cloud_9Marketing man Peter Troy was initially supportive of Bassey’s plans but later became more sceptical, especially as business meetings took place in McDonalds in Middlesbrough town centre.
I wonder if they were trying to organise an in-flight catering deal…:D:diablo:
You could say that was one Bassey that WASN’T a Goldfinger. :diablo:
LOL.:D
And he certainly didnt have “the Midas touch”, but he “beckons you to enter his web of sin”…and despite being warned “don’t go in!”, some people still did…:D:p:rolleyes:
cloud_9The carrier, which has been struggling to overturn losses, says the cost of the new look is around €10 million ($13 million)…
€10 million for that…no wonder they are struggling to overturn losses!:eek:
I have a friend in Canada who does freelance airline livery designs as a hobby right now…am sure he’d have been more than able and willing to of designed something for them, and he definatley wouldn’t have charged them that kind of price, in fact he’d have probably done it for less than €1 million.
Such a shame it just looks so bland, however, the only redeeming feature it does have in its favour is that I do like the actual font that has been used for the letter of the “Finnair” titles.;)
cloud_9PH-BVA
Hi all,
Seeing as the company I work for is owned by Air France-KLM, so we do both of their handling here at LHR, I thought I would share these few pics of the 777 that came in yesterday…sorry for poor quality, but I was in a rush as I happen to be meeting another airline’s inbound flight at the gate next door, and I only had my mobile phone with me at the time.
Aircraft in question was a Boeing 777-306/ER, and the registration was PH-BVA, which carries the titles “De Hoge Veluwe National Park” on the front.
According to a source, it came in with 200 pax onboard that had been stuck in AMS due to the ongoing weather situation, and 24 containers of missing bags!
Enjoy!:)
cloud_9Echoing what T5 has said above…but according to SeatPlans.com, the 767 appears to be a better choice as voted for by people who have submitted reviews to the site because the 767 gets a rating of 7.3, compared to 5.0 for the A330. (http://www.seatplans.com/airlines/Thomas-Cook-Airlines).
In terms of config…
For the 767, it has a 2+4+2 config pretty much throughout its whole aircraft, with only a few Rows at the front and towards the rear being slightly different.
For the A330, it has a 3+3+3 config for the most part, however, Rows 37-42 are a bit different towards the back as it goes to a 2+3+2 config, with only the 3 seats in the middle in Row 42.
I suppose it depends on how many people you are travelling with and what your preferred seating option would be?
cloud_9Oh dear…:rolleyes:
cloud_9Oh dear…:rolleyes:
cloud_9That picture of the proposed 797 made me laugh…what an ugly looking aircraft!
cloud_9Tommy, I’d recommend using http://www.flightstats.com.
On the right-hand side under the Flight Status box, choose the airport option, and put in AMS…and then select KLM as the airline and it will display all of KLM’s operating flights from AMS for the next few days, I’m sure you’ll be able to see which routes the MD-11’s are being used on.
One other quick tip though, after you have clicked “Search” button and it displays the results on the next page, select the option to “Hide Codeshares”, otherwise it will be displaying all the flights that KL also codeshare on, i.e. all the other Skyteam operated flights from AMS…will just help to make your overall search that bit easier!
Hope this helps.:)
cloud_9Tommy, not sure if this helps, but after a quick search I found a tour operator that is selling tickets from Manchester to Calgary as follows:
WEDNESDAY: Manchester – Calgary TCX122K 0930(dep) 1115(arr); Calgary – Manchester TCX122L 1315(dep) 0415+1(arr)
SATURDAY: Manchester – Calgary TCX34K 0930(dep) 1115(arr); Calgary – Manchester TCX34L 1315(dep) 0415+1(arr)
This info does appear to be for the 09/10 season, so not sure if the times are accurate, but are you sure the flight on the 29th is definately TCX34K, as it might in fact be TCX122K as shown above?
Also, according to this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djmads/5094269816/in/photostream/), TCX34K was operated using G-TCXA, which is an Airbus A330 (MSN 795), but this was on the 25th July 2010…so not sure if it will be the exact same aircraft that operates it during the winter season, but its a fair bet that it will be an Airbus A330, and a fair assumption you’ll be travelling on one too on the 29th!
Hope this helps, and hope you have fun in Calgary, its definately a nice city to visit!:)
cloud_9No need to say “thanks” or anything.
To be fair Grey, Tommy did say “Thanks” in his initial post!;)
cloud_9You mean that’s not what they are there for…:eek::rolleyes::diablo:
To be fair to Tommy though, other codes such as 75W, does mean a 757-200 with winglets…so I can understand why he asked the question.
I am not surprised KL are operating a 777 into LHR, its to help to begin clearing their backlog of passengers and also the many ,00’s of missing bags that haven’t yet arrived into London that have been stuck in Amsterdam.
And with the weather situation to affect CDG/AMS again on Christmas Eve, you can expect more delays and cancelled flights pretty soon.
Glad I am not on check-in for this one though!:);)
cloud_9Seems like a shortage of de-icing fluid around Europe is adding to the chaos.
And no doubt the suppliers have put up their prices!
One rumour I heard whilst at work, apparently £6million was spent on de-icing the runways and taxiways over the weekend.
cloud_9Very nice catch there Kevin.:)
It was indeed a divert from LHR, operating on behalf of BD, or so I was told by my friend Mike (also an NWI spotter; he knows you!:D), but not sure exactly what route it was suppose to be serving.
cloud_9It should be quite easy to justify why taxes should contribute to a university education.
Perhaps if you could outline how you can live your life without benefiting from someone else’s education it would make the argument a little clearer.
There are how many thousand students in the UK and you use an n=2 sample to justify your argument??
I think you have mis-understood the points I was trying to get across…either that or I maybe didnt make my point clear enough, so I will try to do so below.
Firstly I didnt ask whether it was easy to justify why taxes should contribute to a university education I asked for a justification as to why it was felt that my taxes should be used to provide someone with a “free” education. I am all in favour of my taxes being used to contribute to the education system and to help students with funding, however, what I cannot and will not tollerate is for them to demand and expect me to fund the full amount so that they can get an education for “free”, even more so if they choose to abuse the funding options that are available to them.
To say that there are many thousands of students in the UK and yet I used an n=2 sample…I was merely referring to two people that I specifically know of, I am sure that if you took into account a broader range of students, the number of them that do not use their student loans for the actual intended purpose will be proportionately higher!
In my opinion, student loans and EMA should both be scrapped and the funds should be allocated in a far better way, in say voucher format so that it still gives a student the opportunity to buy the necessary equipment, stationary, textbooks, etc. that they need to help them with their studies. Giving students a lump sum of cash money each term is always going to encourage the temptation for them to spend it on things that will not benefit them or their studies, and so far both current support systems have shown that they are both open and subject to abuse.
For me, education should be “free” up to the point at which it would be considered socially acceptable that a person is able to get a job. Anyone who wishes to aspire to better themselves beyond this point should be willing to at least contribute to the costs involved in furthering their education and should not expect to rely wholy on current tax-payers to fund it all for them. Either that, or they should expect to have to pay back more over a longer period of time; as my mother often says to me “you can’t have your cake and eat it!”
Unfortunately this seems to be symptomatic of how Britain is turning into a country where we don’t aspire to better ourselves…
Far from it, I think we do and should continue to aspire to better ourselves, but what is happening is that some people choose to think that it should be everyone else’s responsibility to share the burden of the cost between them so that they can get something for nothing, but this is not fair nor is it progressive!?
cloud_9It should be quite easy to justify why taxes should contribute to a university education.
Perhaps if you could outline how you can live your life without benefiting from someone else’s education it would make the argument a little clearer.
There are how many thousand students in the UK and you use an n=2 sample to justify your argument??
I think you have mis-understood the points I was trying to get across…either that or I maybe didnt make my point clear enough, so I will try to do so below.
Firstly I didnt ask whether it was easy to justify why taxes should contribute to a university education I asked for a justification as to why it was felt that my taxes should be used to provide someone with a “free” education. I am all in favour of my taxes being used to contribute to the education system and to help students with funding, however, what I cannot and will not tollerate is for them to demand and expect me to fund the full amount so that they can get an education for “free”, even more so if they choose to abuse the funding options that are available to them.
To say that there are many thousands of students in the UK and yet I used an n=2 sample…I was merely referring to two people that I specifically know of, I am sure that if you took into account a broader range of students, the number of them that do not use their student loans for the actual intended purpose will be proportionately higher!
In my opinion, student loans and EMA should both be scrapped and the funds should be allocated in a far better way, in say voucher format so that it still gives a student the opportunity to buy the necessary equipment, stationary, textbooks, etc. that they need to help them with their studies. Giving students a lump sum of cash money each term is always going to encourage the temptation for them to spend it on things that will not benefit them or their studies, and so far both current support systems have shown that they are both open and subject to abuse.
For me, education should be “free” up to the point at which it would be considered socially acceptable that a person is able to get a job. Anyone who wishes to aspire to better themselves beyond this point should be willing to at least contribute to the costs involved in furthering their education and should not expect to rely wholy on current tax-payers to fund it all for them. Either that, or they should expect to have to pay back more over a longer period of time; as my mother often says to me “you can’t have your cake and eat it!”
Unfortunately this seems to be symptomatic of how Britain is turning into a country where we don’t aspire to better ourselves…
Far from it, I think we do and should continue to aspire to better ourselves, but what is happening is that some people choose to think that it should be everyone else’s responsibility to share the burden of the cost between them so that they can get something for nothing, but this is not fair nor is it progressive!?
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