It's Saturday again, so please bring your seat into the upright position, ensure your luggage is in the overhead in or under the seat in front of you, and stow your tray table as we go to this week's safety video. This week, we have Etihad Airways who have got a lovely computer generated safety video for their Airbus A320 fleet... in a bi-lingual … [Read more...]
Airlines: Keep your loyalty information up to date (One for Virgin Atlantic)
Whist it doesn't matter too much to Virgin Atlantic's Little Red unit, it is important to keep information up to date. And this can be shown off well with what I found at Manchester Airport. For fun and giggles, I picked up a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club application form: ... to see this on the back page.Spot the error(s). Got them? Well, it's missing its new … [Read more...]
Viva Las BAcon! The MGM Grand
Viva Las BAcon! MGM Grand Trip Report Index (it's long): Viva Las BACon! The second spin of the roulette wheel Heading to Birmingham Airport, EI277 Birmingham Airport - Dublin Airport HOTEL: Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport The DAA Lounge, Dublin Airport BA831 Dublin Airport - London Heathrow Terminal 1 An Easy Heathrow Transit and the British Airways … [Read more...]
Why didn’t I use Uber in Chicago…
There's been a lot of buzz, criticism and everything else about Uber. However, it's not a service I've tried myself. The reason? I don't live near enough to take advantage of a Uber service (and my trips to London are becoming rarer and rarer). So whilst in Chicago yesterday, I was walking around in a daze (trust me... I was not functioning on nearly any level at all), and … [Read more...]
Using The Automated Border Clearance Machines at O’Hare
Earlier this year, I wrote about Newark Airport having Automated Border Clearance Machines. Well - they have them at O'Hare. How do they stand up? Well, the they work. That's the good news where these have been called "Automated Passport Control". Here's how it rolled at O'Hare: Get off plane at the back end of nowhere (gate M2... Seriously... Why????) Head to … [Read more...]
Another Germanwings Strike (16th October 2014)
It seems Vereinigung Cockpit is still unhappy with the planned changes to retirement policies at Lufthansa Group, with the union members of who fly with Germanwings to strike on 16th October 2014 for 12 hours. Germanwings Airbus A319 taxing at Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The stoppage will run between 12:00CET and 00:00CET (Central European Time) during … [Read more...]
Another day, another trip, another 4am start.
Good morning from Wonderful Digbeth Coach station in the south side of Birmingham, where I've had zero sleep, minimal time to pack and I'm not feeling 100% with it. Although that could be due to the late taxi, but I'm not ruling anything out at this time of day. Once again, I'm preparing to traverse the pond... From a slightly different route than usual. In other … [Read more...]
Virgin America goes for the long haul boredom with BLAH Airlines
In the age where's it's ANYTHING to get attention, Virgin America has released this gem. A 6 hour simulation of a flight with BLAH Airlines, flying flight 101 from Newark to San Francisco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsMZRl71Zo4 I honestly, don't know who they could be referring to as BLAH Airlines ;) They've also got a website - BLAH Airlines. As well as a … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Airlines to operate Addis Ababa to Los Angeles… via Dublin
There are times when you look at a route map, and you think... wha? This is one of those times, with Ethiopian Airlines planning a route between Addis Ababa to Los Angeles... via Dublin In terms of Great Circle Map, it looks something like this: Planned Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa to Los Angeles via Dublin Great Circle route: Maps generated by the Great … [Read more...]
Air Berlin and Alitalia cozy up – more codeshares and frequent flyer programme linking
Air Berlin and Alitalia are further cozying up with news that the airlines are to codeshare on flights departing Dusseldorf, Berlin, Zurich and Vienna to Milan. Alitalia Airbus A321 coming into London Heathrow - Image Economy Class and Beyond Air Berlin Airbus A319 preparing to take off at Zurich - Image Economy Class and Beyond More importantly, Air Berlin will route its … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 558
- 559
- 560
- 561
- 562
- …
- 916
- Next Page »