Economy Class & Beyond

The Richard Branson Ice Cube. Oh Dear.

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Words almost escape me. I'm sure they'll escape you too when you see these. Images - Virgin Atlantic There is some Virgn PR blurb that goes along the lines of to celebrate the new bars in the A330's, these "Little Richards" will be turning up in your drink in Upper Class soon so “all passengers will be able to enjoy some chill out time with Mr … [Read more...]

The formal invitation from British Airways to Diamond Club Elites…

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I talked about this a lot yesterday when the BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Tier Match. Well for those of you who haven't done it yet, check you inbox - you might find an invite like this: Text Version: As part of the transition of bmi into British Airways, from today (1 May 2012), British Airways is inviting you, as a Diamond Club member, to also join the … [Read more...]

UK Immigration: We’ll get it right – honest guv!

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Time for some more on the saga/joke that is UK Immigration. For a  recap, head to the post I wrote about the delays at Heathrow during the weekend. But for an ultraquick version UK Border at full alert so immigration checks are taking longer Not enough staff to enforce it Long queues to get into the United Kingdom - especially for non European Economic Area … [Read more...]

BMI to BA Tier Matching is GO!

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Well it looks like someone jumped the gun and thinks today is the 1st May. For those who have BMI Gold or BMI Silver status, you can now do a Tier status match. For those who haven't joined Executive Club, head to http://www.britishairways.com/main/execenrol/?campaignCode=ECBMI1 to enrol. Once you've done that, head to http://www.ba.com/tiermatch and you'll get this … [Read more...]

The bad joke that is UK Immigration

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In what airport in the world  do you stick 3 Europe Immigration Agents and 1 for the Rest of the World visitors - and have a 2 and a half hour process time? Nope - not the C/D Concourse at Washington Dulles (although it's happened more than once), this time  - a Terminal of London Heathrow Airport. Terminal 5 to be precise. Welcome to the world of immigration staff on … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – DragonAir A330

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane Art from my photographic collection. This week, it's a DragonAir Airbus A330 taxing at its home base of Hong Kong International Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More airplane art of course next week! … [Read more...]

Boeing to consider a proper 757 replacement

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The Boeing 757. Like it or not, a LOT of us have flown on them. From its origins as a replacement for the 727 series (in which the 757 was "too big" for the job), to its original use of shuttle lots people in a metal tube from one place to another, to it's later life as the aircraft of choice for running long and thin routes (eg Dublin to Newark, Manchester to New York JFK, New … [Read more...]

Talks over BMI Regional continue

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In some good news, it seems that talks with Granite Aviation and IAG are in progress over the long term fate of BMI Regional. BMI Regional is the arm of BMI that runs services from some of the UK Regional airports - as well has having a heavy Scottish presence. They operate a fleet of 4 Embraer ERJ-135's and 15 ERJ-145's, focusing on high value traffic, employing 330 … [Read more...]