belfast City Airport loosing BMI Baby service entirely, and Birmingham Airport and East Midlands Airport being reduced to holiday routes mainly. The routes that have now gone: Belfast City Airport (BHD) to: Alicante, Amsterdam, Birmingham, East … [Read more...]
Tired of the stupid APD charges? Tell your MP via A Fair Tax On Flying…
There's a short but sweet website for those of you who want to let your Member of Parliament (MP) know EXACTLY how you feel about Air Passenger Duty (APD). It's "A Fair Tax On Flying - http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/" and it's simple aim is pile the pressure on MP's to raise the question of APD in the Westminster Chambers and to try and reduce the pain that is APD. Air … [Read more...]
BMI Diamond Club member? Want Star Gold Back? Air Canada is matching
The matching opportunities seem to be increasing for BMI Diamond Club members who want Star Alliance Gold or Silver back. Already, there are reports of Aegean Airways, Turkish Airlines and Aer Lingus matching - well it's now the turn of Canada with their offer. Head to http://aircanada.com/uk/en/offers/aeroplan/earn_miles/earn_miles.html You'll need to join Aeroplan … [Read more...]
British Airways paints a field in Hounslow on the approach to Heathrow…
The London 2012 Olympics are slowly taking over national life (There's this football thing going on in Poland and Ukraine that I'm skipping through...) Nothing says like "Welcome to the United Kingdom" than a a painted field..with Jessica Ennis on it (a medal winning multi-eventer athlete) Image - British Airways via Instagram - #homeadvantage It took two days and … [Read more...]
Aer Lingus prepares to move to Belfast City Airport
From the BBC, it seems that FlyeBe and the remains of BMI mainline will have done competition at George Best Belfast City Airport. Aer Lingus is on the verge of moving its Belfast International Airport operations to Belfast City Airport which will be confirmed Now whilst this sounds great in theory, there are some pluses and minuses Firstly, Aer Lingus will have to … [Read more...]
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