Yes, more white stuff has fallen in the UK with Manchester airport only reopening at Midday today, EasyJet cancelling flights and all sorts of fun.Currently:City of Derry Airport - SuspendedDurham Tees Valley Airport- SuspendedLiverpool John Lennon Airport - disrupted - Check in as normalLeeds Bradford Airport - disrupted - Check in as normal. Manchester International Airport - … [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...]
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...]
Visa Electron starting to dissapear…. what next?
GhettoIFE.com towers would like to apologise this week - I'm down with a cold... the joy of work. Things could be more odder than normal... It's been reported that Abbey (Santander) and Travelex will be stopping issuing Visa Electron cards. Why is this remotely important? For those who buy tickets on Aer Lingus, BMIbaby, Easyjet, Flybe Jet2, Ryanair and a lot of the … [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...]
Money Saving Expert on LCCs – A few ideas to save you a few more pennies.
Note - this article is now heading to "Out of date" with the recent happenings. Check here and here. Martin Lewis Smiths Money Saving Expert is a semi regular read of mine when I have 5 minutes to catch up. He published a very good article on trying to save money when flying some of the Low Cost Carriers (Ryanair, BMI Baby, EasyJet, WizzAir, Aer Lingus Short Haul, … [Read more...]
Welcome!
Welcome to GhettoIFE.com! I'm your host - Kevin - and I'll be here to guide you through the maze of modern travel, and hopefully add some insightful comment and humour. With GhettoIFE getting on for 2 years old, I've had a bit of a design refresh, and tidied up, so for older viewers who make it here - yes, it's the same content will all the usual sarcasm as always. As … [Read more...]
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