It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more Airplane Art. This week, with me in the Denver Skybridge and a Frontier Airlines A320 - Montana the Elk - crossing underneath. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Extra – Airbus A350 first engine run
Normal Airplane art will resume shortly, but here's something extra tasty for a lot of us. Regular readers know I keep up to date with the development, rollout and first flights of aircraft. Well Airbus shared a great picture on Twitter today with their new Airbus A350-900 having its engines started for the very first time. Image - Airbus via Twitter and YFrog The … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Delta does Outtakes
It's Saturday again - so it's time to stow your tray table, ensure your seat is in the fully upright position and check your seatbelt is fastened... but not too tightly today as Delta have got another variation of their safety video... this time the out-takes. You've got to give to Delta that they try to get the message across - in any means possible... and having … [Read more...]
BA762 Incident: Engine Cowling doors were unlatched.
The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch has confirmed that the fan cowl doors were left unlatched post maintenance on the plane, that lead to the incident of Flight BA762. During take off, the cowls were lost on both engines, resulting in a punctured a fuel pipe in the right-hand engine - as well as the plane landing with the cowling's gone. The plane returned to … [Read more...]
Air Canada to deploy its high density 777-300ER on Vancouver to Hong Kong
Those of you with a love of space down the back of the plane may choose to reroute after this announcement. Air Canada is to operate it's new high density 777-300ER's on the Vancouver to Hong Kong route, initally 3 days a week, then 5 and finally daily from January 2014. Here's the timetable and the splits: AC007 DEPART YVR 11:40 ARRIVE HKG 1720+1 AC008 DEPART HKG 19:10 … [Read more...]
UK Competition Commision may force Ryanair to give up its holding in Aer Lingus
Fresh from a bloody nose from the European Commission, it's the turn of the UK Competition Commission to land on on Ryanair. The Competition Commission has indicated it force Ryanair to sell its entire stake in Aer Lingus, after a probe has found the near 30% holding that Ryanair has in Aer Lingus allows it to influence strategy at EI. In the ruling, the Competition … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines becomes 787-10X launch customer, also orders A350-1000’s….
Singapore Airlines has put an order in both with Airbus and Boeing for 30 each of the following: The Airbus A350-1000 The Boeing 787-10X This will make Singapore Airlines the Launch Customer for the 787-10X series, whilst at the same time another major airline selecting the A350-1000 for it's long haul fleet The 787-10X is still in the planning stage, but will be a … [Read more...]
Mmmmm! BAcon! BA219 London Heathrow – Denver – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways
Mmmmm! BAcon! – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways British Airways BA219 London Heathrow - Denver International Airport Index: A Conference… why not? Early morning New New Street, Aer Lingus EI263 London to Dublin A Dublin transit, DAA Lounge BA827 Dublin to London Heathrow The Hell of A Heathrow Transit, BA F … [Read more...]
EU investigates Spain over refusal to accept ECHI Cards
The ECHI Card (European Health Insurance card) is a very useful bit of plastic if you're an EU citizen travelling to European Union/European Economic Area countries, and you're in need of emergency healthcare. The card allows EU citizens to free healthcare in public hospitals across the 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and is intended … [Read more...]
Mmmmm! BAcon! The Omnishambles of a Heathrow Transfer – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways
Mmmmm! BAcon! - Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways The Omnishambles of a Heathrow Transfer.... Index: A Conference… why not? Early morning New New Street, Aer Lingus EI263 London to Dublin A Dublin transit, DAA Lounge BA827 Dublin to London Heathrow The Hell of A Heathrow Transit, BA F Lounge - THIS SECTION BA219 – … [Read more...]
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