Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways prepares to launch Long Haul Moscow Services

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British Airways is preparing for an assault on Moscow as it abandons the Club Europe/EuroTraveller seating aircraft to switch to Long Haul type aircraft to operate the London-Moscow DME route. The route will be operated using a mix of two types of aircraft Boeing 747-400 configured in Four Class seating - First, Club World, World Traveller Plus, and World … [Read more...]

IAG (BA+Iberia) numbers are out and good…

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The IAG Group has released its latest numbers, and all is going well it seems, making profits of £410 million. £190m in 2010, with revenues up 10.4 per cent. Pre-tax profit was up from £70m in 2010, to £426m However, with all these good numbers, there is a heck of a sting in the tail. And that's in the form of the Air Passenger Duty collected, which comes in at a whopping … [Read more...]

In … Russia. TransAero and British Airways FIGHT!

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All is not good in Russia it seems as British Airways ramps up its planned Russia Expansion. As it's been reported, British Airways will be ramping up it's flights to Moscow with a Boeing 747-400 from the WorldWide Fleet, upgrading it from a 767-300/A320 Operation. An Application which British Airways has sent seems to have been lost to run the service. Oops. Others say … [Read more...]

Surprise Surprise. Virgin makes a complaint over the BMI takeover by IAG

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Well, if you couldn't see this coming... you need new glasses. Virgin Group today lodged a formal complaint at the European Commission over International Consolidated Airlines Group takeover of British Midland Airways. Virgin group argues there will be a " "choice of one" on flights between Aberdeen and Edinburgh and Heathrow (ignoring the small matter of flights to other … [Read more...]

British Airways launch a new Ad Campaign.. and I like it…

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Well, here's the new advert from British Airways in the run-up to London 2012, telling the stories of 5 bags and who gets to the luggage collection belt first. Now if we can put aside the luggage issues that Heathrow T5 suffered on opening (and lets hope they don't suffer the same), it's not a bad advert, with the sentimental build-up for the London 2012 Olympics - least … [Read more...]

If you’ve been converting Clubcard vouchers into Avios…

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... it could be worth checking your accounts. The first round of bonus Avios has turned up in my account, taking me to a healthy start in Avios points. It'll look something like this in your Executive Account statement: The promotion of £2.50 of Tesco Clubcard Vouchers to 600 Avios + 400 Bonus Avios runs from the 26th January to 31st March - and lets put it … [Read more...]

British Airways goes for the tacky Valentines jugular … I mean.. REALLY?

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This peice of gold wafted through the interwebs today from British Airways. It seems that someone has been listening to Love is in the Air by John Paul Young. Or a PR bunny got a good supply of free chocolates out of someone. At Gatwick, British Airways customers have a double chance to be romantic this month.On Valentine's Day, every passenger will be given a heart-shaped … [Read more...]

IAG to merge BMI in upon completion of takeover

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From the IAG Traffic Stats document, it seems the British Airways pilots have voted to integrate BMI  Mainline (A319/A320/A321/A330) into the British Airways arm after the merger is approved IAG plans to integrate bmi mainline into British Airways, subject to receiving regulatory approval for the acquisition. This follows agreement by British Airways’ pilots to make … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week – Things to think about…

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Well I was going to write about the Virgin threat, but lets be frank - It isn't creditable unless they manage to throw a big spanner with the EC/Monopolies Commission. So let me wrap up this discussion for a bit - until it all goes pear shaped (which knowing BMI - is entirely likely) Status - If you've got to a certain point, hang on tight. If you're short before say April, … [Read more...]