The Chairman of Thai seems to forgotten to pay some excess baggage fees.... by about $5000, with a bit of customs fraud thrown in too. The Thai media and bloggers have been all over this, and after the extended coverage, Wallop Bhukkanasut, stepped down The avoidance was on a Toyko-Bangkok, with 30 cases of luggage being sent. Not only this, but to avoid … [Read more...]
UK Goverment goes for MWW scanners… But do they work?
Well it sees the USA isn't the only country that can do kneejerk reactions. The UK Has commenced a review of airport security, with the upshot of it being Millimetre Wave Scanners (MMW) being implemented in UK airports for deployment by end of January. How do they work? According to Wiki... Clothing and other organic materials are translucent in some extremely high … [Read more...]
UK Weather – From Bad to Worse – More Snow
The UK Met Office has issued an flash weather warning, indicating heavy snowfall expected over the next 24 hours, concentrating in Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire - and is spreading south. Latest weather from The Met Office and from BBC Weather Expect Travel disruption, delays and cancellations today in all forms of travel - and keep safe. … [Read more...]
Mesa enters Chapter 11…
Well it seems that the carrier that a lot of people don't like has entered Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, citing the economy and the downturn. Mesa Air Group operates aircraft for Delta, United and US Airways which is included in its Chapter 11 request. Its joint Hawaiian inter-island operation Go!-Mokulele is not part of the filing. Jonathan Ornstein, chairman and … [Read more...]
More Snow Trouble (UK airport clourses)
Yes, more white stuff has fallen in the UK with Manchester airport only reopening at Midday today, EasyJet cancelling flights and all sorts of fun.Currently:City of Derry Airport - SuspendedDurham Tees Valley Airport- SuspendedLiverpool John Lennon Airport - disrupted - Check in as normalLeeds Bradford Airport - disrupted - Check in as normal. Manchester International Airport - … [Read more...]
SAS puts some of it’s MD-80’s out to stud… with Alligent.
Well we know that SAS are reorganising themselves as they've suffered in the current climate, and are in the process of disposing 21 of its MD-80 fleet. It seems that Allegiant Air was in the market for some aircraft, and thus have brought 18 MD-80's. These veteran aircraft are currently on the ground and are between 19 and 25 years old, so they're easy money for SAS to … [Read more...]
Ryanair Declared “puerile and childish”. What’s new?
(I've almost caught up with my posts - dread the thought I might be up to date by tomorrow afternoon. Of course stranger things have happened - normally whilst I'm in the queue to board the plane). How long is it since I've bitched about O'Leary's pestilence of an airline? Far too long it seems. The Office of Fair Trading enforces both consumer protection and competition … [Read more...]
Flying with Fish and Elliott.org… *No longer subpoenad*
In very good news (and news I missed by my own admission) both Chris Elliot and Steven Frischling have had their subpoenas for information regarding the now infamous SD-1544-09-06 TSA Directive withdrawn by the TSA. In addition, the TSA will replace Fish's MacBook that was damaged by the investigation. The TSA describes their investigations nearing completion … [Read more...]
JAL: No more bailouts… but we’ll consider extending a loan..
When is a bailout not a bailout? When it has something to do with JAL it seems. Whilst the Japanese Government has promised no new loans to it, it has however promised to extend previous loans from 1 Billion Yen to 2 Billion Yen. Thats a lot of yen! This still doesn't solve the long term problems with JAL (least of all the 1.5 TRILLON Yen Debt Pile - and growing), but … [Read more...]
Air Berlin 737-800 copies Ryanair… skids off Taxiway
We'll be doing a mini catchup over the next couple of days. Lots been happening - me mostly sleeping through it. I'm also in the middle of planning my next trip at the mo - a post on that later. An Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 Flight AB2450 departing Dortmund (Germany) to the to Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Spain) overran the runway during takeoff, and ended up at the … [Read more...]
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