We have heard about different ways activists have tried to stop Heathrow’s expansion, but recently they came up with a novel idea – buy a piece of land (almost an acre is size) in the middle of the planned site for expansion. Celebrities like Emma Thompson, Alistair McGowan; millionaire Tory Zac Goldsmith and a lot [...]
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Activists, Greenpeace and Celebrities buy land to stop Heathrow Expansion Plan
Posted in Airports, Celebrity, tagged Airplot, Alistair McGowan, Emma Thompson, Greenpeace, Greenpease, Heathrow, London, London's Heathrow Airport, Stop Heathrow Expansion, Tory Zac Goldsmith on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kingfisher Airlines launches Mumbai-London Service
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Planes, tagged A330-200, Heathrow, India, IT007, IT008, Kingfisher Airlines, London, Mumbai, New Service, Vijay Mallya on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kingfisher Airlines recently announced the start of its new service between Mumbai and London (Heathrow Airport) starting January 5th 2009. The airline will use an Airbus A330-200 (28 seats in First and 169 seats in Kingfisher Class).
Mumbai – London Flight Schedule IT 007Departure from Mumbai – 13:45 Mumbai Local TimeArrival at London – 17:55 London [...]
Good News Everyone: Mexicana to start direct flights to London and Mardrid!
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Planes, Tickets, tagged Airbus 300, Boeing 767, Compañía Mexicana de Aviación, Good News Everyone, GRU, LGW, London, London's Gatwick Airport, MAD, Madrid, MEX, Mexicana, Mexico, Mexico City, Sao Paulo Grarulhos on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 17th 2009, Mexicana (or Compañía Mexicana de Aviación) will launch twice-weekly flights from Mexico City to London’s Gatwick Ariport (return flight leaves London at 10:30am and arrives in Mexico City at 17:35p). The airline will be using a Boeing 767-200ER for the service. Mexicana’s plans are to fly to Sao Paulo Grarulhos (GRU), London [...]
London’s Stansted get permission to expand!
Posted in Airports, tagged BAA, Environmental issues, Expansion, Hatfield Forest, London, Noise, Stansted Airport, UK on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
London’s Stansted Airport, operated by BAA, received the permission from the UK government to increase its flight capacity by 10% to accommodate a further of 23,000 flights a year (extra 10 million passengers). Earlier the local authority had rejected the request due to noise and environmental issues.
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The maximum number of passengers able to [...]
Good News Everyone: Singapore Airlines recieves its 6th A380
Posted in Airlines, Luxury, Passengers, Planes, tagged 6th Delivery, A380, Airbus, Good News Everyone, London, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, UK on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Singapore Airlines announced that on Thursday September 18th 2008, it received its 6th Airbus A380 from Airbus. The airline is supposed to use the super jumbo jet for a second daily flight between Singapore and London.
It is good news for Airbus and Airbus Investors since the company seems to be sticking to its delivery target [...]
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 »
+ 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”. [...]
Qantas 747 lands with a hole in fuselage
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged 747, Australia, Emergency Landing, Hole, London, Loud boom, Manila, Melbourne, Philippines, Qantas, QF 30, Quantas, UK 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 [...]
Is Heathrow’s third runway the best solution?
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, tagged BA, BAA, British Airways, Colin Mathews, Heathrow, Heathrow Hassle, London, Third runway, Wille Wash on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
British Airways (CEO Willie Wash) and BAA (CEO Colin Matthews) have called for the construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. This statement came after a business group, London’s First, has called for “drastic action to end the problems of “Heathrow hassle“”. The group has called for scrapping of some flights at peak [...]
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