Apologies for the delay into today's post - I've been busy reviewing my photographic portfolio and it is quite frankly swallowing every minute when I should be beginning to pack....It seems all is not well in Virgin Atlantic land. BALPA ( British Airline Pilots' Association) dropped a minor little shell on VS , requesting a meeting with managemnt on Tuesday for talks to avoid … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Condor 767-300ER and Vietname Airlines 777-200ER
It's Sunday again, and that means it must be time for some more airplane p0rn.This week, it's a two-for-one - A Condor 767-300ER with winglets fitted in the forwground, and a Vietnam Airlines 777-200ER taking off in the background at Frankfurt AirportMore next week! … [Read more...]
Those Kiwi’s are at it again – New Air New Zealand Safety Video.
Last year they did bodypaint. This year, it's Rugby! Again unique. Excellent work Air New Zealand! … [Read more...]
A Darn good reason to keep your system secure – Malware ridden computer fingered in the Spaniair crash…
In the real world, I'm an Systems Administrator. And I hate it when people don't want to update computer, or not look after their computers downloading crap by the bucketload.Well here's a good enough reason that comes via Graham Cluley's Blog at Sophos (an Enterprise System Protection company), with a report that central computer system than was monitoring aircraft (though not … [Read more...]
AA: American to charge for “Premium” Seats, follows UA, US, CO, etc…
Late to the game American Airlines has decided to open up the first few rows of coach/econmomy seating to "anyone who pays extra" for it. Bundled in is the right to be the first to board a plane - a good thing in the USA considering the state of the overhead bins and how loaded they are. They are being sold under the Your Choice" product, avalible to American Airlines customers … [Read more...]
The Long Road to Miles and More: German press annouces possible date, more questions than answers
Globalflight reports that "bmi will terminate its Frequent Flyer Program Diamond Club towards June 2011 and merge it into the program of its new owner Lufthansa, Miles & More." Well we know about that BMI is on the verge of terminating it thanks to the investor speech Herr Prock-Schauer gave a few weeks ago. There is some analysis on the cost of an EU redemption - however … [Read more...]
So I haven’t said a word about the JetBlue flight attendant incident.
Instead - it's just an image.With thanks to PostSecret. … [Read more...]
LAN/TAM/LATAM – Don’t expect an alliance decision for some time to come
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.
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
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...]
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