With snow due to fall, airlines are beginning to ramp up their re-booking plans. Upon NATS request, to reduce afternoon and early evening flights are being reduced on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Add a lot of white to this scene from around 15:00GMT- Image, Economy Class and Beyond Trouble will be hitting from 15:00GMT onward at Heathrow, with other … [Read more...]

One thing I like about Norwegian Air Shuttle is you never know what tail you're going to get on your plane. In the past, there have been famous Norwegian people on tails. There was break in this tradition last year when writer Ronald Dhal appeared on one of their planes. Norwegian is set to do the same again with the announcement that Amy Johnson will feature on a … [Read more...]

Time for my traditional end of year review when I look back at the last twelve months and try and work out "what did I do"?   Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz. It's been an odd year of travel, with the majority of my travel stacked towards the end of the year as opposed to being distributed elsewhere (there were reasons … [Read more...]

We're heading for a nasty Christmas for travellers - as pretty much everyone is going out on strike. Let's start with the biggy: British Airways To Pay, To Fly - British Airways Mixed Fleet Crew to Strike It seems the fleet crews who fly Mixed Fleet have had enough, calling for a strike on the 25th and 26th December 2016 in a strike over pay, affecting over 4500 members of … [Read more...]

Mine however, start at Digbeth Coach station. Good morning (it's past 2am in the morning in the UK... so it's morning) as I begin the first of possibly three tier point runs. And they all have a theme of Tallinn in Estonia. For this trip, I'm down to a rucksack, a couple of cameras, my tablet and iPhone to keep me connected as I attempt to fly a new carrier for me - … [Read more...]

Today marks Remembrance day in the United Kingdom - a time when the nation comes to remember their dead from conflicts past (no matter what FIFA thinks if the Poppy is a political symbol or not) On the 11th Hour on the 11th day in 1918, the guns fell silent - marking the end of the First World War. Today marks a point where the country remember those who have fallen in … [Read more...]

Events in Thailand are moving fast with the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the age of 89. Thailand Map - By OCHA, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32650098 As the country reels from the loss of its King, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice to the country: Following the official announcement of the … [Read more...]

Things seems to be going from bad to worse for Samsung and it's Galaxy Note7, with more fires reported - with the replacement devices. The result is a nasty one for Samsung, who have halted sales of the Note7 (with carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Three, Vodafone, EE halting sales and recalls). And production of the device has now been permentalty halted Side note: Don't … [Read more...]

It seems the temptation of another airline is too good to resist, as Lufthansa plans to acquire the rest of Brussels Airlines it does currently not own. Brussels Airlines Airbus A330 at New York JFK - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The flag carrier of Belgium up until this point is 45% owned by Lufthansa Group. In a release today, it seems Lufthansa wants the rest of … [Read more...]

Why exactly? The devices have been formally recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Samsung had initiated a recall of the device  Airlines are banning the device being carried at all during flight And the US FAA has imposed new rules on the carriage of them (in so many words - recalled electronic items cannot be carried  as cargo or … [Read more...]