Economy Class & Beyond

SQ/DJ : Annoucne tie up…. explains why MH was rushed into OneWorld…

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It seems there is more than meets the eye, with Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia announcing a Strategic Alliance today.They're planning to:Codeshare on each other’s international and domestic flights;Offer reciprocal frequent flyer programme benefits and lounge access;Co-ordinate schedules between Singapore and Australia and beyond to provide seamless connections; … [Read more...]

MH: To Join… Oneworld!

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Well this is a turn-up for the books. Malaysian Airlines who have been buddying up with KLM recently have decided to join OneWorld instead as announced at a meeting off the current IATA Conference. The announcement with the CEO of MAS - Tengku Azmil and the co-sponsor - Alan Joyce of Qantas, say that the airline will be ready to join within 12-18 months.Using Kuala Lumpur as … [Read more...]

Blog Admin: Trip Report pictures are a bit broken….

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Bit of minor blog admin, but it seems the hosts of my photos (Photoblog.com) have once again fiddled with the hosting arrangements of some of my older photos. Which means most of the photos in the older trip reports (2008-2009) are broken at this moment in time. I'll be fixing them over the weekend - again as it seems more of my times is spent fixing at the moment. Almost … [Read more...]

KE: A380 off to… Paris!

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Korean Air has umm'd and ahh'd over where it's going to deploy it's first A380. And it's chosen Paris Charles De Gaul as it's first "Official" destination after the run-in flightsThe run-in flights will initially commence on regional routes the 17/06/2011 operating Seoul Inchon to Tokyo Narita, Hong Kong and eventually Bangkok. Internationally the A380's will be deployed on … [Read more...]

BA: 100 Airbus’s later….

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Airbus is making a slight celbration as British Airways takes delivery of it's 100th Airbus aircraft. The aircraft - an A320 pushes British Airways into "a prestigious club" of over 100 Airbus owners.Here's a pretty picture. Image - Airbus S.A.R.L. However, before BA can smile smugly in the background, EasyJet has recently taken delivery of it's 200th Narrowbody Airbus. And … [Read more...]

BD: A330 Routes Confirmed.

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Well after making a few pennies hiring an A330 to Turkish Airlines, BMI have now got the other frame of it's massive A330 fleet of 2 aircraft, and has decided how to deploy them.The frame will be operating:Heathrow-Almaty/Bishkek from 25/06/2011Heathrow-Freetown from 26/06/2011.Heathrow-Freetown will be non-stop now, as the previous aircraft that operated the route - an A321 - … [Read more...]

Scary Lunchtime Reading: AF447

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Flight has translated the transcript of what happened on the ill fated Air France Flight AF447 which crashed.Sobering reading over lunch.http://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/2011/05/af447-after-two-long-years-six.html … [Read more...]

SEN Run: Job Done.

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Not to blow my own trumpet, but my the run I chronicled in SEN for £128.20? has paid off this morning with this in my Miles and More profile:Ich bin ein Senator.Job done! … [Read more...]