It must be someone else’s fault!
You may recall the spectacular crash of an Air France Concorde at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris back in 2000. This tragic event can also be considered as the catalyst that caused the entire Concorde fleet …
Airlines
2010 World’s Best Airline Awards
In an annual lovefest that encourages the notion that airlines are wonderful entities, offering their passengers enjoyable travel experiences, Skytrax have now announced the results of their 2010 World Airline Awards, with South Korean based Asiana Airlines (pictured …
This Week’s Airline Roundup
The last week has been a torrid time for airlines and their relationships with their employees. The BA cabin crew’s latest series of four strikes were due to start this week, but at the last minute, a …
Amazing airplane/safari-mobile
Here’s an amazing plane concept. If you have always wanted to go on an African Safari, or indeed to go to out of the way places anywhere, but have not liked the thought of roughing it, bouncing around …
Ash avoidance – problems and semi-solutions
The ash problem from the Iceland volcano continues to give occasional problems in selected parts of Europe. These ongoing issues that arise and then go away again on a semi-random seeming basis, point to an …
This Week’s Airline Roundup 1
While dinosaurs shrink, other airlines survive and thrive. Possibly the best example of this is Southwest. This week they announced the addition of two more cities to their network – Greenville/Spartanburg and Charleston, with flights to …
This Week’s Airline Roundup 2
More numbers are coming out from the airlines about their April operating results. As is often the case, we see starkly opposite trends from very different carriers. United Airlines reported a drop of 2.7% in …
Bad news for travel to London
The new British government’s decision not to allow extra runways at London’s Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted airports will harm the London region and British economy, and make it more difficult and expensive for us as travelers to get to and from London.
Airfare to New Zealand
An amazing $399 airfare bargain from LAX or SFO to Auckland, New Zealand on Air New Zealand
Amazing Airline Profitability
Emirates again defies ‘conventional wisdom’ about the difficulties confronting the world’s airlines and reports a huge $1.1 billion profit for its last financial year – making 2009 its best year ever.
More BA/LHR strike problems 18May-10June
Bad news for people hoping to fly on BA services (primarily to/from Heathrow) any time between 18 May and 10 June. Now that the British election is over, its cabin crew union, Unite, has taken the gloves off …
Invisible seat mystery
Video of a guy apparently floating in mid-air as a way of promoting a new airline seat. So how did he do this? (Video taken at Manchester airport). If you really want to know the …
