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...]
BA and Iberia to tie the knot
After much negotiation, British Airways and Iberia have agreed in principle to tie the knot - forging the 3rd largest airline in the world. After 16 months of discussion, the company will merge as an umbrella company (400 aircraft, 200 destinations). However in fiscal might, it will be smaller than Lufthansa or AirFrance-KLM. Willie Walsh will head the new company with … [Read more...]
The News Roundup
Sorry I haven't had a chance to do this this past two weeks - life at Kevin Towers has been close to a living hell. Those who know the words "Exchange Server Migration" will know where I'm coming from. As last weeks news is more or less irrelevant like any news (ask the The Daily Mail after this weeks furoiri over the death of Steven Gately commentary piece by one of … [Read more...]
**Breaking**: 1700 BA jobs for the cut
Hitting the wires right now is very bad news from BA with 1700 jobs for the chop from long and shorthaul crews. Basic coverage at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8293536.stm -- updated 12:15, 07/10 -- So, yes - to cover the still falling revenues, they're pulling out the stops to save more money. They will be looking for 1000 cabin crew taking voluntary … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, and I've been under the weather with a cold, so lets do a roundup before I go for another bucket full of lemsip... Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo TUI Group cancels … [Read more...]
Analysis- BA001 takes to the skies again – LCY (SNN) JFK
Well after yesterdays launch of the BA ERJ-170's, we now turn to the big launch of the week - the London City (LCY) to New York JFK International (JFK) via Shannon. (SNN). BA has also resurrected the magic flight numbers - BA1, BA2, BA3, and BA4 - last used on it's Concorde flights. Lets try and work out what BA were thinking when this route was dreamed … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Saturday, so it's time to look at the commercial aviation world with raised eyebrows and see what's going on this week. (Apologies for the delays - call it sleep) Qantas - No Upturn just yet Qantas report that don't expect an upturn in traffic, with a 88% drop in profits for the first half of the year. Seems that Kangaroo is going to have to do some more bouncing … [Read more...]
BA take yet a step closer to the LCCs – want to pre assign any seat? Thats £10….
Oh dear. It seems British Airways is once again "innovating" and "increasing value" to the bottom line, whilst snubbing it's own Frequent Flyers by introducing fees for seats. How very US Airways/Aer Lingus of them. The fees are comparitivly simple: - £10 to reserve a Euro Traveller seat - £20 to reserve a Club Europe/World Traveller /World Traveller Plus … [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...]
