Economy Class & Beyond

OZ: How to stick one on your fellow airlines.

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(By the time this posts, I should be somewhere over Greenland - I love this schedule posting thing so sorry I if I don't write more sooner...) Asiana Airlines is a little airline I came to love on my little trip to Seoul and Hong Kong.But let it not be said they sometimes could be with... checking their charms sometimes. With the annoumcent on Monday of some changes to Asiana … [Read more...]

On board ….

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And surprise, channel 9 is off - as is my screen it seems....And blogger isn't working right either. Anyone else say the words. "trouble" ahead?More later. … [Read more...]

Not so much running, more like rushing.

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Greetings from the Star Alliance dark place Common lounge. With a little help from a coach driver who understands the term "putting his foot down".More later on - but it's breakfast time to help myself of a bacon roll or 2.... (No picrtures I'm afraid as blogger is being "maintained". Bunch of waste..... … [Read more...]

Moving…

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45 minutes late. should just make check in... but there's going to be runningAnd lots of it..- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

Oh Wonderful….

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Coach has broken down... Thankfully at Birmingham. The race.. Is ON!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

AR: Yet another “Quality” member to join SkyTeam

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News comes from Argentina with Aerolineas Argentinas is to join the SkyTeam alliance, becoming the group's first South American member.Aerolineas Argentina is aiming to sign an agreement this month to begin the process of joining SkyTeam, targenting an entry in 2012.They operate a mixture of Airbus A340-200's, A340-300's, Boeing 737-500's, 700's and 800's, and Three Boeing … [Read more...]

Gatwick: Welcomes A380s…

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As Gatwick continues to assert it's independance over BAA and get it's own identity, a welcome peice of news has arrived from Crawley Borough Council (the area Gatwick is based in) to allow operation of A380's through LGW.This now puts it on par with Heathrow and Manchester as one of the few places that A380's can operate from without special permission.  Of course, to … [Read more...]

Lies, Damn Lies, Marketing and United.com….

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Well, I have a set of UA flights coming up, so I'm check the loads and seats regularly (least of all to see what bumping opportunities may arise on the trip, but mainly to see if anyone is sat next to me thanks to that wonderfully awful tool called "Seat Selection").Imagine my surprise when I checked the seat of one of my domestic segments.And then another....What's this? … [Read more...]