Emirates Talks Subsidies
Carriers and governments around the world seem to be getting increasingly hostile towards Emirates. Skirmishes in Canada and Germany are well documented but they are not the only fronts. In the background, there have been other smaller exchanges in Australia, India, France (really the whole EU) and South Africa to name but a few. In an effort...
Garuda Indonesia buys eleven Airbus A330′s
After a challenging few years that saw the carrier lose privileges to fly into the EU things now look to be on the right track at Garuda. To accommodate the growing domestic scene as well as demand to and from Indonesia Garuda have elected to sign up for an additional eleven A330-300′s. Assuming that...
Aerolineas Argentinas retires the MD80
A couple of years ago I blogged about Aerolineas Argentinas retiring the 737-200, the Chancha, from service. Today another icon of Argentine aviation – the MD80 – flew in Austral colours for the last time. Flight AU 2883 from Rio Gallegos to Aeroparque landed at 6:22 AM local time signalling the end of an era....
Live from YYZ: Air Canada Rampers Walk off the Job
In light of the walk off, I arrived nice and early for my flight (AC001) to try and figure out what my options were should it be cancelled. There was lots of shouting and whistling around the A check-ins. I elected to avoid that and check in at the E area. The terminal is very...
New Turkish Airlines Logojet
Things are changing fast at Turkish Airlines. Since their ascent into the Star Alliance they have demonstrated a high energy, high activity approach to getting things done. Big sponsorship deals with with Manchester United and FC Barcelona, a battery of new routes and upped seat counts into existing markets all in the space of months. Despite all of this...
Turbulent day at Air Canada
Things look to be getting very tense at Air Canada. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) that represents the airline’s mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents in Canada has announced that it intends to begin labour action starting at 12:01 A.M. ET on Monday March 12, 2012. As if that wasn’t enough negotiations with...
Bombardier pulling out all the stops at WestJet
A couple of years ago I blogged about a dilemma that WestJet faced; it was running out of city pairs that could be viably served by its 737-only fleet. That post sparked some interesting conversation with connections on Twitter and even a little bit of heckling would you believe. As it turns out, I wasn’t...
Qatar Amiri Flight receives its first 747-800 BBJ
What do you do when your already super-wealthy country achieves 18.70% GDP growth in a year that most economies took a serious beating? Naturally, you go shopping! Now, when I say shopping I’m not talking about the kind of items you see on Groupon, I’m talking big boy toys. Although Boeing have been very accommodating...
Lufthansa begins 747-400 retirements
22 years and 7 months after entering service ship D-ABVA is being decommissioned and will soon be sent to the scrapyard. During its tenure the aircraft has amassed just over 112,000 hours of flight time and 15,724 cycles. What’s surprising is that she looks as good today as she did on day one – a...
Ever wonder where your bag goes once you’ve checked it in?
This great Delta video shows you a piece of checked-in luggage flying between ATL and JFK. Now if only I had a bag with this technology on board so that that I could find the bloody thing when the accidentally ends up in Timbuktu.
SFO Time lapse video
The busy parallel runways at SFO often make for good pictures and interesting window seat experiences. They however are eclipsed by this great little time lapse video. Can’t wait tot try this for myself at YTZ or YYZ. SFO Planes Landing from TimeLapseBlog.com on Vimeo.
Man in jetpack race reals jets!
In my web travels this morning I stumbled on this video. Some people are crazy!
