Economy Class & Beyond

** BREAKING ** American Airlines files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

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Breaking from The Wall Street Journal and American Airlines itself, AMR - the holding company of American Airlines and American Eagle has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection. Quickly reading it, AMR is doing this to restructure its costs and debt to assure it's long term survival, and thus, has filed Chapter 11. AMR intends to operate all services through the … [Read more...]

UK Border Agency/Public Sector Strike 30/11 – It’s on

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Well with the Unions and Government itching for a smack-down fight, lets do a quick round of up of the facts thoughts, and damn lies Truths: Most public sector agencies will be down heavily tomorrow (30/11) due to a strike against the changes to the public sector provisions. This includes parts of Local Government, Schools, parts of the NHS, and the UK Border … [Read more...]

A380 Update: Thai Airways International first A380 goes into final assembly

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Lets have some nice pretty looking aviation news, and it's from Airbus who have released a picture of the first Thai Airways International Airbus A380 entering final assembly. Image - (c) Airbus SAS 2011. Now I don't know about you, but that Purple on the tail fin does look very pretty indeed (and I do like the colour scheme they've chosen for the "re-brand"). I'll look … [Read more...]

What’s that skippy? An iPhone ‘exploding’ inflight?

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News from Australia with an iPhone that was being a bit temperamental. Regional Express (REX) were operating a flight Lismore to Sydney, and after landing, the Apple iPhone4 decided to emit what REX calls "significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow" It seems however the flight attendant was on the ball, extinguishing the device before it could do any … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – ANA 747-400

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It's Saturday again, so it's time for another safety video. This week (and as we're near the end of the month it's a "classical" safety video), and bearing no relation for my next trip, it's ANA presenting safety for it's Boeing 747-400's. More of course next week! … [Read more...]

52,500 Miles can take you a long way…

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... even when doing a "miles only" redemption.  But where? Well the taxes are loaded, and here is a little map to wet your appetite... So I'll let you all de-construct the routes and plans... as I prepare to plan the return journey home. And before anyone asks. Economy Class. For this trip - I've heard of it... and FRA-HND. I'm sure it won't take a genius to … [Read more...]

The Long Road to Denver…

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Well with everything kicking off at work (not least of all due to a certain action that is occurring next Wednesday), I'm in the midst of preparing for my end of year mileage run. Because those miles aren't going to earn themselves as I get to my end of BMI year. For a challenge, I've set myself with a tiny itinerary next week. It's not complex in any way, shape or … [Read more...]

Government postures for Public Sector Strike – Whitehall Civil Servants Training for Border Security

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It seems Her Majesty's Government has got it through its head (no matter what thinly vield threats it is trying to state through the media) that the UK Public Sector Unions are taking their members out on strike on the 30th November 2011. And this will impact the UK Border as the members of the UK Border Agency are members of the PCS Union who are joining the day of … [Read more...]