Emirates are continuing their expansion of operations in the London area, with the addition of a fourth daily flight between London Gatwick and Dubai. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham Airport - Image, GhettoIFE This brings the total operations to 10 flights a day between the London area and Dubai operated by Emirates, with 6 flights from Heathrow, 4 from … [Read more...]
UK Government prepares kicks the new London runway decision down the road
In what is the joke when it comes to infrastructure in the United Kingdom - where it seems governments are afraid to make a decision that might annoy people - there's been an update on the new runway to be built for a London Airport. Heathrow Airport from the air - Image Economy Class and Beyond. And the decision is... to do an environmental impact report according to … [Read more...]
Delta to head from Philadelphia to London…
It seems that there's going to be some competition on London and Philadelphia as a new competitor moves in the route - currently dominated by US Airways/American Airlines and British Airways. And that new carrier... is Delta. A Delta 767-300ER landing at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Delta will operate the route daily from 7th April 2015, based … [Read more...]
An Uber bit of trouble in London (and Europe) today
London Taxi drivers will be staging a protest today against Uber. It seems that they are unhappy with what they see as the lack of regulation of Uber, and the use the Uber App which they believe is akin to a taxi meter - which in London is limited to "Black Cabs" only. The protest will commence from 14:00 today (11th June) with up to 12,000 drivers expected to take part. The … [Read more...]
The reason we won’t see a decision regarding runways, airport or anything in the UK…
The following is my comment and thoughts alone... and yes, I'm flying off the handle on this one. The reason why can be boiled down to two terms. POLITICAL INDECISION and POLITICAL SURVIVAL No politician likes to deal with Heathrow and would rather "put off" or "put the subject under review", rather than grasping the nettle and dealing with it. Why? Three … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Turkish Airlines Airbus A330
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, over a blue, yet cloudy sky over Heathrow is a Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 taking off for Istanbul. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
EasyJet to bid for London Heathrow – Moscow slots
One place you'd never expect to see the orange tailfins of EasyJet is London Heathrow airport. Well, if EasyJet wins some slots at Heathrow, this could well happen. EasyJet is competing with for some of the remedy slots that International Airlines Group has had to give up when they purchased BMI. These remedy slots which are for other airlines to fight over have some … [Read more...]
More free WiFi in City of Westminster* (London)
If you're in London* for the Olympics - or for any other reason and need some free WiFi with Internet Access (without resorting to a Starbucks, Cafe Nero or Costa Coffee), O2 and Westminster City Council have activated their new WiFi network. The access points will be free for all, with coverage targeted in the following places: Leicester Square Parliament … [Read more...]
LON-NYC… but which way?
London to New York as we all know is one heck of a trafficked route with nearly every man and his dog trying to fly back and forth there profitably. Image - Great Circle Mapper Looking to the map and actual airports, here's a map of the routes - for once, I'm excluding anything that requires a connection The list: London Heathrow - New York John F. Kennedy … [Read more...]
Free WiFi in London from Nokia
If you're heading into London during the next two months (the great Christmas rush), and are nowhere near a Starbucks (where they'll offer you Internet Access for free - no Starbucks card required) or a Weatherspoons (registration required, and to be honest crap WiFi in my local Weatherspoons) and need WiFi for some reason, then good news - Nokia of all people are offering free … [Read more...]