Oh dear. It seems that someone has taken the hamster offline that powers the BMI Diamond Club online service (the service is offline and you can't log-on). Users trying to log-on will see this message..."Due to a technical error we are unable to log you in at the moment. We are working to fix the error and you will be able to log in soon. Please accept our apologies … [Read more...]
One Day, Three Incidents.
It's been a busy olde day in the world of Aircraft doing odd things.Lets start from the top:Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Flight 836 met with a nasty end after a flight between Sorong and Manokwari, Indonesia.The flight, operated by Boeing 737-300, overran the runway on landing, coming to a rest 200 meters beyond it. The aircraft broke into several pieces on halting, … [Read more...]
British people become more Sheeple-like – Resistance to the Nude-o-Scope Fading
A conveniently timed release from Unisys states that a lot of British people seem to be Sheeple (according to who they surveyed in the Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Holland Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and the USA).Out of 977 people, 90% of them were happy to be Nude-o-scoped in the UK. In atIn other territories, Germany and Belgium, it was 66% … [Read more...]
Republic finally decides which brand would survive… and it…
... Frontier Airlines!Indeed - the airline with the animals on the tail (Frontier Airlines) will be the name of the combined Republic and Midwest Airlines, merging the Airbus fleets of Frontier and ERJ-190 fleets of Midwest together.So what does this mean (lets get down to the nitty gritty)All booking valid. Systems have to merge eventually. More routes pairs to be … [Read more...]
Humor: The dangers of seat selection….
xkcd explains why...Source: http://xkcd.com/726/ … [Read more...]
The fallout of a widely publicied promotion… (BMI Diamond Club, Virgin Flying Club)
"He's not the Messiah- He's a very naughty boy!" - Mandy (Life of Brian)... and for those of you who used JCWIZO code to join up with BMI who aren't members (to get Star Silver and a pittance), that's how BMI will be treating you. A target group of 400 people that BMI were expecting has been hammered by a range of IP addresses that were out of band. Even now the database … [Read more...]
Humor: It’s amazing what MH does to keep it’s wings level…
This wandered in from ThereIfixedit.comBut what is going on? Well it's a Boeing part... to lift the plane so you can change the tire, or do minor maintenance work to the landing gear.See... as well as humorous, we're educational! … [Read more...]
Merger mania!
Welcome to International Airlines Group.Who's that you're asking? It's the new name of the the combined BA/Iberia merger (or what the holding company is called) when it completes at the end of the year. Both the British Airways and Iberia brands will be maintained as is.The company will have its headquarters in London, with BA shareholders retaining 55% ownership and Iberia … [Read more...]
Don’t Grab the first *S Silver you see…
(I was going to write a bit on BA and IB merging up, as well as the UA and US mating dance, but it's going to have to wait for a bit...)No doubt you've been round the interwebs and seen an entry on View from the Wing and Lucky's One Mile at a Time about a free Star Silver with 2000 miles to boot with BMI (and I'm not linking up the post - and there's a very good reason for … [Read more...]
Sense breaks out: BA and Unite talk, LH and Vereinigung Cockpit also talk.
It seems that sense has been slapped into these companies - and not before too long.British Airways and Unite have resumed talks with"serious progress" had been made and discussions would continue over the next few days. It's been noted there will no further strike dates would be set while the talks continued. Meanwhile Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed … [Read more...]
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