Economy Class & Beyond

SQ: More A330’s on the way

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It seems Singapore Airlines are liking the A330's it operates. So much so, they're leasing another 15 of them, due for delivery between 2013 and 2015. The new aircraft will replace some of the existing Boeing 777's that are used for regional and mid-haul services - covering Asia, Australia and Middle East.They currently operate 19 on the type on 5 year short leases (and … [Read more...]

UK Public Service Strike (PCS/Teaching Unions/Others) – Expect long immigration queues

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Tommorow could be a very long day if you're coming into the United Kingdom as the Public Services Unions are going out of strike. UKBA's Border staff are members of the PCS Union, who are taking their members on strike, as well as Schools, Universities, Courts and probation services, Jobcentres and tax and benefit offices, Driving test centres Some Council Services, and more … [Read more...]

Office of Fair Trading: Hidden Card Fees to be banned.

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Well it seems the Office of Fair Trading may have some teeth after all, in todays announcement that Travel companies have been ordered to end the use of hidden surcharges for passengers paying by card.For those who are pained with the filling in booking forms, we all know at the page before "buy", some airlines will decide to levy a fee for the use of a credit card or Debit … [Read more...]

TG: To Brussles

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Good news for those of us who like to save some money on taxes and like redeeming long haul. Thai Airways International is starting a route from Brussels to Bangkok from 17th November 2011.The route will operate 3 times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, using a Boeing 777-200ER at the following times:TG934    DEP BKK 00:30      ARR BRU … [Read more...]

National Express East Angila: Yes, the curse of heat is back.

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It's the same every time we have a bit of extreme weather - cancellations ahoy. National Express Anglia lead the pack with the hot weather causing trouble on the orders of Network Rail, with the heat affecting the overhead power lines. London to Ipswich, Braintree, Southend are all hit in different ways. National Express East Anglia says:"Due to high temperature on Monday 27 … [Read more...]

VS: Branson to Pilots – “Extremely Sad” over threat of strikes

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dIn a bid to head off the strike action which BALPA and the Virgin Atlantic pilots are threatening, Sir Richard Branson has sent a letter to the pilots, stating he was "extremely sad" about the threat of strikes, and that he would be happy to meet them for private talks.There also was a tag-on of the line "it will leave an indelible scar on the company, impact customers' trust … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Thursday Lunchtime Update

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Well it's Thursday lunchtime, and here's the news from Paris.And we open with Air Asia's massive order for 200 A320neo's. Yes - 200 frames. With none of the frames they have on order currently being cancelled this takes Air Asia to 375 frames due from Airbus. That's a LOT of frames!Meanwhile Airbus has disclosed an agreement for 10 A380's has been tentatively agreed with an … [Read more...]