I’m pretty sure new routes are being added all the time at Torp here in Norway.

I would suggest the planes are being used on routes where the money is.

I’d check on their website, but it gives me a headache.

I meant using the flight numbers was a good idea.

XX001 for an airline should be main hub -> New York.

I think a delete thread might just be in order, I very nearly had a heart attack !

I think WW is very clever in what he’s been doing recently, as the article states any industrial action by staff would kill BA stone dead right now. He’s communicated everything transparently over the past year, and anyone on the airline is wise to what’s going on.

If this was over here in Scandinavia where unions have just started to wise up, BA would be dead – I can see SAS struggling now.

It’s a shame Mr Walsh doesn’t also mention the joys of a fresh paper cut every day from bag tags, and the heart attack inducing diet of airport food.

Another highlight of the holiday he fails to list is interacting with folk from all over the world. It’s always a joy to find they speak English, that is until they need to pay extra for something. This is the very moment you are branded a racist.

One thing people might also enjoy from this holiday experience is the joys of gate announcements. After 12 hours and having walked 5 miles uo and down all day with your feet throbbing, have a nice sit at the gate and inform the folks at the gate you’ll be boarding soon. At this exact moment you’ll forget which gate number you’re sitting at, which seat rows you’re going to board and also which airline you are actually representing at the time.

To add more joy to the occasion the person you have just upgraded has the most unpronounceable name, and as a gaggle of briefcase wielding yuppies rush towards you, gold cards aloft, to check in at the gate 10 minutes before STD, you glance down at your monitor to see the slot you’ve been given is 2 minutes after your bus home leaves.

… and summer hasn’t even got into full swing yet.

Willie Walsh said a few weeks ago that AB will not go to Dubai.

I haven’t been to New York, and I have wanted to visit the Intrepid for a while now. This has taken the excitement out of it a bit.

I saw G-BOAB parked up, hidden at Heathrow as I was landing Jan/Feb. I wasn’t expecting to see it but when I did it made my day – even if it was for a fleeting second.

Check in can work around it if a new card has been issued, if you produce the new card then it’s obvious you won’t have the old one.

If you are buying a ticket for someone else you should have the chance to check a box to let the airline know the person travelling won’t have the card with them.

Apparently airline tickets are one of the most commonly purchased items with fraudulent card details.

On a full 737 / 319 / 320 I’ll probably ask to see 3-6 cards, but be warned if a flight is oversold you’ll be lucky to get on standby without the card present.

Menzies OSL

British Airways
Finair
TAP
Turkish
Continental

Hopefully a couple more coming up, Sterling went last year.