It seems there's one heck of a lot of buying and selling today, with Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM all involved. Delta, Air France and Virgin Atlantic Crews together - Image, Virgin Atlantic So let's first look at Virgin Atlantic. Virgin group will selling 31% of the total ownership of Virgin Atlantic to Air France-KLM, with the Virgin Group … [Read more...]

Time to turn out attention to the back of the plane - and in particular - Delta's Airbus A350. There's been a lot of fanfare over the Delta One Suite (manufactured by Thompson Aerospace), but not a lot has been mentioned about seating in Economy Class. Step forward Recaro who are supplying their CL3710 seat for Delta. The CL3710 Seat - Image, Economy Class and Beyond … [Read more...]

A lot of tourists and locals default transportation method is a simple one: head for the Tube  But if you have time.. do yourself a favour and take the bus.  Whilst the Underground is great getting from A to B - you're missing out a lot of the city and it's sights.  Holborn Baker Street Kings College The Thames from Waterloo Bridge.  In … [Read more...]

It seems logic is beginning to prevail, with the Electronics ban being lifted between Abu Dhabi and US destinations - allowing Etihad passengers to carry their laptops, cameras, tablets and large electronic items in their hand luggage. The US Transportation Security Administration and Department of Transport lifted the ban yesterday, with EY171 to New York being the … [Read more...]

Today gave me a realisation of one of the reason why I love taking to the air and travelling to places. It's people and community that make the aviation hobby - or the #avgeek hobby the a lot of the fun that it is. Today, I went to Dublin for a fly-in, doughnuts and plane watching. Whilst that may sound boring to some of you - that wasn't all the reason for me to go. … [Read more...]

I haven't written much about the British Airways strikes recently - mainly as the airline has had something else on its mind to fix. But it seems that Unite is suspending the upcoming Mixed Fleet strike action according to the BBC. British Airways Airbus A320 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Around ,900 staff had been due to walk out for this … [Read more...]

This is a special message for those in the United Kingdom who are registered to vote in today's General Election. And it's a simple message. GO AND VOTE! Today's the day to head to the polling station and vote! We all have a duty to make sure our voice is heard today - and with the political elite deciding that we need to judge who leads Brexit, the economy, social … [Read more...]

It seems that SNCF (the French National Rail operator) has been busy with branding gurus, and has begun to re-brand its classic TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) network. It's to be re-branded to.... wait for it. inOui inOui branded high speed train... it's still a TGV. Image, SNCF. Sooo.. What can we say to this? Well, it seems SNCF Voyages (the section that … [Read more...]

In news that shouldn't come as a shock, British Airways has announced that it is to abandon its flying programme for the day from London Heathrow and London Gatwick. The announcement on Twitter was made a few minutes ago. Following a major IT system failure this morning, we've cancelled all flights to and from Heathrow and Gatwick for the rest of today. 1/2— British … [Read more...]

I'm sure you're all aware of the incident in Manchester last night that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured 59 people. However, the Mancunian spirit lives on as the city is open for business... as it always has done. However, there is some disruption in the city. Transport for Greater Manchester reports that Bus, Road, Metro Rail are all affected. Network … [Read more...]