Well things don't stand still in the aviation industry. With SkyTeam concentrating work in Africa, OneWorld in Europe, Star Alliance is working with African/Middle Eastern Carriers with the announcement that Ethiopian Airlines will be joining Star. Timetabled for full membership in the next 12 months, Ethiopian will be mentored by Lufthansa as they migrate systems towards being … [Read more...]
DJ: What’s that Skippy? Virgin Blue got reservation system problems?
A little technology fight is breaking out in Australia as Virgin Blue suffered a catastrophic reservation systems failure. On Sunday and Monday a 21-hour outage of the New Skies Reservation system, hosted at Navitaire's Sydney data centre, caused mass delays Virgin Blue's customers and services as the airline reverted to a manual system. In addition, the airline has had to … [Read more...]
BA/AA: Joint Venture Confirmed – Virgin on it’s tod.
News today has been released that say that the Joint Venture between British Airways and American Airlines has been given full approval, and has been signed off at a value of £.4.4 Billion a year.The terms of the Joint Venture allow the airlines to share costs and revenue on passengers from the European Union Area, Norway and Switzerland to the United States of … [Read more...]
SQ: Got money for Singapore Airlines F or Suites? Have a “free” night in Singapore….
Singapore Airlines have a lovely offer for First Class or Suites customers - a free night in a hotel with transfers thrown in if you're flying from Hong Kong.But not just any hotels - For Suites customers, you're off to The Raffles Hotel for the night. For First Class, it's a choice (dependant on when you're visiting and availability) of Fairmont Singapore Hotel, … [Read more...]
VS: Increasing Ghana, but lacking slots….
Virgin Atlantic have confirmed the success of it's London Heathrow to Accra, Ghana route with the addition an extra rotation, taking it to 4 services week for the peak Christmas Period (11/12/10 to 09/01/11). However, it seems a lack of slots is preventing the growth of the route further as Virgin wishes to increase the frequency permanently - but with capacity stretched at … [Read more...]
Things not to smuggle into the UK in your underwear: Drugs are bad m’kay?
Unsurprisingly, the UKBA and Customs and Exercise we not impressed with this little antic when an air stewardess for South African Airways -Ms Elphia Dlamini, 42, - hid a whopping £120,000 worth of cocaine (about 3kg weight) in her bra and knickers.She was stopped during a random search with sniffer dogs at Heathrow Airport.Ms Dlamini pleaded guilty to … [Read more...]
WN/FL: Another day, another takeover – Southwest to take over Air Tran
Well it seems the market is picking up for consolidation - this time with Southwest Airlines agreeing to buy AirTran for $1.4 billion, with the merger to be concluded in early 2011, and a full operations merger in 2012.So why? It's not as if Southwest needs more aircraft - it's about access to airports and slots - namely the access to Eastern USA as AirTran has a concentration … [Read more...]
AB: Air Berlin off to JFK from Berlin, starts to be more OneWorldish.
Air Berlin have announced as part of their OneWorld joining programme that will initiate a service between Berlin Tegal and New York JFK.Service will start in May 2011, with the following operation pattern (4 days a week)OUTBOUNDDEP TIME ARV TIME DAY TXL 10:00 JFK 12:45 MON, WED, SUNTXL 10:00 JFK 13:45 FRIRETURN DEP … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Asiana Airlines 767
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane p0rn.This week, it's an Asiana Airlines Boeing 767-300ER beginning it's taxi at Seoul Inchon International.More of course next week! … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Swiss A330
It's that time again to stow your tray tables, clip your seatbelts together, and pay attention to the safety video.This week, it's a Swiss's safety onboard their A330.More next week! … [Read more...]
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