Economy Class & Beyond

Malev renationalised – Another Legacy Suffering

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Three years after being privatised, in an effort to save the carrier, Malev (Hungary) is renationalised with the government taking a 95% stake in the company, and the original privatisation owners (Airbridge) taking a 5% stake.The main reason of course - is the bad economic climate that is only starting to had towards a recovery. Malev has been through the fiscal mill recently … [Read more...]

iPhone Apps – Is there an App for your airline or alliance?

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Update History:- List Created 27/02- Last Updated 13/10, Welcome Austrian Airlines!I hate and love the iTunes App Store with both a single breath - least of all when I'm hunting for decent travel applications.Even when hunting for Airline Apps, it can be a bit of a challenge - so to help things along, I'm going to try and build a list of Airlines who have iPhone apps - with … [Read more...]

Saying sorry – the Diamond Club way

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A few days ago, a mystery transaction appeared in my BMI Diamond Club account for 1000 miles. Now a 1000 miles is always useful... but whyfor? Well a carefully worded apology came from Donnington Hall explains it all.."Over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed we've been experiencing some problems with the Diamond Club login on our website. To protect your data and … [Read more...]

A salutory lesson on Data Roaming – 2.5GB for £8000!

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For the masses out there who have brought 3G USB Modems (or as some call then "Dongles"), it's time for some sobering advice regarding them.William Harrison signed up for a 3GB/month Contract with Orange UK for a Mobile Data Plan - so he would have access to the Internet whilst on the move and during his internship in Paris. Now if was using his dongle in the UK,& 3GB would … [Read more...]

Aegean and Olympic to Merge… huh?

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Ok - this one was completely off the radar. The New Olympic Airlines and Aegean Airlines are to merge to make a "New New" Olympic Air. Olympic air was built out of the remains of Olympic Airways (and the sorry saga behind that). Aegan has had a health growth over the past few years.Alas, Greece and a lot of companies in that zone have suffered badly during the recession, … [Read more...]

Kingfisher Airlines to join OneWorld.

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It seems spring is in the air for alliances as companies buddy up together. Today seems no exception with Kingfisher Airlines of India joining OneWorld.A memorandum of understanding has been signed as a first step between the current 11 members of OneWorld and Kingfisher, and should progress into full membership - subject to Indian regulatory approval from India's Ministry of … [Read more...]

Paris ATC goes on strike… who’s next please?

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It seems that going on strike is the in-vouge thing to do at the moment.Both Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly controllers have walked out in a five day strike over job fears, with 25% running out of Paris-CDG and  50% of flights running at Paris-OrlyStaff are objecting to a six-national deal (between Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland) to … [Read more...]

*** BREAKING *** Lufthansa/Germanwings Strike SUSPENDED.

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The Lufthansa/Germanwings strike has been suspended. Subject to the outcome of talks with the Union and Management, the next industrial action - if any will be 09/03. An agreement with union and management has been obtained after  a two-hour long hearing at a Frankfurt industrial court.The strike will be officially lifted at Midnight CET, but expect serious distruption … [Read more...]

** BREAKING ** BA Staff vote to strike – by 81%

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In a completely unexpected move(!) British Airways staff in the Unite union have voted to strike with 81% of staff polled voting in favour of industrial action.However British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) say this may not end in a strike.Quote: "We don't want to strike," said spokesperson Ken Ablard. "All we want is for BA to negotiate and not … [Read more...]