Economy Class & Beyond

Heathrow Express to go out on strike. Again.

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Well it seems that strike season is well and truly with us, with Heathrow Express drivers walking out on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 March. This is in relation to disciplinary action by Heathrow Express against two workers. The strike action of course is timed to annoy passengers, with the first batch of action between 03.00 to 12.00 on March 24, and the second batch … [Read more...]

So, you want to find your way around a cockpit?

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Well good news for those of you who do, or have ever wondered what all those buttons, dial and switches are a pilot on Quora.com takes you through a guided tour of a cockpit. This makes excellent lunch time reading for those of you stuck at desks. http://www.quora.com/What-do-all-the-controls-in-an-airplane-cockpit-do/answer/Tim-Morgan-5 … [Read more...]

Kingfisher to abandon LHR routes, Considering grounding Long Haul Fleet

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It's time to look again at the ongoing comedy/tragedy that is Kingfisher Airlines. Due to costs and a lack of crew, long haul routes are being sliced up, with one of the A330's leased being retured to lessor, the London Heathrow service's  is being cut from the 10th and 16th April from the look of the GDS's. In addition, there are more cuts internationally according to … [Read more...]

Surprise: Hotel rates on the up for London in August 2012…

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In a piece of news from the BBC and Hotels.com that should surprise... well - no one,, a survey on hotel rooms prices in London for August 2012 has been released. And sadly, it is a case of "Rip off Britain" with hoteliers cashing in with a 102% rise on last years rates. Hotels.com state the average price of a hotel room in London will be £213 a night. This compares … [Read more...]

British Airways prepares to launch Long Haul Moscow Services

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British Airways is preparing for an assault on Moscow as it abandons the Club Europe/EuroTraveller seating aircraft to switch to Long Haul type aircraft to operate the London-Moscow DME route. The route will be operated using a mix of two types of aircraft Boeing 747-400 configured in Four Class seating - First, Club World, World Traveller Plus, and World … [Read more...]

Scoot scoots in with 4 classes of travel – well two actually…

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Scoot has confirmed a bit more about how it's going to separate the product they're offering. In Economy, there are three subclasses: Fly - The seat on the plane FlyBag - Your seat and a bag with a 15Kg allowance. FlyBagEat - Seat, bag and food, with a 15kg Luggage allowance and one meal Business will be composed on one class - ScootBiz which has a 20kg luggage … [Read more...]

Power cut at Gatwick – baggage all over the place

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It seems there was a major outage at London Gatwick this morning. At 03:30GMT, there was a power cut that has hit the luggage carousels in the North Terminal at Gatwick. In turn this has caused flights to leave the airport without baggage. The belts begun working at 10:30GMT, with extra staff called in to sort the baggage manually. In some cases, baggage has not … [Read more...]

Qantas’s “Premium Asian” Carrier goes up in smoke after talks end with Malaysia Airlines

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In the saga of Qantas, it seems things just go from bad to worse. The plan to establish a premium airline has come to a halt after they withdrew from discussions with Malaysian Airlines. The excuse given is down to money: "Discussions with Malaysia Airlines on a partnership, including the establishment of a new premium airline, would not continue due to parties being unable … [Read more...]

Lufthansa reveal their new Business Flat seat. And I’m sorry…. “Can do better comes to mind”

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So the new Lufthansa Business Class Flat seat is out, which will first appear in their Boeing 747-8I's.  Here's a few pics. And whilst it's been a long time coming for Fully Flat seats in Lufthansa Business Class (who currently have wedgie type seats - lie on it too long and you'll end up with... a wedgie), there have been some major innovations from the reverse … [Read more...]

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