Economy Class & Beyond

NYC: Positioning in – Which is more stupidly priced… KL or WW?

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I'll be getting onto the meat of the run tommorow, but today, I'm going to discuss how to postion in. And the stupidity of some airlines.To commence this run, I need to haul-ass to Amsterdam. From Birmingham, that boils down to two options - KLM or BMI Baby. Now, I'm a minited AirFrance/KLM Gold. And for fun I popped in a query into their fare engine for a single flight from … [Read more...]

BD: The Road to Miles and More… is on hold – Diamond Club to remain through 2011 at least.

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For those of us who use BMI's Diamond Club as our frequent flyer programme, the ongoing dark cloud of "Will it merge into Miles and More or not" has been a big question.Well after a meeting, the following news is out - and it's good:Now that bmi is a part of the Lufthansa group of airlines, we are evaluating being part of Miles & More in the long term. A final decision has … [Read more...]

BA: Unite vs BA… How many Union reps does it take to organise a strike ballot correctly?

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And no, I don't know either as Unite's team can't seem to organise a ballot either. To the point where British Airways has gone to court to get the strike deemed as illegal.... and it's to the point where Unite is having to re-ballot it's members after what Unite calls "legal blitz" by the airline. BA Retorts that Unite has "nobody to blame but itself".British Airways states: … [Read more...]

HP: And All I see when I see the new Hawaii Five-O titles….

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For us mere British People, the Hawaii Five-O Reboot has been airing on Sky 1 on Sunday.And when I see the title sequence, I see a certain Hawaiian airline has managed to get some valuable exposure...(about 14 seconds, and 2 seconds or so of exposure)Yes, Hawaiian Airlines and one of their new A330's gets pride of screen. … [Read more...]

DL: Launches Premium Economy product – “Economy Comfort”

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It's been discussed at length, but airlines are introducing Premium Economy seats like the idea is going out of business (which in some cases are a either an upgraded economy product or a downgraded business product... or in the case of one airline in an exercise in extra legroom).Well Delta has decided to release a premium economy product called "Economy Comfort" (taking the … [Read more...]

What? Another Trip in a few days?

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Afraid so.I'm opening up a new travel tag called NYC. And yes, it EXACTLY where you think it is.However, there is a very big ulterior motive to this trip. And yes, it is photography based.But you'll find out what that is soon enough... Over the next few days, I'll be building up to the trip (with of course, live reporting when I find a free hotspot).For now, I'll leave you with … [Read more...]

QF: What’s that skippy? Qantas putting it’s Fuel Surchage (YQ) up?

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The Spirit of Australia has decided it needs a bit more spirit. Or ideally Jet1-A fuel. Alas, as that's getting expensive, a fuel surcharge is being applied as price of oil is going up everywhere. For Europe, prepare to be stung with a 53% rise from US$96 to US$147.For the Americas and South Africa, the rise is 35% or so from from US$86 to US$116. For Asia and Pacific Region … [Read more...]

1000th Boeing 767 rolled out to ANA

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Well it doesn't seem like a few weeks since I talked about Boeing preapring it's 1000th 767 preparing for rollout. Well now it's painted up, and almost ready for rolling out, and heading off flight testing and delivery to the ever patient ANA whilst they wait for new 787'sImage - BoeingWell whilst it does look striking in ANA's colours, and the 1001 767 is being assembled … [Read more...]

SQ: The return of the Singapore Girl

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She's back after a long time in advertising land - yes the Singapore Girl is back, not showing the product, but the emotions of a product.If that's at all possible. Whilst not as outlandish as Virgin's advert, it's a simple put together one. And I like. … [Read more...]