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...]
BD: BMI is off on anohter mad deployment… to Tripoli?
Once again, someone is smoking something good at Donnington Hall with the formal announcement that BMI will be commencing a service from London to Tripoli, Libya. They will join British Airways and Libyan Airlines who fly from Heatrow, and Air Afriqiyah from Gatwick. Seemly, the route has been introduced due to the oil and gas sector which BMI is building a little niche to … [Read more...]
D7: Air Asia also HND bound!
Hot off the heels of the news British Airways is heading to Toyko Haneda, is one that is slightly less impressive, but perhaps a lot more locally important.Air Asia X is joining in the fray connecting Kuala Lumpur to Toyko Haneda with a low cost entry. They will be offering a 3 times a week service, using A330 aircraft, fitted with “Premium FlatBed seats” which have … [Read more...]
LH: Crazy A380 deployments continue – Viva Espania!
It seems Lufthansa is still trying to get their pilots trained on A380's, and have announced more odd deployments of the the WhaleJet.This time, the A380's are off to get some sun in Mallorca during next month.Times and dates are Date DEP FRA ARV PMI02/10/10 09:20 11:2003/10/10 … [Read more...]
EY/DJ: What’s that Skippy? Virgin Blue Group and Eithad alliance approved
News flies in from Austraila of the proposed alliance with Virgin Blue Group and Eithad has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).The upshot of the decision is that the two companies are allowed to cooperate on pricing and scheduling between the two networks, and new services from Sydney-Abu Dhabi and Brisbane-Abu Dhabi in the future. The … [Read more...]
S7: Confirmed to Join OneWorld in 15th November
It's confirmed that S7 Airlines will be formally joining the OneWorld Alliance on the 15th November and gaining full membership of the alliance. It's been some time since S7 declared their interest, and a slow slog to membership (although faster than Air India joining Star Alliance it seems), but from the go date, OneWorld Code-shares, privileges and benefits will apply. S7 … [Read more...]
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