+ Higher oil prices have driven airlines to different solutions like capacity reduction, merger related synergies, airfare increase, charging for the usual freebies, etc.
British Airways and Spain’s flag carrier Iberia (or Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. ) are deep in merger talks with Iberia “have taken direct/indirect 10% stake in British rival”. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Merger Update: British Airways and Iberia Airlines in merger talks
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, tagged Airbus, Boeing, British Airways, Europe, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Iberia, Iberia Airlines, Líneas Aéreas de España, London, Madrid, Merger, OneWorld, Spain, UK on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Delta Flight leaves passengers stuck on the tarmac for 5 or 7 hours
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Bad Weather, Delta Air Lines, Flight 621, JFK Airport, Las Vegas, New York, Passengers Stuck, Stuck on Tarmac on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Depends on the airline or passenger version, according to which the 184 passengers aboard a Las Vegas bound Delta Airlines Flight 621 (JFK-LAS) airplane waited 5 hours or 7 hours on the tarmac before it was ultimately canceled due to bad weather New York’s JFK Airport.
Delta Air Lines Inc. spokeswoman Betsy Talton’s statement from Chicago [...]
Good news everyone: Targus invents a laptop bag to ease air travel
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, tagged Good News Everyone, Laptop Bag, Security Checkpoint, Targus, TSA, Zip-Thru Corporate Traveler Laptop Case on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the biggest problems I have while flying is getting the laptop out of the laptop bag and putting it back in after getting it scanned (at the security checkpoint). The problem gets even worse if you have bunch of people ahead of you fumbling with their laptops, especially the leisure travelers .
Targus [...]
Second Qantas plane makes emergency landing!
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Australia, Qantas, Melbourne, Quantas, Emergency Landing, Boeing 737, Adelaide, Emergency on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another Qantas jet (Boeing 737-800) had to make an emergency landing. The plane made an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport (37 minutes after taking off from the airport) after a door opened during flight to Melbourne. The airline did announce that “the door covering the wheel bay was not closed properly during take-off“.
This is the [...]
Video: Thomson 253H hit by a bird while taking off
Posted in Airports, Taking Off, Video, tagged 757, Bird Strike, Emergency Landing, Manchester Airport, Thomson 263H, Video on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My friend Partner of a Pilot in response to the post on Delhi Airport: Airplane gets hit by… left a link to a great youtube video regarding a Thomson 253H with a similar bird strike during take off.
Facts about the video -
Thomson 253H (Boeing 757)
Manchester Airport
Audio – Airport noise and [...]
Delhi Airport: Airplane gets hit by a bird and catches fire
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Air Mauritius, MK 745, MK745, Airbus A330, Bird Hit, Fire, Bird Activity, Take-off, Emergency brakes, Abort Take-off, Delhi Airport on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Air Mauritius flight MK 745 (Airbus 330-200) flying from Delhi India to Mauritius hit a bird while speeding to take off on Delhi’s airport. The pilot aborted the take off at the last moment and applied emergency brakes. The overheating of the wheels due to the application of brake at the speed caused the fire. [...]
Qantas 747 lands with a hole in fuselage
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged 747, Australia, Qantas, UK, London, Melbourne, Quantas, QF 30, Emergency Landing, Loud boom, Manila, Philippines, Hole on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A Qantas 747-400 (QF 30 from London to Melbourne) was cruising at 29,000 feet when there was a loud boom. The boom was because of a hole which grew with a time extending from cargo hold into the passenger cabin. The cabin lost pressure and the aircraft started losing altitude (quickly descended 10,000 feet). The [...]
Good news everyone: More flights to Thailand/brazil from Australia
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Tickets, Travel Location, tagged Australia, Australian Airlines, Brazil, Good News Everyone, More Flights, Thailand on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brazil is the most popular South American destination for Australian travelers and Thailand is Australia’s 6th largest destination.
Under a new federal government (Australian) agreement, flights to/from Thailand will immediately increase from 35 per week to 40 per week and 45 per week starting March next year. Also flights to/from Brazil will increase from 7 to [...]
Pilots Strike Again: Luftansa cancels 990 Flights
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Strike, Cancellations, Europe, Lufthansa, Grounding, Piliot Strike, Pay issue on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last time pilots strike at Lufthansa over pay caused 44 flight cancellations. This time the strike caused to ground a quarter of the flights with 990 cancellations (465 domestic and regional flights on July 22nd and 525 flights today on July 23rd 2008). Lufthansa is offering the affected passengers to rebook on other flights or [...]
Gas Prices by Country
Posted in Jet Fuel, tagged Cheapest Gas, Cheapest Gas by Country, Gas Prices, Gas Prices by Country, How much does it cost? on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We all seem to think that we are all paying a lot for gas/petrol in our country. I went to wikipedia, where they seem to have a list of gas prices in $ per liter and $ per gallon for comparison. For full article click here.
Ten most expensive -
Country/Territory
US$/L ↓
US$/gal ↓ [...]
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