All is not well with Germanwings, with a strike in the offing from the Vereinigung Cockpit Union tomorrow. Germanwings Airbus A319 taxing at Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE The strike is over pilots who want the airline to maintain its current retirement benefits - where they can retire early at 55 and continue to receive some of their wages. Germanwings owners - Lufthansa - … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Hello Daytrip! Wrapping up a Daytrip…
Trip Report: Hello Daytrip! Wrapping up a Daytrip... In this trip report… I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was… (The Introduction, with added POUG) To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Hello Daytrip! Homeward Bound on the train (or three)
Trip Report: Hello Daytrip! Homeward Bound on Heathrow Express and Chiltern Railways In this trip report… To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon Centre Other bits of Paris (or which scam is where!) Iberia … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Hello DayTrip! BA337 Paris Orly to London Heathrow
Trip Report: Hello DayTrip! BA337 Paris Orly to London Heathrow in Club Europe In this trip report… To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon Centre Other bits of Paris (or which scam is where!) Iberia … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Back to Orly Airport, Iberia Lounge
Trip Report - Hello Daytrip! Back to Orly Airport and the Iberia Lounge. In this trip report… To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon Centre Other bits of Paris (or which scam is where!) Iberia Lounge, Paris Orly … [Read more...]
Trip Report – Hello Daytrip: The Paris Pokemon Centre
Trip Report - Hello Daytrip! A Tier Point run to the Paris Pokemon Centre The Paris Pokemon Centre In this trip report… To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon Centre Other bits of Paris (or which scam is … [Read more...]
Trip Report: BA332 London Heathrow to Paris Orly (Club Europe)
Hello Daytrip! A Tier Point run to the Paris Pokemon Centre BA332 London Heathrow to Paris Orly in Club Europe In this trip report… I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was… (The Introduction, with added POUG) To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would … [Read more...]
Hello Daytrip! To the Paris Pokemon Centre With British Airways
Hello Daytrip! A Tier Point run to the Paris Pokémon Centre With British Airways In this trip report… I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was… (The Introduction, with added POUG) To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect strike (19th/20th June).
Once again, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect staff will be going out on strike today (19th June 2014). The Heathow Express area of Paddington Station - Image GhettoIFE. The strike is due to run for 24 hours from 12:00 (Midday) 19th June 2014 to 11:59 20th June. Heathrow Express will operate the following: A 15 minute service between London Paddington and Heathrow … [Read more...]
SNCF (French) Rail Strike rolls into a second week
For those of you who are going to and from France and its major transport hubs, you'll have noticed that getting around France on the train has been more vexing than not (as I found on Saturday when I was in Paris). The action caused by CGT and Sud-Rail has caused major interruption to services, impacting the TGV network, TER regional service and RER services within … [Read more...]