And it goes to Lufthansa for their promotion today to wind €30 of Food vouchers at Berlin Brandenburg Airport when it opens in 36 days time. Yes. I'm quite serious. Head to http://www.ber-countdown.com/index.php?cc=uk&lc=en to laugh. For those who don't wish to waste the bandwidth, look below. Well, about the only good thing is the promised £39 single … [Read more...]
Wild landings at Bilbao
There have been wild winds at Bilbao in Spain that have... well... look at the video below. There's some pilots who flew in there today who have really earned their wages... … [Read more...]
Finnair to introduce lifetime Status
Finnair has thrown an interesting possibility out there - lifetime status. Here are the numbers to make you wince. If you earn over 3,000,000 tier points you're up for lifetime Gold status, If you earn over 5,000,000 tier points will receive lifetime Platinum status. All tier points so far accrued will count towards these massive goals, both on Finnair metal and … [Read more...]
Nancy Bird returns to the air
Qantas's Airbus A380 registered VH-OQA or known as "Nancy Bird Walton" finally returned home from Singapore on the 22nd April. The A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure on the 4th November 2010 as it departed Singapore with bits of the engine falling to the ground, forcing an emergency return to Singapore. Since the return of the aircraft to Singapore, the aircraft … [Read more...]
FlyBe to scrap Debit Card fees, reduce Credit Card fees
Well here's a turn-up for the books. FlyBe - a UK Regional carrier that plays the low cost carrier game is going to scrap a fee. And it's the Debit card fee that is up for the chop. Additionally, the Credit Card fee is also being reduced: Currently a £8 transaction fee is levied for Debit cards. This will be removed Credit Card fees drop from £13 to £9 The aim of … [Read more...]
The Dreamtour comes to the UK – a few more 787 thoughts
So Boeing have finally dragged their Boeing 787 on tour to the United Kingdom on a few stop tour to Heathrow, Manchester and London Gatwick (Oh, and thanks for the lack of a press invite Boeing...) Frame ZA003 - the 3rd Test and Demonstration aircraft, powered by Rolls Royce Trent 1000 Engines arrived at London Heathrow earlier today to a flurry of British Airways and … [Read more...]
IAG doubts it can sell BMI Baby or BMI Regional off
Things are not looking rosey for BMI Baby and BMI Regional at the moment. The two subdivisions of BMI were meant to be sold off before the IAG takeover by Lufthansa, but they failed to be sold. IAG is not interested in owning the two units who operate to very different markets - BMI Regional operating high value regional routes, whilst BMI Baby operates the low cost model … [Read more...]
JAL Targets more 787 cities, confirms routes and timings
For those of you who love the 787, good news as JAL today confirms more routes for its 787 network. Beijing, Delhi and Moscow DME are the next visitors for JAL's 787s. Operating on a spread timetable between Tokyo Haneda to Bejing, and Tokyo Narita to Delhi and Moscow Domodedovo. Tokyo Haneda – Beijing JL023 DEPART HND 09:10 ARRIVE PEK 12:05 JL024 DEPART PEK 16:40 … [Read more...]
A 7 Year old complaint.. and still true today….
I'm not going to write much on this, but http://twentytwowords.com/2012/04/13/amusingly-pissed-off-letter-to-continental-airlines-about-a-seat-by-the-lavatory/ provides some complaints that are still true if you're sat behind or near the small room on the plane. It maybe 7 years old - but it's still true today.... … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Special – A BMI Retrospective
It's Sunday, and it's time for a very special Airplane Art This week, it's the British Midland International fleet from 2007 to 2012 as photographed by my fair hands and fair cameras. As you probably know,BMI is now part of International Airlines Group and will be merged into the British Airways unit over the next few months. As a result, there's a strong chance that the … [Read more...]
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