Economy Class & Beyond

LAN/TAM/LATAM – Don’t expect an alliance decision for some time to come

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It seems there is still a lot of work to be done at LATAM (the combine LAN and TAM entity), with the big question of "Which airline alliance will they dance with" LATAM is saying "Come back in 2012 when we've got closer to merging".For now, LAN members can redeem away on OneWorld, whilst TAM members will have fun with Star Alliance For TAM, it's been an extra US$60m in … [Read more...]

BAA in possible climbdown – strike action at British Airports suspended.

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It seems that BAA has no fight in it, and has rolled over to Unite with an improved pay offer made it it's members after a day of talks on Monday to attempt to solve the dispute. The impacted strike would had hit all BAA Airports including Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Heathrow, London Stansted and SouthamptonAfter 9 hours of talks, an agreement was reached, but no news … [Read more...]

** Update ** Aires Airline Flight 8250

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More is now becoming clear about the air crash today.Aries Flight 8250 operating from Bogotá to San Andreas crashed and broke up as it came in to land in the island of San Andres.The Boeing 737-700 with 131 and crew aboard.  It is reported that the aircraft was hit by lighting before crashed. On contact with the ground, the aircraft split in three with the nose part … [Read more...]

*UPDATE* 737-700 Hit By lightening, Crashed, 1 Fatality

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An update of the earlier story, a Aires airline 737-700 was hit by lightnening, with 1 passenger was killed and 34 were injured, causing it to split into at least two parts when landing early Monday on the island of San Andres, Colombia,There were a reported131 people on-board the 737-700 which crashed  around 1:50 a.m. (2:50 a.m. ET), More updates later … [Read more...]

TAM and LAN to merge

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Now here's anohter one that's appeared from nowhere. Brasil's TAM and Chile's LAN Group have announced the intention to merge together into a new group airline. LATAM Airlines Group would combine a bevy of Latin America carriers including all of LAN's and TAM's passenger and cargo activities, whilst still maintaining all the individual brands The merger is subject to both … [Read more...]

BAA vs Unite: 3-1 in favour of Striking

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Here we go with Unite muscling in, and its BAA staff choosing to strike by a factor of 3 to 1 for strike after the rejection of the 1% pay rise offer. Scarily, this also means that BAA will have to close on any strike days as essential staff are due to take part in the walkouts. These include fire fighters, security officers, engineers and support roles on the airport. The hit … [Read more...]