It seems that Virgin Atlantic appears to be dusting itself off after the failed BMI takeover bid, with an announcement today that Virgin Atlantic is intending to build a short-haul and medium hub out of it's London Heathrow base. To do this, Virgin Atlantic is going to need the slots that were surrendered by British Airways/IAG. Traffic between London and Moscow is … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – United Airlines Boeing 747-400
It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more Airplane Art. This week, resting in the autumn sunshine of a Californian afternoon is a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 at the United Maintenance pad at Los Angeles International Airport, with the plane painted in classic Blue and White Tulip colours (shot in late 2009 before the invasion of the Continental Globe). The … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Qantas “Olympic/Paralympic” Safety Video
It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow that tray table, put your seat in the upright position and pay attention to the following safety video. This week's video is presented by Qantas featuring the Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams as the countdown continues to the London 2012 Games. It's good to see Qantas getting in the swing of things as the days before … [Read more...]
Malaysia Airlines preview their 2nd A380 at Farnborough – Farnborough flying line-up…
The 2nd A380 that Malaysia Airlines will be receiving will have a diversion to Farnborough next week as it forms part of the flying display line-up there. Now we're aware of the configuration of the plane (8F, 66C, 70Y (upper), 350Y lower) and you would had thought "Why not install some Premium Economy Seating" Malaysia Airlines decided against it, going for for more two … [Read more...]
Emirates Dubai – London service switch to A380’s… completely!
Well it's taken long enough for Emriates, but it seems they now have enough of an A380 fleet to take Dubai to London Heathrow to A380 aircraft only. There are a few changes here, so pay attention. The 4th Daily Service (the planned EK007/EK008) trip has been shifted from 1st Feb 2013 to 28th October 2012. This rotation which was going to be a Boeing 777-300ER has been … [Read more...]
GhettoIFE presents: Farnborough 2012 Coverage
It's coming up to that time of year where aviation companies, aircraft buyers and anything to do with aviation converges at Farnborough air field for a display, a show off and of course - lots of deals to be signed. It can only be Farnborough 2012. Alas, my press accreditation didn't come through, and as no nice aircraft manufacturer has sponsored me a ticket, I'll be … [Read more...]
British Airways promises head-to-head contest on London – Dublin/Belfast Routes
One of the bigger concerns when IAG took over British Midland International was the fate of Belfast and Dublin routes. British Airways has had mixed success with the routes in the past, and up until the takeover of BMI, had left those routes to Aer Lingus. Whilst IAG is not touching 25% stake in Aer Lingus that is up sale, IAG (operating as British Airways) is happy to … [Read more...]
Air India pilots strike to end
In what only can be described as good news, Air India pilots have called off their strike action after two months of protests. The dispute centred around training over the pilots flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with over 400 pilots involved in the action, and 101 pilots fired. The action has been deemed by the Delhi High Court as "illegal" and a return to work issued on … [Read more...]
Emriates to introduce its A380 to Moscow
The tendrils of Emirates continues to expand, this time with a change of services to Moscow. Emriates is planning to deploy a version of their Airbus A380 from 1st December 2012 to Moscow Domodedovo. The aircraft will be configured with 517 seats and replace one of the existing rotations that Emirates operate to Moscow. The revised changes shape up like this: Dubai … [Read more...]
Jetstar Japan commences service
Another part of Jetstar took to the air today with Jetstar Japan commencing service. Jetstar Japan operated flight GK111 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo successfully, and thus joins the Jetstar family in the Asia/Pacific/Australasia region. For those keeping up that's: Jetstar (Australia and New Zealand) Jetstar Asia (Singapore, also incorporating Valueair) Jetstar … [Read more...]
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