In what should be no surprise to anyone, the border wait times have extended to London Stansted. Last night entries into the United Kingdom on a European Economic Area Passport were taking from 90 minutes to two hours. Which for a mainly European port of entry for low cost carriers is again... disgusting. The UK Border Force states: "We flexibly deploy staff to meet … [Read more...]
BAA: Heathrow Queue Targets Missed, Government Minister yet to stand in line for 3 hours
In what it turning into a case of he said/she said, BAA has released its latest waiting times for immigration into the United Kingdom at London Heathrow. Some highlights: Most passengers from outside the EEA (European Economic Area) were NOT seen to within 45 minutes - over 95% of the time! The longest wait time was at T4 on 30th April for a grand total of 3 hours and … [Read more...]
BMIBaby Fallout – Birmingham and EMA recover… Belfast City less so…
More response today from the fallout of BMI Baby being wound down. Birmingham Airport has announced that they will be bringing two aircraft to join it's local base, and will add more flights to Malaga, Alicante, Rome, Palma, Faro and Barcelona; all destinations served by bmibaby. Meanwhile, Flybe will continue to operate to Belfast City, with EasyJet joining them in the … [Read more...]
Scoot to scoot off to Bangkok
Scoot is making headway as it progresses towards operations - and as well as planning to fly to Sydney and the Gold Coast, Bangkok is now on the radar. This put Scoot in all sorts of fun as there is major competition on this segment. A short list of who fighting for passengers Singapore Airlines Tiger Airways (who are part owned by Singapore Airlines) Thai Airways … [Read more...]
BMI Baby to close shop – First Belfast, then everywhere else…
It seems I spoke a bit too soon when I wrote about the competitors gunning for BMI Baby. Today, IAG has made its decision over baby, and it is very bad news indeed for the 470 staff members who work for BMI Baby, as well as anyone who has tickets booked with the following happening: Routes operating to and from Belfast City Airport will close down on from 11th June All … [Read more...]
British Airways to get a little Seoul
It seems British Airways has decided to use one pair of its new BMI slots for a long haul expansion. The first destination it has announced is an operation to Seoul Incheon International Airport. The marks a service return to Seoul after a break of 14 years (we'll ignore last year when British Airways planes landed at Seoul for refuelling due to the earthquake and tsunami … [Read more...]
FlyBe goes on the attack at EMA – Launches 5 routes for Winter 2012/13
It seems FlyBe is gunning for what remains of BMI Regional and BMI Baby with the announcement of the airline basing two aircraft at East Midlands Airport and five new routes operating from EMA. FlyBe will be operating various routes connecting EMA to: Amsterdam Paris Charles de Gaulle Edinburgh Glasgow Jersey The expansion is to go ahead for the Winter … [Read more...]
Cimber Sterling falls to the wayside
Well another airline has bitten the dust. This time it's Cimber Sterling that has fallen to the wayside. Their normal website (http://www.cimber.com/) has been replaced with a simple text announcement: Rough translation according to Google Translate: Cimber Sterling bankrupt - all flights are provisionally canceled The Board of Cimber Sterling has decided to ask the … [Read more...]
Iron Maiden front man to start an aircraft maintenance company
Bruce Dickinson - some of you know him better as the front man of Iron Maiden. Those of us who fly might know him better as a 757 captain. Until a point last year, he flew for Astraeus Airlines as a until they went into administration and wound up in November last year. Well now Bruce is back, this time instead of piloting aircraft - he's setting up a company to maintain … [Read more...]
Current Tesco Clubcard Collection period ends on SATURDAY (5th May)
A quick heads up for those of you in the UK who collect Tesco Clubcard points - the current collection period expires Saturday 5th May. As most UK readers know, Clubcard points are useful things - especially as you can convert the Clubcard vouchers into Avios or Virgin Atlantic (as well as some other options). Whilst there are no special offers on for conversion for … [Read more...]
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