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...]
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...]
The News: A New base, Cuts, Profits causing trouble…
Continental: Joins Star Alliance 27th October (Official) Continental have confirmed they are to leave SkyTeam on the 24th October and formally join Star Alliance on the 27th October. Expect trouble if things go wrong - and knowing how other airlines have handled integrations before - trouble isn't fare off. (Continental) Ryanair Opens a new base a Jimmy Savile … [Read more...]
Airline news Roundup
Well it's near the end of the week (and it's been awful here) so lets do some news that might affect you.. or not BA's food Debcale Need I say much more? No signs of climbdown or anything alas. Qatar Wuss out - I mean "reassured by Boeing" over 787 Showing that indeed airlines are slaves to airframe makers sometimes, it seems Qatar are happy with the "reassurance" … [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...]
