It's Saturday, so it's time for another plane to go into the paint shop for a spray and paint job. This week, it's a TNT Boeing 777 freighter going into the Boeing paint shop in Everett getting it's first coat of paint More Aircraft Repainting/Painting next week! … [Read more...]
Guess who’s adding a €0.25 ETS levy?
And you're correct. Everyone's "favourite" low cost carrier - Ryanair - will be applying another levy on all tickets sold from 17th Janaury 2012. The £0.25/€0.25 levy which will be charged per passenger per segment is to cover costs incurred from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. For Ryanair, this has a cost of at least €15 million - which isn't pocket … [Read more...]
BMI’s Prock-Schauer rallys to the troops ahead of the sale…
As we are all aware (or if you've been living under a rock), British Midland Ltd - comprising of British Midland International, BMI Baby and BMI Regional is on the block to be sold by Lufthansa to International Consolidated Airlines Group (owners of British Airways and Iberia) with Virgin Atlantic making grumbling noises in the background. Well a post on the FlyerTalk BMI … [Read more...]
Delta to make a bid for AMR (American)???
Well, I was planning to go bed, but this is breaking. The Wall Street Journal has published an article that could have serious ramifications if there's the money to do... and the will. And it involves Delta looking with hungry eyes with Delta. The full article at the Wall Street Journal (sub required) , however the AFP has posted a precis of the article. Delta Air Lines … [Read more...]
FlyBe expecting rough UK clouds ahead
Flybe seem to be flying into rough weather in the UK, with domestic traffic declining by 8% in Q3 this year. For the airline, UK Domestic traffic makes up 70% of its business - therefore this is a worry to the company. Flybe for those who don't know is a UK Airline which works on the Low Cost Carrier principles - which operates a mixed Q400 Dash-8 and Embraer 175/195 fleet, … [Read more...]
EasyJet is up to it’s olde LCC tricks again…
Low cost carriers - you've got to hate them. EasyJet comes high on the list of companies that need a clue distributed to them (although regular readers of this blog know where my venom usually lies when it comes to Low Cost Carriers) - although EasyJet comes high on the list after today's announcement. The "Debit/Credit Card" fee has been axed. But before you cheer, it's … [Read more...]
Air Asia X throws in the towel on London, Paris, Mumbai and Delhi
Big news today as Air Asia X has decided to cancel a few of their routes. And they're big ones too. Indian Routes: Kuala Lumpur <> Mumbai, CANCELLED from 1st February 2012 Kuala Lumpur <> Delhi, CANCELLED from 23rd March 2012 European Routes: Kuala Lumpur <> Paris Orly, CANCELLED from 31st March 2012 Kuala Lumpur – London Gatwick, … [Read more...]
A Brave New World…
Well it's been coming for some time as I've been dancing around OneWorld with and Qantas their Paper Status (thanks to that wonderful British Airways Ashes Fare a couple of years ago). With a pathetic 6000 miles or so in my Qantas account, I'll keep that alive with the odd Aer Lingus flight (or dread the thought - pay and top up the account for something actually … [Read more...]
China Airlines reconsidering the London – Taipei Route…
It seems all is not well with China Airlines and its Taipei to London route. Data from AirlineRoute.net indicates that the direct service that operates two times a week has had no further bookings The route between London and Taipei has been an odd on, with operates operating routes dependant on the political condition between Taiwan and China. Currently, Eva Air … [Read more...]
Air France and KLM go on the expansion – Orders 25 787-9’s
AirFrance-KLM Group has confirmed today that they are placing an order for 25 Boeing 787-9s with an option for 25 extra birds. The group has has stated they want the 787-9's to operate with KLM first - due to commence in 2016 - and with Air France at a date to be determined. The Boeing 787-9 is a lengthened version of the 787-8 frame, allowing more passengers and … [Read more...]
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