Safran has been adding its pre APEX Expo orders - with them adding Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways (ANA) as customers for Zodiac RAVE ULTRA IFE system. For the Lufthansa installation, this will be for their upcoming Boeing 777-9 fleet, which has 34 orders currently. Meanwhile, for the ANA order, the RAVE Ultra system will be installed on 11 their existing Boeing 787-8 … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines are offering a Fastrack to Gold offer - giving you the equivalent of oneworld Sapphire in four flights. Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 at Kuala Lumpar International Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. There are -  of course - a fair few conditions to be met - the first being you'll need to be doing this in Malaysia Airlines business … [Read more...]

If your daily workstation is a 2015 edition MacBook Pro, you'll find airlines over the world no longer wanting it for travel... unless it's had a battery swap. If you've got a 15" 2015 MacBook Pro, time to get the battery serviced... or don't expect the device to travel - Image, Apple.  Those who need to their laptops serviced should head to … [Read more...]

It seems Britsh Airways and Skylights are extended their partnership, with plans to offer Skylights AlloSky Virtual Reality headsets of certain British Airwys flights. Skylights AlloSky headset in British Airways First Class - Image, British Airways. The headsets will be available on selected BA117 flights between London Heathrow and New York JFK in BA FIRST. The trial … [Read more...]

If you're planning to head to Hong Kong International Airport, you will need to make alternative plans, as the airport is currently closed to departing flights. At the moment, a protest is going on as part of the Hong Kong Protest movement, where a sit-in is going on. Flights are not being allowed to depart the airport, but are being allowed to land and passengers … [Read more...]

In "here we go again" news, British Airways are suffering multiple IT issues - and is causing issues with Check-in and departures. Good luck using one of these if systems are down.... As usual, the short haul programme has taken the hit, with delays stacking up. The airline advises A number of flights continue to operate but we are advising customers to check the latest … [Read more...]

Intercontinental Hotels Group will be putting its eco-step forward, with plans to remove the miniature amenities bottles from bathrooms - with group removing them from its estate by 2021. The current plastic bottle set-up in a US Crowne Plaza hotel - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This covers all hotels rooms in IHG's hotel estate-  almost 843,000 guest rooms. The … [Read more...]

If you watched three nights of PlaneSpotting Live on BBC4, no doubt you'd either enjoyed it, or shook your head at some of the errors. However, there's a great number of resources out there to help you enjoy the hobby - in all sorts of directions. Here's just a sliver of some of the resources out there... Tracking Aeroplanes I'm sure you would had seen the aircraft … [Read more...]