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A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago – Part II – To London

15/01/2013 by Kevincm

A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR To London and Lounges Index: An Apology and The Introduction To London Heathrow, BMI Lounge, Star Alliance Lounge (this entry) United UA923 London Heathrow – Washington Dulles International TSA Shenanigans, United UA221 Washington Dulles … [Read more...]

How long to self tag a bag? 24 seconds according to LCY…

15/01/2013 by Kevincm

London City Airport has a habit of being fast over anything - be it turning around a plane, quick immigration or luggage claim. Well according to their web site, they're managed to get self bagging down to a lightning 24 seconds. The service offered by London City Airport and British Airways allows passengers to print their own luggage tags at the airport. Simply visit … [Read more...]

A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada

14/01/2013 by Kevincm

A Last Star Alliance Fling? To Chicago with United Airlines and Air Canada LHR-IAD-ORD, ORD-YYZ-LHR The Introduction - and An Apology Index: An Apology and The Introduction (this entry) To London Heathrow, BMI Lounge, Star Alliance Lounge United UA923 London Heathrow – Washington Dulles International TSA Shenanigans, United UA221 Washington … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines firms up more A380’s and A350’s

14/01/2013 by Kevincm

Time to turn our attention away from the Boeing 787 and turn to the other new big aircraft in the air/in development. Singapore Airlines has finalised an order with Airbus for five A380's and 20 A350-900 aircraft, with a list price of US$7.5 Billion. This will boosts the Singapore Airlines cadre of A380's to 24 aircraft - with 19 in operation at the moment. Only Emirates … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – American Airlines 737-800

13/01/2013 by Kevincm

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, its an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 in landing configuration, on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International Airport on a late autumn morning (Taken from the Hyatt Regency O'Hare). The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Volaris

12/01/2013 by Kevincm

It's Saturday again, so its time to turn on the television, get out the popcorn, and ... Oh, wrong announcement ;) It's time to turn off your mobile phone, place your seat in the upright position, stow all tray tables and legrests as this weeks video plays from Volaris who present it in the style of a soap: More next week! … [Read more...]

FAA to review Boeing 787 Dreamliners – No Groundings at present

11/01/2013 by Kevincm

Well this isn't unexpected, but its been coming after some high profile news articles, with the US Federal Aviation Administration announcing they are to launch a review into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner - in particular they will be reviewing its design and construction. It's important to note at this point, the 787's that are out in the real world can still fly, and are not … [Read more...]

Kingfisher Airlines aircraft – now impounded

11/01/2013 by Kevincm

For Kingfisher Airlines, it just got a lot more tougher to restart services with news that the remaining aircraft in the Kingfisher fleet have been impounded by the Indian Service Tax Department. The impounding notice states the aircraft cannont be flown outsite the airports where they are parked since the grounding of the airline. This is due to a high service tax bill that … [Read more...]

Air France goes “Mini” on some routes to combat Low Cost Carriers

10/01/2013 by Kevincm

The spread of Low Cost Carriers has raised questions for some legacy carriers on how to handle them. Some set up airlines (Lufthansa and Germanwings), some operate an airline within an airline (who remembers Ted by United, Song by Delta) and some do LCC pricing inside the airline to fill extra capacity. This is the line that Air France are taking, with the introduction of … [Read more...]

50% Avios on Avios eStore Purchases in certain shops

10/01/2013 by Kevincm

It seems to be that time of the year again for Avios/BA Avios eStore purchases where they're running a promotion on the UK eStore, with 50% extra Avios on the following: 50% extra Avios at the following stores until 25 January: Adidas - 4 Avios/£1 Apple Store  -2 Avios/£1 Austin Reed - 4 Avios/£1 Boden 4 - Avios/£1 Cath Kidston 4 - Avios/£1 Charles Tyrwhitt  - … [Read more...]

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