Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – South African Airways Airbus A330

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a South African Airways Airbus A330-200 on tow at London Heathrow Airport in the morning sun. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Poll: In Flight Mobile Phone Use – What’s your view?

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It's time for something different at GhettoIFE - a poll! Earlier this week I wrote about Virgin Atlantic introducing full Mobile Communications on-board their new 3-class Airbus A330's, and the comments were not that favourable. Full in this case is defined as Voice, SMS and Data.  Yes - you will be able to make and receive calls whilst in the air. So my question is … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Extra – British Airways A319 – FireFly

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9 days of work and repainting... all for a flame. The Olympic Flame arrives in the United Kingdom as of a very short while ago. And British Airways Flight 2012 flown by FireFly (G-EUPC) - arrived at RNAS Culdrose, with the flame aboard. Images - BBC News via BBC iPlayer. And she's looking pretty, doing her job. The UK Olympic Torch Relay will … [Read more...]

Berlin Brandenburg Airport: Not until17 March 2013

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Going on from the earlier post about Lufthansa re-siting all their new Berlin service back to Berlin-Tegel, it seems that the new opening date for the brand new Berlin Brandenburg Airport will be now the 17th March 2013. Continuing from the original reason to delay the opening - it is to allow more time to complete fire safety systems. The new Berlin airport was due to … [Read more...]

Viva Las Vegas! British Airways to open 2nd Route to Vegas…

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Bright lights, gambling, fountains, shows, taxi drivers who I swear use the fastest meters in the west - it can only be Las Vegas. British Airways returned to Vegas a couple of years ago, operating a route from London Heathrow. Well it seems BA want more of the leisure market, with services to commence from London Gatwick. The service is schedule to begin on the 29th … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Berlin services to go ahead, BER delayed till March 2013

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Well it seems someone some space at Tegel, with Lufthansa to commence services from Tegel to 49 destinations - including Manchester and Birmingham from the 3rd June. As you all know, Berlin Brandenburg Airport's opening was delayed due to safety issues. As such, Air Berlin's and Lufthansa who had planned new major pushes from these airports didn't know what was … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines on target for end of year membership of Oneworld

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Malaysia Airlines are forging ahead with its membership of Oneworld, and is due to join the alliance towards the end of the year. Already readying for their first Airbus A380 to be delivered, and have been creating codeshares with fellow Oneworld partners such as Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and Royal Jordanian. For passengers, there is a new benifit - increased hand luggage … [Read more...]

UK Border Agency: More Manpower due soon. Honest!

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Immigration minister Damian Green has had it rough recently, with the chaos at the UK Border at various ports of entry - and rightly so after not ensuring enough manpower was available to process the visitors into the United Kingdom. As the UK ramps up its border inspections thanks to a lack policy and a will from the Government to do deeper inspections, delays into the UK … [Read more...]