It's Friday, so it's time to have a quick wibble around the web to find out who's doing what. JAL - Seems like *everyone* is interested in them JAL has a few suitors after it now - Delta and American as reported before and now Air France has tipped it's hat into the ring. BBC News, Flight, CrankyFlyer American Airlines - One Beeillon Dollars! With no apology to … [Read more...]
Be careful what buttons you push.. (Aer Lingus flight accidently sounds ditch alarm)
Sometimes, we're too button heavy in life. Pressing buttons is fun! Well.. be careful what buttons you press if you're 35,000ft in the air. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Paris CDG was 20 minutes into flight when the seatbelt sign was switched on and passengers were requested to return to their seats due to turbulence. The automated French version way played... which … [Read more...]
Delta and American goes after JAL…
This broke on Friday, and I thought it could do with a bit more analysis than the usual two lines in the Friday Roundup Japan Airlines is in one heck of a state at the moment - with it hanging onto bailout money and doing service cuts by the the planeload. So it seems a white knight in shining amour has appeared in the form of Delta. Eh? When you step back and think … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – SIA’s A380 at Heathrow
It's Sunday - must be time for more airplane p0rn. A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 landing and taxing at Heathrow Airport From More Airplane p0rn next week! … [Read more...]
The News Roundup, US Immigration, EK
It's Friday, so it's time to wrap up this week in Civil Aviation and ponder what people were thinking this week: US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service. I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry. EK Send a A380 to BHX I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380 landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX … [Read more...]
Analysis: BA Citiflyer takes on the ERJ-170
(Sorry it's late - the joy of work...) To some, its a surprise that BA has taken these aircraft. To others hasn't taken these aircraft on sooner. But what is an ERJ-170, who makes them, and why are they now becoming so important that BA has taken note? BA CitiFlyer ERJ-170 - Embraer The ERJ-170/175/190/195 Project (E-Jets) to some people is simply an aircraft that's … [Read more...]
Apologies for the sound of silence
The real world is keeping me a bit too busy at the moment due to the joy of the return to work and my friend's graduation. There should be a post a bit later on - I'll be rounding off the ERJ-170 post a bit later today. … [Read more...]
Soapbox: Want to enter the USA? That’s $10 please.
In an effort to show how caring the USA is wanting to educate us how great it is to visit the country, for online Visa Waivers, there is a planned charge of $10 to use to the tool. The US Consulate calls this "A storm in a teacup". I alas - don't. Where as a fare to the USA is made up of many things (including security charges, inspection charges, etc), this represents … [Read more...]
Trip Report- The BA Y+ And Y Experiance – LHR-BKK-SYD-SIN-LHR AKA Thank You England and Australian Cricket teams!
The The BA Y+ and Y class Long Haul Experience (LHR-BKK/SIN/SYD and back)> AKA Thank you England and Australia (Cricket teams!) == Regular readers of my trip reports may go into shock at this juncture - yes - I'm flying a Non Star Alliance Airline, and it ISN'T a United or US Airways Trip report to the USA! Of course, it's still down the back-ish - some traditions … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Virgin Blue 737 Landing
It's Sunday - so must be time for some airplane p0rn. And for the next few weeks - it's Sydney based airplane p0rn. A Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700 landing at Sydney Kingswinford International. … [Read more...]
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