Economy Class & Beyond

LON-NYC… but which way?

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London to New York as we all know is one heck of a trafficked route with nearly every man and his dog trying to fly back and forth there profitably. Image - Great Circle Mapper Looking to the map and actual airports, here's a map of the routes - for once, I'm excluding anything that requires a connection The list: London Heathrow - New York John F. Kennedy … [Read more...]

Qantas in talks over its international division

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Qantas is having quite a bad tine of it, what with strikes, high fuel costs, the high-value Australia Dollar, and the reorganisation of the business into different units. So much so, Qantas has hired Macquarie Group and set up an internal team to advise on defending potential private equity bids, according to Bloomberg. Qantas seems to wish to move into commerical … [Read more...]

BMI – New Partners Award Chart

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The new award chart from BMI is out at https://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/loyalty-programmes/diamond-club/spending-miles/airline-partner-flights.aspx And it isn't pretty to say the least sadly. One way segments are allowed only on BMI fights. All other segments are return segments trip. No more cash and miles allowed except on BMI flights Single carrier itineraries … [Read more...]

SriLankan Airlines to join OneWorld… huh?

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In what seems like a move to cover more of the Asia region, OneWorld is inviting SirLankan Airlines to the alliance. I'm still trying to work this out, but this is looking like a cover move after the Kingfisher Airlines debacle without actually having to have a member airline in India itself, whilst increasing the OneWorld footprint. The airline will formally join … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 737-800

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It's Sunday again, and it's time for some Airplane art. This week it's an ANA Boeing 737-800 taxing at Tokyo Haneda International Airport, with the city of Tokyo and the Tokyo SkyTree in the background. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – StarFlyer Safety Ninja’s

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It's time to return one of GhettoIFE's favourite sections for the next few weeks - Safety Video Saturday. First up is StarFlyer of Japan who have deployed Ninja's to help in delivering their safety video. As any airline does ;) Well with planes in black, the airline does look very Ninja-y - and to raise a smile - as it's Smile Saturday on Boarding Area. As … [Read more...]

The slow removal of BD codes continues

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The BMI route network is being slowly absorbed into the happy British Airways network. The following routes are up for changes, with BMI flight codes (BD) switching to British Airways flight codes (BA) From 27th June 2012 Belfast Dublin Manchester If you're affected by these changes you will be contacted directly. From 4th July … [Read more...]

IAG completes sale of BMI Regional

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Lets have a good news story to end the day on. International Airlines Group has completed the sale of BMI Regional to Sector Aviation Holdings.  This move should go some way to saving the 330 jobs that are at BMI regional. The completed sale price of £8 million has been approved by the CAA, and thus Sector Aviation Holdings are in business. BMI Regional operate a fleet … [Read more...]