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01 February 2008

Podcast on British Airways new Biz class LCY-NYC

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For your listening pleasure.... David Bentley, IAG and yours truly discuss the BA-A318 proposed services from LCY. Episode: BA's A318 pl...

Touchdown!

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OK so its Super Bowl weekend in America and I could not resist this one. Air Asia started its (very meagre at the moment) schedule from KUL ...

Champagne all round boys and girls... Opodo makes a profit

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It may seem meagre to other combatants but 7 years after its first launch - Opodo has FINALLY MADE A PROFIT. Opodo was formed in 2000 by nin...

BA to add direct LCY-JFK Service probably 2009

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British Airways seems to be having a case of the weirds. Fresh from announcing an airline with no rationality (OpenSkies) they are now annou...
31 January 2008

Social Networking already peaking (peaked?)

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There has been a lot of speculation in looking at the most recent numbers from Comscore for Oct/Nov/Dec 2007. We are actually seeing a downt...
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BA Customer Service Model - Ryanair

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You would thing that the "World's Favourite Airline" would not want to emulate the World's Cheapest Airline. But it seems ...

Neat Tool - Pinger for Voice Messages

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Most of the time this blog is about ATT- Aviation Travel and Tourism. Occasionally we find things that are just too darn fun to pass up. Thi...

Travelport's Worldspan holds onto Priceline, Expedia may have second thoughts?

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Priceline and Travelport have renewed vows for Worldspan and the Priceline service allowing an uninterrupted even enhanced access to Worldsp...
30 January 2008

Boeing "Guarded" on 787 during earnings call

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According to FlightGlobal's Flightblogger blog (what a mouthful!) who listened in on the earnings call today - James Mcnerny was "g...

Varig Switches Gears (again)

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VRG - "New" Varig has again re-tooled its business plan under new owners GOL. For those who were looking for a strong internationa...

US Mega Mergers... Good or Bad - you be the judge

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I believe that the arguments for consolidation in the US Airline market are not compelling, however I believe that the industry and the publ...

Consolidation - European Style LH+TUI combine LCCs

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TUI's TUIFly aka Hapag Express bright yellow taxi planes, and Lufthansa's German Wings (Yellow Tails and we don't mean fish) hav...
29 January 2008

Ryanair does it again... Sarkozy objects to ad featuring him

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Te he.... The French are not amused. At least the Elysee Palace is objecting to the current ad that appeared today in Le Parisien. It featur...
24 January 2008

For all the hoopla - Railteam is a real dud

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Trying to find a way to book travel around Europe is usually pretty straightforward. But the much ballyhooed combination of high speed rail ...

WIT teams up with ITB-Asia

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After three successful years of running one of the best conferences anywhere, Siew Hoon Yeoh has added yet another partner to her roster. No...
23 January 2008

Little Trouble in Big China - the China Eastern Saga

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Some of you (us) might be just a little confused in the shenanigans going on over at China Eastern. I know I am. This doesn't make sense...
22 January 2008

So LH drops a rather large bomb on the German market

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...and Austrian, Lichtenstein and Switzerland... Having read the document and discussed the situation with a number of players inside and ou...
21 January 2008

Finally a Green Conference....

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While it may almost seem to be an oxymoron to promote Green via a conference, it is indeed a subject that we need to take far more seriousl...

Control? What is the definition of control?

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According to an evaluation published by USA Today and the FT - the results of a merger between DL and UAL would be control of approx 25% of ...
18 January 2008

More on BA038. Airframe headed for Steptoe and Son.

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Despite the great performance of the BA flight crew: Captain Peter Burkill Sr FO John Coward FO Conor Magenis ...It is unlikely that the Bri...