Economy Class & Beyond

Pictures from ATL or Bust are now live!

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Good news everyone! The pictures from the trip report are now live at Photoblog.They have been split down into inconvenience you further.To BHXBHX-FRA with Lufthansa + Hotel SavoyFRA-ORD with UnitedORD-ATL with UnitedThe Hyatt Regency AtlantaThe Embassy Suites and ATL-IADIAD-LHR Part IIAD-LHR Part II - Night time over London The trip report is about 3/4 written, and should be … [Read more...]

From silence to life – reopening European airspaace

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This little video care of ITO World shows what happened when.... http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11205494&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo.Will this be the last volcano ash post? Hopefully for some time.... … [Read more...]

Oh dear. UNITE calls for BA Cabin Crew to reject deal…

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Ever feel like going around in circles? Well here we go again with Unite and BA.As negotiations have once again failed to reach positive agreement for both sides, the Unite/BASSA Union said it will "strongly recommend" that its members reject the latest offer from the airline.Of course, if the cabin crew reject the offer, it's down the road to strike action - although Unite … [Read more...]

JAL’s troubles continue: Route cuts.

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It never seems to get better for JAL. In addition to the pain they've gone through, they've also taken an axe to some more of their international pairs (15 more, taking it to 28),  and suspending 30 (taking it to 50) domestic pairs to reduce its network and costs, along with 11 oversees offices and 8 domestic bases JAL is attempting to push the airline back to … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Jade Cargo 747-400ERF

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane p0rn.Today, its the boring side of big planes - Cargo planes - a Jade Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF loading up at Frankfurt am Main Airport.More airplane p0rn next week  and more stuff about the trip later. … [Read more...]