Mar
30
Comet McNaught
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Just picked this up, initially from David, my server guru’s blog. I thought it might stand an airing here.
Any weather phenomena or heavenly body that I encounter always leaves me with a sense of wonder. Viewed from the upper atmosphere where there is very little light pollution or atmospheric attenuation they look so well [...]
Mar
29
Cheap and cheerfull
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We deserve the police service we get, the supermarkets, and the maybe the airlines too.
Michael O’Leary has come in for some flack over the years, he has courted publicity with a style all of his own. As irritating as he has been for the established carriers around Europe, I believe that he has [...]
Mar
27
Don’t believe a word of it!
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Mar
27
Northwest hears an echo
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As reported by our friends at IAG, Northwest have tried to recall their furloughed pilots and …. the sound of silence followed an empty echo. There have gone elsewhere. Why? well, I shall leave that to Addison to explain but it supports theories that you have read here and probably elsewhere.
There is no [...]
Mar
25
A380
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Flight TV: Onboard the media tour of the Airbus A380
The A380 media tour.
Mar
25
The A380 goes large.
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The A380 seems to be getting good press and impressing those who see it. It is certainly a phenomena, a little like Concorde in its day and heads are turning and the Yanks (bless them) being total aviation people are seeing it for what it is rather than being too partisan. See the beastie [...]
Mar
24
We all ‘fly for food’ and there is some sharp debate within our airline about levels of pay and the general conditions being experienced in the ‘feeder’ carriers in the UK, particularly those ‘attached’ to us.
The majors have for a while been starting what are essentially low cost operations to feed long haul and [...]
Mar
22
Open Skies – Done Deal
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European Union governments on Thursday backed a deal with the United States that should boost the number of people flying across the Atlantic by opening up restricted routes to new rivals.
The EU said all EU 27 nations had unanimously backed the deal, which will take effect March 30, 2008.
Now for the ‘SLOTTERY’
IAG Addison Schonland’s take [...]
Mar
21
UK signals it will not block Open Skies
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Yahoo Finance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain has signalled to its European Union partners it will accept a landmark pact with the United States to open trans-atlantic flights to greater competition, diplomats said on Tuesday.
They said London had indicated it would not obstruct the “open skies” agreement when EU transport ministers meet to approve it on Thursday, [...]
Mar
21
U.S. gov‘t tentatively OKs Virgin plan
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Well done Sir Richard, nothing like seeing a plan come together is there? In fairness all he has done is meet the existing US requirements, in turn the US has approved an application that met them. Probably through gritted teeth as the opposition must have put up a bit of a fight. Imagine having Jet [...]