Economy Class & Beyond

LH: FRA-JFK? Yep. A380 Land.

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Lufthansa are laying in the plans for it's A380 fleet. Already serving Johannesburg, Tokyo and Being, the next target for the LH A380's will be New York - John F Kennedy International. This will be the destination of the 5th A380 when it arrives in February. JFK isn't a stranger to A380's with Emirates running services there originally, before it redeployed them to Toronoto. … [Read more...]

BD: Sir Michael Bishop talks to Airline Business.

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BMI's ex-CEO Sir Michael Bishop talks to Airline Business Magazine. It's an interesting retrospective of being man with the "the little airline" at Heathrow, and some of his views on the future, in particular the role of security and the delays airframers are taking to get products into market. Interesting reading for those who need something to nibble on. … [Read more...]

EK: A380 damaged by catering truck…

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If it's not one thing with A380's, it's another. And today's news from Toronto is a small wakeup to those supply those A380's. Emirates has withdawn one of its A380 from use after an incident with a catering truck, damaged the right wing of the aircraft. The truck is a scisor lift truck, and was servicing the top deck of the aircraft during the incident when it failed, and the … [Read more...]

Security at the airport – no, not Security Theatre, but Computer Security….

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We all go through airport security time and a again thinking what security theatre nonsense we are going to have to put up with today.However for those of you who use Internet Kisoks, or computers left in lounges for your use, are you practicing safe computing?The chances are - not.Paul Ducklin of Sophos has written an excellent artricle on what he found on one Mac in a Qantas … [Read more...]

CX: They want you feel… New Business Class seats.

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Cathay Pacific have been busy it seems, and as well as new routes, they've launched a new Business Class Seat.Image - Cathay Pacific, resized to fit screens better ;)So lets do some quick checks:It's being installed on a lot of birds:- On all New long haul A330-300 deliveries (March 2011)- On all new Boeing 777-300ER deliveries (April 2011)Rollout will then continue to all Long … [Read more...]

Want to avoid APD? HINT: Start in Ireland….

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The Irish Air Travel tax is being reduced - from a not considerable €10 to an insignficant €3. You read that right. €3This comes to effect from 1st March 2011 to 31st December 2011. This is to combat the dropping visitor numbers to Ireland.To quote Brian Lenihan"The position will be reviewed next year, and the rate will be increased unless there is evidence of an … [Read more...]

CO: Flat Seats all done in 777’s, 757-200’s in progress, 767-400’s to follow…

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Continental have been beavering away since before and after the United merger, and have announced today that their 777 fleet is now totally "flat seat" in Business First. Continentals Jim Compton says "These seats are highly popular with customers from all over the world, and we will begin installing them on the rest of our widebody fleet beginning next year" The seat is also … [Read more...]

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