Yup. Virgin Blue has finally done what it's been trying to do for some time, and has rebranded itself as Virgin Australia Here's the advert - analysis on the Strategy Boutique visit later on today … [Read more...]
BD: Morocco Moves Zone
Intresting news from BMI with Morocco moving redemption zone from Zone 5 to Zone 2.Instead of costing 40000 miles for a Y class round trip with all the taxes, this now drops to 12000 miles instead. Of course, for Diamond Club Gold holders, Gold Upgrades or CUVs can also be used to bump up to business.A logical move this is - least of all it is being served by Short Haul … [Read more...]
BD: As GLA goes, new destinations are added to SVG, BGO, CMN and RAK
Well it didn't take long for British Midland International to announce what it was going to do with the slots and aircraft released from the loss making London to Glasgow route.New routes from London to Stavanger (SVG), Bergen (BGO), Casablanca (CMN) and Marrakech (RAK) have been added to the route mapDaily to Bergen and Stavanger and four-times weekly to Casablanca from … [Read more...]
BD: BMI’s visit to the strategy boutique hits the front page.
In what will become known as the blue button phase, the rollout of the new logo has hit the BMI website.Well it's there. And pefectly timed in the middle of a repaint phase of the fleet. That's our BMI I guess... … [Read more...]
BD: Off to the Strategy Boutique once again with a new logo
BMI once again has gone off to the Strategy Boutique* and has re-logoed itself - revealed in a Lufthansa Newsletter with thanks to oliver2002 on FlyerTalkAnd this is what they've spent money on this time..Well it's a logo I suppose. Any resemblance to the OneWorld logo is just a passing concern. There's also an interesting piece of PR from Lufthansa and Donnington Hall HQ on … [Read more...]
LH: Lufthansa shows it cares… by devaulating your miles
Miles are a flexible currency, and like any currency, the value of them tends to go down as well as down. And in the case of Lufthansa Group flyers you'll learn about miles depreciating, with Miles and More suffering a 20% devaluation from next year. Affected Airlines: Adria, Air Dolomiti, Austrian, Croatia Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa (and affiliated airlines), LOT, … [Read more...]
BD: Get’s annoyed with BAA and Heahtrow over access charges… and small planes.
BMI is as we know a funny olde airline. It'll run ERJ-145's for the fun of it into it's main hubs whilst sending off A320's to do charter work. As regular readers know we know their revenue management also has a weird effect helping putting those small planes on trunk routes.Well BAA at Heathrow is sort of getting annoyed at the Domestic traffic, with them increasing the … [Read more...]
LH/AV: Avianca to codeshare with Lufthansa, Lufthansa prepares LATAM Backup card.
Lufthansa has been busy in the background and has spent time with Avianca by introducing a codeshare agreement with the carrier. This is after discussions with the Airline, a route launch from Frankfurt to Bogota, and Star Alliance having discussions with Avanica-TACA Group. Codeshares will be applied to the Columbian domestic network, connecting Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, … [Read more...]
KLM release an App….
Unforutnatly, it isn't something useful like timetables and OLCI.But something far more entertaining instead - it's an to track the KLM miniature houses! (Apple ITMS Link) Then this application, which contains all 90 KLM Houses, allows you to track to your hearts content and also to quote KLM- Overview, including image gallery, of all 90 houses;- Maintain your … [Read more...]
Analysis: JAL – Remaining with OneWorld
So we finally approach an end in this JAL dating dance - and it seems that JAL will remain with the OneWorld Alliance to American's delight (and in equal annoyance to SkyTeam and Delta). So lets look a lot deeper into this. As it's common knowledge, JAL has been falling apart recently, and towards the end of last year, it was courted initially by Delta to the tune of $1 … [Read more...]