As Live from a Lounge has covered, the good times of Kingfisher may be drawing to a close according to The Hindu Times. Kingfishers bank accounts are in a very precarious state - that of being frozen. Only 16 planes out of a 64 fleet strong aircraft are serviceable. It also seems the lack of pay has forced employees to jump ship with 35 commanders jumping to IndiGo and … [Read more...]
In … Russia. TransAero and British Airways FIGHT!
All is not good in Russia it seems as British Airways ramps up its planned Russia Expansion. As it's been reported, British Airways will be ramping up it's flights to Moscow with a Boeing 747-400 from the WorldWide Fleet, upgrading it from a 767-300/A320 Operation. An Application which British Airways has sent seems to have been lost to run the service. Oops. Others say … [Read more...]
Japan 2012: A Delay is one thing… but great service can cure some of the issues.
And that nod for Great Service goes to BMI who conducted a great service today on the Birmingham>Frankfurt run for Lufthansa. Talkative, friendly, engaging, even whilst delayed for an hour twenty on the ground. Let me put it like this: The food service was edible, the drinks were freeflowing, and the crews actually looked like they wanted to be there. And it's a cry … [Read more...]
Japan 2012: an hour on the ground
Well you read my post about the German ground staff action earlier. Well it looks like my plane is on the ground for an hour plus, with an ETA into FRA at 11:20. Good thing I'm not on a schedule.... … [Read more...]
Japan Trip 2012: Well. If it’s 06:15 (Local), it must be time to travel
Yup. The open road begins again. And this morning, it's at Birmingham Airport (what laughably used to be called "Birmingham International Airport). So far so good. Put it like this: I'm glad I checked in at the desk so I got a fasttrack sticker. The queues for security were... awful. Just awful Anyway. Good morning from that ServisAir Lounge. And yes, it's still an (What … [Read more...]
Another Day, another Strike at Frankfurt
It seems the GdF union has placed Frankfurt airport under strike action, and it will be hitting today (20th Feb). The strike will from Monday, 20 Feb 2012 from 05:00 CET to till Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012, 05:00 CET The Lufthansa cancellation list is up - and it's.. hefty. See … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – United Boeing 757 – with Winglets!
Well it's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a United Airlines 757 in classic blues colours with winglets taxing into San Francisco International after completing a service from New York-JFK. " From next week there should be a lot more interesting stuff... And that leads me into a new post shortly ;) … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Mexicana 777-200
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another safety video. This week, Mexicana shows off their safety credentials in a polished performance in a 777 internal configuration... that I've never seen.. More safety next week! … [Read more...]
Meanwhile BMI Kitteh is fed up of the attention it’s getting…
Bad news. The LOLCats are back ;) And in this LOL, you've got to feel sorry for the BMI kitteh. I have a feeling there might be some 787 LOLS next week .... ;) … [Read more...]
IRIS switched off at Manchester and Birmingham. London to follow…
In what is the bonehead maneuver of the day (although UK Borders will call it "cost saving"), the IRIS Border Authentication Machines has been now confirmed as switched off at Birmingham and Manchester Airports by visitors to the Business Traveler forum. What is more concerning are two other bits of information that have surfaced: No new registrations for IRIS will be … [Read more...]
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