Economy Class & Beyond

Birmingham airport attracts a full time EasyJet service

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EasyJet is deciding to risk it again at Birmingham, with the launch of a Birmingham to Belfast International Airport (Aldergrove) Service. The service will operate daily to start with on 22nd October, and ramp up to a two flights a weekday and one flight a day on weekends service from 29th October. Currently Birmingham to Belfast is served by BMI Baby and FlyBe, who … [Read more...]

Last call for Lufthansa “Family” redemptions on BMI Miles

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In case you've been living under a rock, the sale of BMI will be executed over the next day or so. Here's the important bit for those who are redeeming miles: If you want to redeem on Lufthansa Family Airlines, TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY to do it - until 20:00BST! The Lufthansa family refers to everyone in the Miles and More scheme. This includes: Lufthansa Lufthansa … [Read more...]

MBNA offer an American Airlines Credit Card with up to 20,000 miles!

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Hold your horses people - here's a UK credit card with a DECENT SIGNUP BONUS! It's a MBNA Card Co-branded with American Airlines (follow the link on the AA UK Homepage as there's a cookie issue sadly) The offer for new card holders: 10,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles when you make a card purchase within the first 90 days If you apply by 31st May 2012 … [Read more...]

Thomson Airways updates its 787 plans – announces first destinations and operations dates

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Thomson Airways have today confirmed the first destinations for their batch of 787-8 Dreamliners. Thomson Airways is intending to operate the aircraft from Gatwick, Manchester, East Midlands and Glasgow to Cancun and Florida from 1st May 2013. They will also beat other UK operators to the punch being the first operator of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in the UK. For those … [Read more...]

4000th Boeing 737NG… delivered

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Boeing has build and delivered it's 4000th 737-NG series aircraft this week to China Southern Airlines. Now, 4000 737-NG's... that's a lot of frames buzzing around the world in various different configurations (including the  -600 Series, -700, 700ER, -800, -900 and 900ER... and then there's the militarised and business variants... ) The gap between 1000th, 2000th, … [Read more...]

Virgin group attempts an 11th hour change over the BMI sale…

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Well it seems that the Virgin Group are distinctly unhappy at the International Airlines Group takeover of British Midland International, and is to appeal against the European Commission's decision to allow the purchase to go through. Virgin objects in lots of whiny language with Richard Branson said Virgin Group stating: "This deal was agreed with lightning speed and we … [Read more...]

The price of a IAG take-over: 1200 jobs to go

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1200 posts to go seems to be the first efficiency that IAG wishes to make with the take over of BMI Both Unite who represent the ground crews and cabin staff as well as BALPA who represent the pilots are trying to negate the losses. Unite say: "Unite will be fighting to maintain as many jobs as possible and ensure that where vacancies exist people can be placed into … [Read more...]