It seems that Qatar Airways is hedging its bets in Asia, with the group purchasing 5% of China Southern Airlines With Qatar Airways still at the mercy of its regional partners who cut off access to the country for political reasons, the airline has been expanding beyond the Middle East and Gulf area. Currently, the airline owns: 20% of IAG (British … [Read more...]

I've always amazed at what you can buy in the January sales. For the infrastructure group Vinci, and it's division Vinci Airports - they're to purchase a controlling share in Gatwick Airport (which is currently owned by Global Infrastructure Partnerships). Gatwick airport overhead view - Image, Vinci Global Infrastructure Partners acquired Gatwick airport in 2009, … [Read more...]

For the Daily Mail/Dail Express reader who jets off one a year (and for the rest of us who travel because travel is enjoyable), it seems one of the side-effects of the annoying process that is Brexit (Britain leaving the European Union) will be that UK Citizens - whilst able to enter the European Union Visa-Free, you will need to apply for an ETIAS (European Travel Information … [Read more...]

It seems the twists and turns that the history of WOW Air has taken another turn - with Indigo Partners lining up for a possible takeover bid. The news broke towards the end of last week, shortly after Icelandair decided to not to proceed with the takeover. So, some of you might be scratching your head on who Indigo Partners are. They're a Private equity company, and … [Read more...]

It seems things are not so wonderful between IcelandAir Group and WOW Air - with IcelandAir Group walking away from the takeover. WOW Air Airbus A321 at Amsterdam Schiphol - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Originally, Icelandair group looked to be the savior of WOW Air by purchasing it. However, it seems neither airline was able to meet the conditions for the … [Read more...]

It seems International Airlines Group (IAG – owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling) is joining the battle for FlyBe. Flybe Dash8 Q400 at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  As we all know, Flybe is in more than a spot of bother – with the airline placing itself up for sale. Virgin Atlantic has had declared its interest in the … [Read more...]

In a week or so time, I'll be at the APEX Association's Expo/Aircraft Interiors Expo America in Boston, MA. And amazingly, that has a few issues. Namely the price of hotel stock. This is the price I had for three nights (Saturday, Sunday and Monday). I'll let you be shocked at the prices for rooms. So, yes. This isn't exactly "cheap", I'm sure we can agree. I decided … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, Alex Cruz of British Airways (and ill-fitting hiz vis jacket fame), wrote an article in The Times about how wait times for immigration into the United Kingdom. This is a rare sight - very quiet immigration. Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Shot December 2017). There are proposal for a "UK only" line to speed up immigration at the airports - which went down … [Read more...]