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...]
Things that never change: the queue to get off the plane
Never changes no matter the airport. Now to negotiate Heathrow T5B to get to the lounge.... (There will be a lounge post in a bit... honest... I'm just relaxing for now....) … [Read more...]
I honestly drink other things in lounges other than vodka and champers…
Though not together obviously. I do actually keep an eye out for my plane too... Next stop: Heathrow.... But this isn't over.... Not by a long shot..... … [Read more...]
And it was such a nice start to the day….
Hong Kong weather moves fast. I woke up earlier today to this lovely scene. Yes, that's blue sky you can see - I was in shock too. Now skip forward a few hours... and what happens? Oh well. Off to check out in a bit, then ride the ding-dings* and do a bit more travel photography before preparing for the long slog home... * The Trams of course... like this one … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Air Berlin A319
It's Sunday again (well Monday here), and it's time for some more Airplane art. This week it's an Air Berlin Airbus A319 lining up on the runway at Zurich International Airport on a very wet morning. 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...]
Air Berlin trims fleet, denies aliance changes
Air Berlin is making another trim to its fleet to reduce costs. The fleet from a peak of 175 aircraft was due to be cut to 158. Air Berlin management is to trim the fleet further to 135 aircraft. Other details about how Air Berlin is going to further reduce costs have yet to be disclosed, but it is clear that Air Berlin is hurting still from the non-opening of the new … [Read more...]
The Belly of the Beast
Whilst there is no Safety Video Saturday this week (I'm a bit busy this week as I've got a few other things going on), one of the things I'm going to try with GhettoIFE is to take you to places you don't normally get to, with some insight This will be semi-regular, but I hope run one thing a month or so. For this week's adventure... what happens when you strap a camera to … [Read more...]
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