Economy Class & Beyond

IATA Numbers are out… and they make bad reading…

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... and guess what's to blame? Of course, it's our old friend, Eyjafjallajökull the Icelandic Volcano.Traffic is down 2.4% in April on international traffic, whilst European traffic is down 11.7% (From a 6.2% increase).IATA's director general and CEO Giovanni Bisignani knocked out these quotes:"The ash crisis knocked back the global recovery - impacting carriers in all … [Read more...]

UK ID Card owner? Congratulations! Your plastic will be invalid in about 100 Days time

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Well it seems the government has confirmed it will be junking the National ID Card project within 100 days, along with the National Identity Register (and on top of that - the next-generation Biometric Passport).For those 15000 fools citizens people victims registraints of the ID card, yes, you have a non refundable £30 lump of plastic that might be a collectors item one … [Read more...]

BA and Unite – Talks to resume on Friday.

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Yup. This ongoing palava messup bitch fight disagreement is still go ongoing, and for now have been adjourned until Friday after mroe talks today.Both sides are making nosies that it won't be easy, with concession fighting still going on. Meanwhile, BA has updated it's site to cover next weeks operations - important for quite a few people as next week is the Half Term holiday … [Read more...]

Ryanair expands, taking a position at El Prat….

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Well Ryanair is expanding it's airline operations, and is going to base five aircraft at Barcelona El Prat with the launch 20 routes from September.Routes going to open up to 7 flights a week to:Brussels CharleroiDublinMilan BergamoParis Beauvais CiampinoWith lower frequencies it'll operate aircraft from:CagliariDusseldorf Weeze Edinburgh Oslo Rygge Venice TrevisoAnd on … [Read more...]

Branson admits VS Can’t make it on its own, and eyes up… Guess who.

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Well someone has finally admitted what the rest of us known for quite some time - that Virgin will have trouble competing if the BA/AA tie up goes ahead, and they'll have to seek a partner.FlightGlobal and ATI have published an interview with the Bearded one during the inaugural flight from Heathrow to Accra, Ghana.And here's the the choice quote"Ultimately we may have to … [Read more...]

KLM release an App….

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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...]

BA and Unite… Mum! Unite/BA is picking on me!

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(I'm really running out of clever taglines at the moment.. but that's what it sounds like to me)Anyhoo, Day 1 of 5, and traffic out of LGW and LCY were unaffected. LHR on the other hand was down to  60% of long-haul flights and 50% of short-haul.BA has successfully flown to 85% of its long-haul destinations and 100% of its short-haul ones.Which is nice.Of course - no … [Read more...]

I feel dirty…

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... as I've booked a ticket on a "true" LCC.It'll be the first time I've been aboard one since 1995.  Who is this LCC?None other than BMI Baby. More to come later - right now I need to book a return leg... … [Read more...]

And so BA Cabin Crew take to the pickets…

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.... again.There was a peace offer by Unite to reinstate travel perks for a suspension of the strikes, which was flatly refused by BA.In addition, the details of the talks were leaked - thanks to Twitter and a Union representative.Anyhoo, the damage is off - so what to expect?LGW (London Gatwick): Operating NormallyLCY (London City): Operating NormallyLHR (London Heathrow): 70% … [Read more...]

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