Economy Class & Beyond

Barking up the wrong tree: Air Passenger Duty to climb

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On those tickets, there are 3 letters that annoy the hell of out of me. APD - Airport Passenger Duty. The UK seems to innovate in taxation, where in the first phase, it was like this: Class of travel Intra EU Outside of the EU Economy £10 £40 Business £40 £80 Of course, for the bureaucrats in Whitehall, and the money … [Read more...]

Minor Good News – Air France introduce their A380

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Well in this time of doom and gloom, it's good to see deliveries still occurring. And thank you Air France and Airbus for this little gem, with the delivery of their first A380. Ok, they've changed the logo a tiny bit, but its a start. Configuration will be 9 First, , 80 seats in business and 440 in economy. Initally will be depolyed on the CDG-JKF run. It's … [Read more...]

Passenger saves 8 hour delay – world continues to rotate.

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Well it must be heading towards silly season for the press as this gem surfaced on the BBC News site today. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8136193.stm It always good to see 1) people with the correct credentials able to do the work, 2) right person in the right place and 3) the agreements work. But even in these hard times, have a few … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – Ryanair 737-800

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Well, it's time for some airplan p0rn. At its for time for the .... of the air - Ryanair and one of their ubiquitous 737-800's Probably the best way to see one... taxing away... and booked on another carrier ;) … [Read more...]

A slight messup… and welcome new readers

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So I can't spell ghetto. :( I've re-registered the Domain, and it's should all be pointing in the right place. Meanwhile new readers... Welcome! Here are a few classics you've missed so far: For those of you who are confused at what exactly ghetto IFE is, this is as gooder post as any to explain it Saying goodbye to a friend - a UA Trip Report - LHR-ORD-PHL-IAD-LHR … [Read more...]

The year gets worse for Aviation – Yemenia Air Crash

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It seems anunas horriblus is getting more horribuls this year with the loss of another aircraft - this time a Yemenia Air Airbus A310 from on route IY626 Sanaa to Moroni in the Comoros islands. Picture (c) Baron Inchcap, - http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/baron_inchcape1/airbus-a310-f-ohpr-yemenia-3198.aspx It seems the aircraft made one attempt at landing … [Read more...]