EasyJet are in a mood for Russia it seems, with the airline firstly confirming its London to Moscow timings. The airline will operate a LCC service between London Gatwick Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport. DEPART LGW 07:00 ARRIVE DME 13:40 DEPART LGW 14:00 ARRIVE DME 20:40 DEPART DME 14:40 ARRIVE LGW 15:40 DEPART DME 21:40 ARRIVE LGW … [Read more...]
CAA has awarded London to Moscow… to EasyJet
Oh, this is going to set the fire alight at Virgin Ataltic HQ, with the announcement today from UK Civil Aviation Authority, with them confirming that the spare London - Moscow operations slot will be issued to EasyJet over Virgin Atlantic Citing the decision, part of the reason is due to the scarce capacity at Heathrow. The other reason? A different product. "On balance, … [Read more...]
Aeroflot pushes itself around SVO – takes over more terminal space
Aeroflot and the management of Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport have come to agreement to increase the amount of space avalible to Aeroflot and other SkyTeam members at the airport. The plan is for terminals D, E and F to be released to the Aeroflot and its partners from Summer 2014. This leaves only Terminal B & C available at Sheremetyevo to all other carriers - both … [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...]
Virgin Atlantic firms up plans for its Moscow service
It seems the planning of Virgin Atlantic's new service to Moscow is slowly firming up according to Skynews with confirmation of equipment type that Virgin are going to deploy on the route. It's going to be an Airbus A330 with the new Virgin Atlantic Long Haul product in it - settling the first big question from my last Virgin to Moscow post - which product Virgin would … [Read more...]
Emriates to introduce its A380 to Moscow
The tendrils of Emirates continues to expand, this time with a change of services to Moscow. Emriates is planning to deploy a version of their Airbus A380 from 1st December 2012 to Moscow Domodedovo. The aircraft will be configured with 517 seats and replace one of the existing rotations that Emirates operate to Moscow. The revised changes shape up like this: Dubai … [Read more...]
BA: Grows up and upscales LHR-DME Route
It seems that British Airways is deciding to finally offer a competitive product on the London to Moscow route , with the introduction of Long Haul type aircraft on the LHR-DME run. British Airways will switch from a Two Cabin operation to 3 or in some cases 4 cabin operation, formed of 2 Boeing 767's and 1 Boeing 747-400. Yes, for those of you who like the Queen of the … [Read more...]
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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...]
