Economy Class & Beyond

EU to force mobile operators to cut roaming charges

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Some news you can actually use... if you have a Mobile phone SIM card in the European Union. The EU has noticed over time that roaming fees within the area have been stupidly high and since 2007 have forced operators to cap how much they charge with a lot of success despite their whining (Yes O2 UK, Orange UK, T-Mobile, Three UK and Vodafone UK, I'm looking squarely at you … [Read more...]

Boeing to consider a proper 757 replacement

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The Boeing 757. Like it or not, a LOT of us have flown on them. From its origins as a replacement for the 727 series (in which the 757 was "too big" for the job), to its original use of shuttle lots people in a metal tube from one place to another, to it's later life as the aircraft of choice for running long and thin routes (eg Dublin to Newark, Manchester to New York JFK, New … [Read more...]

Talks over BMI Regional continue

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In some good news, it seems that talks with Granite Aviation and IAG are in progress over the long term fate of BMI Regional. BMI Regional is the arm of BMI that runs services from some of the UK Regional airports - as well has having a heavy Scottish presence. They operate a fleet of 4 Embraer ERJ-135's and 15 ERJ-145's, focusing on high value traffic, employing 330 … [Read more...]

Nancy Bird returns to the air

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Qantas's Airbus A380 registered VH-OQA or known as "Nancy Bird Walton" finally returned home from Singapore on the 22nd April. The A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure on the 4th November 2010 as it departed Singapore with bits of the engine falling to the ground, forcing an emergency return to Singapore. Since the return of the aircraft to Singapore, the aircraft … [Read more...]

Airplane Repaint Saturday – Horizon Air CRJ

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time to strip a plane out of one set of colours and into new colours. This time, it's a Bombardier CRJ being cleaned of its Frontier Airlines colours and into Washington State University colours for Horizon Air... More of course next week! … [Read more...]

Airplane Repaint Saturday – Contiental “Peter Max”

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time for a Airplane repaint. This week, it's Continental Airlines 777 getting the Peter Max once over. The livery was applied to  celebrate New York City 2000 World Capital of the Millennium. It was painted over sadly. And that grey, white, blue and a gold band does get... boring after all... … [Read more...]

ORDXII – Pictures and Videos up

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If you've been paying attention to the GhettoIFE Twitter feed(@GhettoIFE), this is old news. For everyone else - good news! The pictures and videos from ORDXII are now up. For something different, I've split them by segment. Well it was a good idea at the time... London to Washington Dulles with United in a Boeing 767-300ER Set 1 - … [Read more...]

Spanish General strike – Cancellations ahead.

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Well it seems there is chaos is Spain with a General Strike being called, and lets face it - this is not pretty in the least. The strike is being called due to the new conservative government's labour reforms and austerity cuts, and every part of Spanish life is being hit - including airports and air traffic control. As a result, there are major cancellations … [Read more...]

CityJet expands London City to Edinburgh Services

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CityJet is planning an expansion of it's London City Airport to Edinburgh services with the introduction of a fourth weekdaily flight, as well as an additional flights on Saturday and Sunday Flights Depart London City Airport 07:05, 13:00, 16:55 and 18:45 Flight Depart Edinburgh 07:00, 08:55, 15:00 and 18:55 Extra Departures on … [Read more...]

London Underground to offer WiFi

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Good news if you need to be connected on the go, with London Underground finally putting in a WiFi Service. The aim will be to have WiFi spots installed at 80 stations by July - in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and by the end of the year up to 120 stations to be equipped. For those of you who can count, there are 217 stations on the London Underground network - … [Read more...]