having taken off from Franfurt in a Lufthansa A340 i was amazed how slow the climb rate was, on our return the substituted a A300 for our short leg to Ringway, only half full it seemed to sore into the ski

sad to see another independant go as it pushes the prices up for the rest of us travellers, and limits the options of depature points
hope this picture from the snowheads website brings a smile in sad times

i guess some of the strikers will look forward to a £10k pay cut should they become cabin crew for Virgin?

if they go theywill be a sad loss to the airline quality forum websites that are around, reports of flying across the pond in very delayed 737s with 2 stops for refuelling etc have been most entertaining to ready over the past few years.
they should have merged with Zoom before they collapsed

what long haul routes are going? the A330s are 8 years old now and have seen constant use
they do have the best premium econ seats though ie the pre flatbed first class ones

having just done a midweek break to London from South Cumbria
i would advise getting the train!!!!!!!
if you book quick you’ll get a lower price, and euston to Glasgow is about 4 hours now i think

shame the kights have gone wonder if someone bought them for a town hall?
a college of mine said he was dissappointed about 2 weeks ago, he was stopping in the Raddisson hotel, and rather than eat in the restaurant there, he and his wife walked into terminal 1. only to find no access anymore down to the main lounge (where the lights were) and to the restourants and shops before security, he said it was the same story at T2 also

Having worked on the Trident build programme from 1984-1989 at Vickers Barrow, i understand why the project needs to be planned now, for in-service dates of 2020+. Presently BAE are building the Astute class, wgich could run to 5-7 boats. To ensure the UK maintains the ability to build Nuclear submarines, there cannot be any delays in the planning of the next class of SBBN.