Economy Class & Beyond

Jet2 has been a busy little thing, beavering away and carving out it's own little LCC niche whilst fighting off the big boys. Today, it announced some of the fruits of its labours with the launch of a new base at Glasgow airport serving:AlicanteDalamanFaroMajorcaNicePaphosSharm el SheTunisiafrom March 2011.. This replaces a lot of the "lost" capactiy when Globespan fell earlier … [Read more...]

Oh-la-la! It seems from press reports Air Asia X is preparing to make an attack on France, with a route from Paris Orly to Kuala Lumpur LCT according to Le Figaro. Reports indicate this will be a twice weekly flights between Paris Orly and Kuala Lumpur, with ap possiblitiy of services starting soon to next year depending on who you belive. Reports also indicate that Air Asia X … [Read more...]

Sorry for the lack of posts - at the moment, I'm putting the finishing touches to the Asia trip report. Hopefully this should be on tonight - so keep an eye out - it's going to be *big*Thanks! … [Read more...]

The remaining legacy airline in Mexico - AeroMexico is out shopping for more aircraft. With the collaspe (which increasingly seeming permanent)of Mexicana, AeroMexico realises it needs some more capacity.As a Boeing shop, it's heading back to Seattle to see what planes they can evaluate and require for it's fleet. AeroMexico currently operates a mixture of 737-700's, … [Read more...]

As discussed in the blog and now formally confirmed, the Taiwanese carrier China Airline will join the SkyTeam Alliance - bringing it up to five members in the Asia region.Skyteam's other members in the area include Korean Air, China Sothern, China Eastern (including Shanghai Airlines), Vietnam Airlines. The intention is to for China Airlines join SkyTeam by mid-2011, with … [Read more...]

Sad news comes from Venezuela with the loss of 14 lives in an accident involving an ATR 42 crashing near Puerto Ordaz, a few kilometres southeast of Ciudad Guayana.The Convisasa Flight 2350 was an ATR42 had been operating on the north cost Venezuela, some 300 miles from Caracas when it came down. Twenty-three of the 47 occupants on board have been taken to hospitals, made up … [Read more...]

Air China is being a busy beaver in the background, with the announcement of the purchase of 4 Boeing 777-300ER's to bolster it's long haul fleet.The aircraft are going to arrive between 2013 and 2014, increasing capacity and matching demand.It may just be another 4 aircraft, but in long haul terms the 777-300ER is pull the crown of "long haul aircraft" from the 747.. … [Read more...]

Yes, indeed it is too late for a free ESTA now, and that in order to process your ESTA, you have to hand your Credit Card details over to the United States Government (but they already have it as it's in the information packet that's transmitted to them when you book your flight). And yes, the ESTA site still looks like it's been designed for a 6th Form (High School) project.Of … [Read more...]