First Class treated as Second Class!
01/03/10 | Forum post in reply to NTarrant

I guess in compensation, passengers travelling first class pay very little for their tickets when travelling on Saturday or Sunday. Canny passengers simply buy the cheapest saver return (no time of travel restrictions at weekends) and pay a...

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SQ new 773 /A333 Regional business seat to oz
25/02/10 | Forum post in reply to MarcusUK

Dutchyankee: Mark has provided a comprehensive review of the various biz class products on the SQ fleet. Best departure point and plane type from where you are would be CDG (using the A380 service) or LHR (with the A380 or B777-300ER) or...

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BA new First Class Review
19/02/10 | Forum post in reply to AndrewFlyer

RoadKing writes: "SK doesn't have and to my knowledge never have had a First Product." SK operated First class on long-haul flights until 1988. It was the first of the mainstream European carriers to drop first class in favour of an improved...

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Free First Class on East Coast Trains Scottish Exec Package
11/02/10 | Forum post in reply to VintageKrug

And the ticket may not be available from Glasgow for very much longer as, under the new East Coast franchise, the train firm is free to terminate through running trains from London KX.

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Air marshalls on all US carrier into USA... a step too far?
07/01/10 | Forum post in reply to Binman62

El Al probably has the best security of any airline. But, as has been mentioned here before, would passengers tolerate El Al's lengthy check-in times ? Could the airports cope with having to allocate more terminal and gate space so that...

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Air India HKG
07/01/10 | Forum post in reply to Engelbert

"However, AI are in poor shape financially..." Maybe that's why AI's membership of Star Alliance has been delayed yet again: http://in.biz.yahoo.com/091211/50/bauqtg.html

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LH...ahead of the pack in Europe?
05/01/10 | Forum post in reply to Wildgoose

It's all too easy to forget that LH was the instigator of the all-business class flight on long-haul routes. Launched a number of years ago these flights (operated by B737s or A319s chartered from Swiss carrier Privatair) initially operated...

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Scanners - useful mainly for causing delays
04/01/10 | Forum post in reply to viking01

I would imagine an airport would need to have several machines covering each gate or those gates covering transatlantic flights. AF is the only carrier operating an A380 across the Atlantic to the US. Its A380 accommodates 538 passengers and...

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Scanners - useful mainly for causing delays
04/01/10 | Forum post in reply to viking01

Processing time is also an issue with the new machines. According to reports in the national press, it will take 20 seconds to screen each passenger so imagine how long (even assuming there are multiple machines in operation) it would take to...

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