Apart from British Airways, who else is out on strike over the festive period? Eurostar - The Anglo-French-Belgium Consortium has workers walking on 18/19 and 26/27 (unless resolved) over pay and conditions. About 70 drivers and 20 on-board staff are to walk out over pay for 48 hours. Eurostar is confident of running a service with it's French/Belgium workers, however - … [Read more...]
FlyGlobespan goes into administration (Duh Duh Duh.. Another one bites the dust )
Well this annualas horiblas seems to coming to an end for the civil avation sector, but it's taken another casualty this year, in the form of FlyGlobespan. It seems that a funding injection failure took Globespan to the brink and pushed it over. This hasn't been helped with rumors going around that it was heading for the wall since the middle of this … [Read more...]
Boeing’s 787 takes to the skies… so what next?
Firstly, lets have some take off movies From KOMO News. from Jon at Flightblogger and it landing.... from 2WheelFever, Youtube. For Boeing, this is the beginning of a long road to getting FAA and JAA certification, in which FlightBlogger covers in extenstive length. But soon enough, we'll reach the point of "first delivery" and "first … [Read more...]
The BA Strike – Rebooking and Generic Advice
NOTE - BA Strike is OFF as of 17/12. So lets quickly recap the Unite/BA Cabin Crew Strike Turnout: 80% with a 9:1 favour in Strike. Strike Dates: 22nd December 2009 for 12 days until 2nd January 2010 BA Rebooking Policy -See http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flightops/public/en_gb?p_faqid=3917, but in simple terms: "Customers who are booked to travel between … [Read more...]
** BREAKING ** British Airways Cabin CrewStrike Action – It’s Go!
NOTE - BA Strike is OFF as of 17/12. It is confirmed by the BBC that Cabin Crew have voted to strike with an high turnout. The vote, had a greater than 80% turnout, was 92.5% in favour of a strike, says the Unite. The action is set to begin on 22 December and run until 2 January - with major disruption over the Christmas Period. If you're travelling over this … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Delta 757-200
It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane p0rn. This week - it's a Delta 757-200 taxing at Las Vegas International. More of course, next week! … [Read more...]
Updated: Boeing 787 First Flight ** 15 December **
Boeing has officially confirmed that they aiming for first flight of their 787 aircraft on 15th December at 10am PST. Image: Boeing.com GhettoIFE whilst not there, will provide coverage on the first flight - least of all from the in-plane and IFE perspectives. Hat tips: Boeing, Flightblogger … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Airbus – A400M takes to the skies 2 years late…
Well, another day, another new aircraft takes to the skies. The A400M is almost as troubled as the B787, but has today taken a great step forward in it's programme by taking off over 20 months late, and heading into the sky at 10:15 from San Pablo airport near Seville, Spain Frame MSN001 had a 3 hour and 45 minute flight, before landing back successfully, with … [Read more...]
Welcome to Star Alliance Brussels Airlines!
Today, Star Alliance has taken another growth, and has added Brussels Airlines into the Alliance. But who are they? A Boeing 737-400 in Brussels Airlines livery. The IATA identifier might provide a clue: SN. SN was the original identifier of Sabena, which went bankrupt in 2001. SN Brussels Airlines was reorganised to take over as the national carrier. With the merger of … [Read more...]
Breaking apart the order – United orders 25 A350’s and 25 B787’s
Ok, now I'm not working on real work, its time to do an analysis. With a mixed order of 25 of each type of aircraft (with options for 50 more of each - so a possible 75 aircraft of each class), what is United trying to achive? Fleet Replacement- The 747's and 767's are up for the chop in this case. The 747's are being replaced with Airbus A350-900's (with 11% more … [Read more...]
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