Norwegian Air Shuttle are marching forward as they prepare to launch 787 services in May 2013. The configuration of the aircraft has been revealed: Premium Class will feature 32 seats in a 2-2-2 configuration with a 46" seat pitch Economy Class will feature 259 seats in a 3-3-3 configuration with a 31" seat pitch Seats will be all leather style, supplied by Timco. … [Read more...]
Iberia prepares for more strike action
It seems Iberia isn't having a good time of it recently, with major changes and restructuring to help the airline survivie. This has annoyed the unions - who represent 90% of the employees who have confirmed strike action is to take place. The unions involved - UGT, CCOO, USO, SICTPLA and ASETMA – have confirmed the strikes would take place between on 14th December and … [Read more...]
Jet Airways and Star Alliance…. Talking… talking… talking.
It seems Star Alliance is still trying to crack Indian market - and is talking to Jet Airways according to Flight. It seems that Jet Airways has asked permission to the Indian Government to join Star Alliance, with no answer recived as of yet. Star Alliance has been trying to break into India - its first attempt was with the state owned carrier - Air India. After … [Read more...]
Ryanair to add 2% surcharge for credit cards – ontop of the £6 admin fee
Once again, the Ryanair comedians of the air are it again. All bookings made a credit card and flying with Ryanair after the 30th November will be subject to a 2% total surcharge on top of the £6 Administration fee that you are required to pay to book a ticket . This fee is per person. In addition, the £6 booking fee was avoidable by paying with a Ryanair Cash … [Read more...]
Shenzhen Airlines joins Star Alliance
Shenzhen Airlines have officially joined Star Alliance today. The airline (which is partially owned by Air China), operates400 flights a day to both domestic China and International destinations. In terms of network, Star Alliance gains five new destinations: Juzhou Linyi Qinhuangdao Shijiazhuang Zhoushan. Looking at the fleet, it's a narrow-body aircraft … [Read more...]
UK Rail prices are on the way up by at least 4.2% from January 2013
It what should surprise... well, absolutely no-one, travelling on the UK rail network will be going up. Price rises on commuter routes will shift up by at least 4.2%, with 6% possible on a lot of route, and some routes hitting 6.46% rises on tickets. It seems that train companies who could had raised the prices by up to 6.2%, there has been some restraint. Price rises are … [Read more...]
FlyNiki to remove E-190’s from fleet
Austria's FlyNiki (A partner/subsidiary of Air Berlin) is preparing to remove its E-190's from its fleet in a swap with Air Berlin. 7 Embraer E-190's are to be swapped with Air Berlin for Airbus A320 aircraft. FlyNiki will operate three variants of the A320 family during 2013. 6 Airbus A319 13 Airbus A320 4 Airbus A321 Three of the A320 aircraft will be … [Read more...]
So did I make it back to Birmingham… Or am I still going around the houses?
One picture should answer that. Regular GhettoIFE readers should recognise it... Put it like this. I did make it across Zurich in time... But it was cutting it ode at some points.... Lots more in the trip report which will be coming soon - but I need a few days to even start sorting the content out.... … [Read more...]
Barcelona Airport….. shame the wifi is awful
A quick hello from Barcelona as the madness part of the run continues where I switch from Oneworld to Star to get home. And the Wifi is free for 15 minutes... and it's awful quality. However, that isn't worrying me. What IS worrying me is the 45 minute or less race I have coming up at Zurich Airport. This is going to be close. VERY close. … [Read more...]
Emirates upscales Dubai to Glasgow route
Emirates is preparing to up-scale the Dubai-Glasgow route. Currently, Emirates operates two flights a day - one operated by a Airbus A340 (EK25/26), whilst the other is operated by a Boeing 777-300ER (EK027/EK028). The airline is planning to up-scale the operation so that both services are operated using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from 1st January 2013. For Emirates, … [Read more...]
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