Economy Class & Beyond

And We Are One!

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Well, I never thought I'd get this far, but I'm happy to say this...GhettoIFE.com is one year old today, and just shy of 500 posts in the first year!!!I'd like to thank everyone who has: clickedwandered overaccidentally clickedlaughed at my misfortuneWandered over from Boarding Area, FlyerTalk, Flightsimworld, Airliners.netLooked at picturesHave left comments during this past … [Read more...]

Going into Austraila? Read your customs form if you’re bringing naughty material into the country….

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Well it seems Australia has been updating forms without telling anyone. In particular someone has updated the forms you must declare if you are bringing in Pornography into the Australia. It's started to come to light, mainly thanks to the Australian Sex Party. To quote,. Fiona Patten, president of the Australian Sex Party, said: “If you and your partner have filmed or … [Read more...]

BA looses a fair wodge down the back of the sofa… £531 million…

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Well, in not entirely unexpected news, British Airways has made it's announcement for it's full year, and it not good.Whilst not on Air France-KLM's level, it's still a hefty dent of £531 million. Losses for BA were blamed on lower passenger numbers, increased costs and strike action.Whilst revenues were down £1 billion on the previous year, there have been cost … [Read more...]

FCO – Avoid Thailand unless it’s essential you’re there.

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated their advisory on the Bangkok and Thailand situation.In a nutshell:The overall level of the advice has changed; we advise against all travel to specific parts of Thailand, including Bangkok.  We advise against all but essential travel to other specific parts of Thailand, including Chiang Mai.Oh dear. The breakdown … [Read more...]

Another LCC tries to make USA-STN work… but will it?

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So Sun Country Airlines are going to make a bash of a Summer route, linking Minneapolis St Paul with London Stansted. But who are they, why should you care, and what are they on?Sun Country has been through the mill, and is coming out of Chapter 11 reorganisation, and seems to be in the mood to try something different, namley running an over the pond service. Running through … [Read more...]

Air France – KLM looses more money down the back of the sofa…

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Oh dear. Money seems to be getting tighter at Air France-KLM Group today after their annual numbers have been annouced.And it's not good news with a massive loss of €1.55 Billion Euro.This is blamed on a mixture of things that they could come up with inculdingFalling air traficLow cargo yieldsFuel Prices up, down and everywhereAnd the AF447 incident. The cheichief … [Read more...]

Egypt Air – Eyeing up the Americas…

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It seems EgyptAir is getting a bit ambiguous with it's new fleet of Boeing 777-300ER's, and has eyes for further expansion across the pond next year when the last pair of 77W's arrive.Currently, there is no direct Cairo to Toronto, Washington or Chicago, and EgyptAir want to change that.Deployments of 777-300ER's are starting to happen, with an London route (temporarily until … [Read more...]