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Traveling on a Continental 737… Don’t expect any inseat IFE….

24/11/2009 by Kevincm

Big news from our newest members of the Star Alliance -  Continental It seems to have issues with their the delivered LiveTV (LTV3) system installed in their Boeing 737-900ERs and 737-800's, after discovery there is an out of specification problem on the units. It looks like fix is simple - however - it will take time to do the fleet. Of course Continental have … [Read more...]

London gets a clue at last – Full Oyster from 2nd Jaunary 2010.

23/11/2009 by Kevincm

Well it's taken long enough for the Greater London Assembly and Transport to London to get their heads around the rail companies and knock sense into them and FINALLY delivered Full Oyster for All Transport for London Network services. If you're a visitor to London (or an Oyster PAYG user), you have 3 options at the moment: Buy an Oyster Card any pay up for train … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United 757 – Rotate

22/11/2009 by Kevincm

It's that time of the week again - it's Airplane p0rn time! We're still at LAX, with a United 757-200 taking off. More Airplane p0rn - of course - next week! … [Read more...]

Your next flight to Dante’s Inferno – Operated by Air Austral

20/11/2009 by Kevincm

The Airbus A380 - Sometimes called a WhaleJet or a BlunderBus, it does have redeeming features in the carriers that have so far implemented it - least of all in First, Business or even down the back where there have been innovations throughout. However, Airbus quote a theoretical 853 ultra-dense all Economy layout of an A380 as the maximum design limit. Well it seems Air … [Read more...]

Delayed in the USA today? Blame the autoloading systems….

19/11/2009 by Kevincm

The Register reports a classical fail today - the failure by the FAA to automaticly load flights which has lead to delays to services today as flight plans aren't being loaded. Problems kicked off at 05:06, and whilst radio and radar are uneffected, Air Traffic Control Systems are having to load the rest of the flight plan data manually. Oopsie. At time of writing, … [Read more...]

Congratulation Gray!

19/11/2009 by Kevincm

Bit of blog adim between Delta trying to take over the world and the Dubai airshow, it's time to congratulate Gray at Wing and a Prayer as he has migrates from WordPress to Boarding Area Business Travellers Blogs His blog competes with mine in dry humor and sarcasm, but has some very good adventures including a great East European and Iraq adventure, as well as news and … [Read more...]

BMI Diamond Club – Big Changes ahead – for the BETTER.

17/11/2009 by Kevincm

For those of you signed up with BMI Diamond Club as your Star Alliance Frequent flier programme, there are some BIG changes as of today. Lets go through them... The end of the Gold Upgrade Voucher (GUV's) - These paper based vouchers could be used to upgrade a ticket from Economy to Premium or Business dependant on routes. These have been replaced with Complimentary … [Read more...]

Dubai Airshow 2009: Condesed, Distilled and Highlighted.

16/11/2009 by Kevincm

It's time to pack your buckets and spades, and head of to Dubai for the airshow. (What... Dubai is Blackpool but with Sun? Nothing of the sort. You might like to think that - I possibly couldn't comment) Anyhoo, they're having an airshow, so lets  look at the run up and day 1, and see what's interesting in Civil aviation.... Jazeera Airways orders IFE and … [Read more...]

LOLBirds on the Middle seat….

16/11/2009 by Kevincm

LOLBirds on my thoughts on the middle seat... Now.... about paying for seat assignments.... Source: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/11/16/funny-pictures-for-an-aisle-seat/ … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Northwest Boeing 747-400

15/11/2009 by Kevincm

It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more Airplane p0rn. Continuing last weeks LAX photos, this week, it's a NorthWest (Delta) 747-400 on taxi at LAX airport. More Airplane p0rn of course ... next week! … [Read more...]

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