I've released the news and headline review of 2014 in four different articles. However, what did my 2014 shake out like in the end? Not that hot, but a reasonable year for personal paid travel for me. Miles flown: 42660 Airports: 15 New Airports: Paris Orly Segments flown: 24 First: 2 Business: 5 Premium Economy: 1 Economy/Monoclass - … [Read more...]
Review 2014: October to December
Time to wrap up the end of year review in the news and blog with the final look back at 2014 between October and December. October CityJet abandons Cambridge airport Etihad rolls out Wifi on its fleet Virgin Atlantic's Little Red calls it quits. I look at some of the reasons why Little Red didn't work Alaska Airlines add 10 more 737-900ERs I realise I have a … [Read more...]
Review 2014: July to September
It's time to continue a review of 2014 as seen through my eyes, as I recap the ups and downs of the aviation world during the year. In this episode, I'm going to look back from July to September July: Top of the month was the sad news that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was lost of Ukraine, with all passengers and crew dead, sparking major diplomatic rows against Europe … [Read more...]
Review 2014: April to June
It's time to continue a review of 2014 as seen through my eyes, as I recap the ups and downs of the aviation world during the year. In this episode, I'm going to look back from April to June. April British Airways bumps up its cancellation fees. Wonderful. Air Canada defects from Airbus and buys Boeing 737 MAX aircraft Delta moves in with Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow … [Read more...]