There's been talk and discussion of when British Airways will be receiving its new Airbus A380's and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Well it looks like some time-frames have been announced. For the 787's, British Airways is expecting their first delivery in May 2013, with a further three aircraft to be delivered in to the end of the year. Meanwhile for those who love the A380, … [Read more...]
Nude-o-scopes to go at Manchester Airport – “Privacy Friendly” scanners to turn up
Backscatter x-ray scanners.. Nude-o-scopes... You either don't understand what the fuss is about, or you avoid them at every turn possible. The body scanners that are being used currently at Manchester Airport are due to be scrapped from October. It seems that these devices were on a 3 year trial and the European Commission has failed to make a decision about them - … [Read more...]
Virgin Atlantic proposes more UK Domestic Routes (subject to slots….)
As we all are aware, Virgin Atlantic has confirmed is first set of routes to serve London Heathrow to Manchester. Virgin have proposed the second tranche of flights that will serve the London Heathrow to Edinburgh and London to Aberdeen. However, unlike its first tranche of flights that will operate using existing Virgin slots these flights will be operated from the "remedy … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Delta Connection Embraer E-170
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, sitting on the sunny tarmac is a Delta Connection Embraer E-170 operated by Shuttle America at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More Airplane art of course next … [Read more...]
iOS6 – Passbook support growing for Airline and Hotel industries
Apple announced its new iPhone and iOS6 on Wednesday, and news is slowly trickling down of which partners you'll be able to use the Passbook application with: American Airlines United Airlines Delta Airlines Starwood Hotels Group Passbook is a a virtual wallet application for passes, tickets, coupons and loyalty cards (in some ways replacing the apps that these … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines to debut Panasonic’s EX3 IFE system
Yes, an actual on topic post at GhettoIFE where we talk about ... IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) Singapore Airlines will be début Panasonic's new IFE system - the EX3 on-board its aircraft. Now EX2 is a great system (it's installed in various aircraft - from United's 767-300ER's to Singapore Airlines A330's to ANA's new 787), but the march of progress is a strong … [Read more...]
More CRJ-200’s heading to American Eagle with Skywest and Expressjet
American Eagle is buying extra capacity for flying in from Skywest Airlines and Express Jet. A total of 23 aircraft will be flying in American Eagle colours, with: 11 operated by ExpressJet 12 operated by SkyWest Alas, for lovers of comfort may wish to avoid these flights as they will be operated by Bombardier CRJ-200's which (I'm being generous here) are not my … [Read more...]
LOT prepares for Boeing 787 operations
LOT Polish Airines will become the first European airline to launch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner into service. According to Airlineroute.net, LOT is planning to operate the following: Warsaw – Chicago Commences 16th January 2013, Up to 10 times weekly by 20th May 2013 Warsaw – Toronto Commences 1st February 2013, operating 8 times weekly by 6th June 2013 Warsaw – New … [Read more...]
BMI and Qatar earning/burning deal to end on October 28th
For those of you still with Diamond Club, another redemption partner will be closing its door soon. Qatar Airways has posted that is withdrawing earn and burn on BMI from 28th Octotber (the date where all BMI aircraft should be operating on BA certificates) According to Qatar Airways: This is to inform you that effective 28th October 2012, British Midland Airlines will … [Read more...]
FAA allows AA to have flight deck iPads active for ALL phases of flight
Here's an interesting little titbit that comes from the tech channels, with news that Federal Aviation Administration has granted permission to American Airlines to let its pilots use iPads in the cockpit in all phases of flight. The main use for these on the flight deck will be documentation - an Electronic Flight Bag to replace the current paper based system which AA hopes … [Read more...]
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