Economy Class & Beyond

BA: New Routes – HND abound!

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Time for some good BA News. British Airways has announced new routes and frequency upgrades today with:South America:London Heathrow - Buenos Aires - Now a Direct flight as opposed to a stop in San Paulo (with both having direct flights daily)Caribbean:London Gatwick to Barbados will increase from 10 to 12 flights a weekLondon Gatwick to Antigua will increase from five to six … [Read more...]

Eastern Airways to take over Air Southwest

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It seems the UK regionals are starting consolidation moves. Air Southwest (which I've talked about in this blog when it's parent company put it up for sale)It seems that there is a knight in shining armour, and that knight is another UK Regional - Eastern AirwaysSutton Harbour (Air Southwest's parent) put the airline on the market due to the little economic problems that have … [Read more...]

CO/UA: United and Continental Cleared to Merge at Shareholder level

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The shareholders have stood up, and the merger has been approved by both sides, allowing United and Continental to progress with the process. The aim of course is size, and reductions in cost. As stated before the new airline will have the blend of the United and Continental Airlines livery, known as United, and with Jeff Smisek (CEO of Continental) taking the lead. With both … [Read more...]

BA: How do you design a first class suite?

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http://develop3d.com/profiles/come-fly-with-me has an answer with some of the thoughts that were around when the new British Airways First Class Seat was being developed.Whilst all these things are nice - the thing that also distinguishes First Class - is the service both off and on the plane itself.Highly interesting lunch time reading! … [Read more...]

Unite shows it’s teeth in court …. to BMI…

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Unite is getting in the habit of showing it's teeth when it isn't unhappy. This time it's angry at BMI and Lufthansa over an unpaid pay rise which was initially deferred for a year, with BMI is being taken to court by the union Unite over claims it has failed to honour a three-year pay award to its staff.Unite claims that 3,000 members at the company have not had received a … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn: The Two Faces of Thai – Boeing 777-200’s

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For this week's Airplane p0rn, something slightly different - two of the same airplanes operated by the same company but in different colour schemes.This week it's Thai Airways Boeing 777-200's, both at Seoul Inchon International.The "Old" colour scheme And the "Current" colour schemeMore of course next week! … [Read more...]

Kevin gets a little Seoul – To Seoul and Hong Kong with Asiana and Thai

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Kevin gets a little Seoul - To Seoul and Hong Kong with Asiana, and Thai in F and C (and a Lufty segment in Y). (BHX-FRA, FRA-ICN, ICN-HKG, HKG-ICN-LHR) a Or "Burn Baby Burn... Miles Inferno!" For previous trip reports, click here! ---- To quote Monty Python, "And now time for something completely different”. Regular GhettoIFE.com and Flyertalk Trip report readers … [Read more...]

Jet2 expands – Glasgow in sight….

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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...]