Economy Class & Beyond

BMI’s Prock-Schauer rallys to the troops ahead of the sale…

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As we are all aware (or if you've been living under a rock), British Midland Ltd - comprising of British Midland International, BMI Baby and BMI Regional is on the block to be sold by Lufthansa to International Consolidated Airlines Group (owners of British Airways and Iberia) with Virgin Atlantic making grumbling noises in the background. Well a post on the FlyerTalk BMI … [Read more...]

Delta to make a bid for AMR (American)???

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Well, I was planning to go bed, but this is breaking. The Wall Street Journal has published an article that could have serious ramifications if there's the money to do... and the will.  And it involves Delta looking with hungry eyes with Delta. The full article at the Wall Street Journal (sub required) , however the AFP has posted a precis of the article. Delta Air Lines … [Read more...]

FlyBe expecting rough UK clouds ahead

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Flybe seem to be flying into rough weather in the UK, with domestic traffic declining by 8% in Q3 this year. For the airline, UK Domestic traffic makes up 70% of its business - therefore this is a worry to the company. Flybe for those who don't know is a UK Airline which works on the Low Cost Carrier principles - which operates a mixed Q400 Dash-8 and Embraer 175/195 fleet, … [Read more...]

EasyJet is up to it’s olde LCC tricks again…

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Low cost carriers - you've got to hate them. EasyJet comes high on the list of companies that need a clue distributed to them (although regular readers of this blog know where my venom usually lies when it comes to Low Cost Carriers)  - although EasyJet comes high on the list after today's announcement. The "Debit/Credit Card" fee has been axed. But before you cheer, it's … [Read more...]

Air Asia X throws in the towel on London, Paris, Mumbai and Delhi

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Big news today as Air Asia X has decided to cancel a few of their routes. And they're big ones too. Indian Routes: Kuala Lumpur <> Mumbai,  CANCELLED from 1st February 2012 Kuala Lumpur <> Delhi,  CANCELLED from 23rd March 2012 European Routes: Kuala Lumpur <> Paris Orly, CANCELLED  from 31st March 2012 Kuala Lumpur – London Gatwick, … [Read more...]

China Airlines reconsidering the London – Taipei Route…

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It seems all is not well with China Airlines and its Taipei to London route. Data from AirlineRoute.net indicates that the direct service that operates two times a week has had no further bookings The route between London and Taipei has been an odd on, with operates operating routes dependant on the political condition between Taiwan and China. Currently, Eva Air … [Read more...]

Air France and KLM go on the expansion – Orders 25 787-9’s

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AirFrance-KLM Group has confirmed today that they are placing an order for 25 Boeing 787-9s with an option for 25 extra birds. The group has has stated they want the 787-9's to operate with KLM first - due to commence in 2016 - and with Air France at a date to be determined. The Boeing 787-9 is a lengthened version of the 787-8 frame, allowing more passengers and … [Read more...]

Emirates expands in Glasgow – to go double-daily.

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Emirates is still expanding quite happily and have confirmed the launch of a second service to Glasgow, whilst re-gauging the other service it operates to the city. By doing this, Emirates will introduce 3-Class service to Glasgow and operate a daytime and evening flight to Emriates, with a night-time and morning arrival into Dubai. The new service will be make the Glasgow … [Read more...]

High Speed 2 to go ahead in the UK

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Well after the government umming and ahhing, it seems that the plans to put High Speed 2 (the second High Speed Rail line) is set to be built. For those of you hoping to do the London to Birmingham run in under 50 minutes though, hold onto your horses for a few years. More like 2026 is when the first train is going to run. The plan for High Speed 2 (HS2) will be to build … [Read more...]

Air India announces 787 configuration

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Air India - like most of the Indian Airlines seem to be having a time of it. The state owned carrier though has announced some juicy information about their incoming 787's. Air India will be operating these birds a bit tighter than ANA has, with 256 seats in total - 18 Business Class seats ,and 238 economy class seats. In addition, to fit the Economy Class seats in, they … [Read more...]

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