Etihad to Buy EU Airlines
20/05/12 | Forum post in reply to LeTigre

This report is substantially accurate, Le Tigre. However The Independent Scotsman is reporting that President Salmond has nationalized Loganair in order that his Royal Flight of Britten Norman Islanders remains in Scottish hands.

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2012: Another "Extra" Bank Holiday for HM The Queen
20/05/12 | Forum post in reply to VintageKrug

openfly - I am impressed by your longevity........ Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee of 1897 was both a more restrained and a far grander celebration of her reign than the Golden Jubilee of the previous decade. The Queen’s own involvement was...

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Air Malta A319 Economy
17/05/12 | New topic created

I flew from Gatwick to Malta, having connected from a BA flight from Glasgow. For a variety of reasons, I travelled on two tickets for this journey, not least of which is KM's continuing code share with bmi, which made interlined tickets via...

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Spanair Economy
16/05/12 | Forum post in reply to 777-300ER

If the flight took over 4 months, its just as well it was on a 777-300ER and if they did use this aircraft on a local hop, its not surprising they went out of business

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BA to Leeds Bradford
11/05/12 | New topic created

I picked up an interview this morning with 'an aviation analyst' (missed the name) talking about fuel price. He was also referring to BA's LHR slots and how some of them were going to be used to boost domestic feeder services, including a restart...

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BA Status Matching Question
09/05/12 | Forum post in reply to Arleyguy

Those of you who have already been 'Status Matched' have done well. Despite responding to the May 1st e-mail within 5 minutes, I am still showing Blue on ba.com - no sign of my Gold status yet!! Is anyone else still waiting? I did call the...

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How to Jump the Heathrow Immigration Mess
08/05/12 | Forum post in reply to TerryMcManus24

I earned myself a cool £1,800 this lunchtime by NOT availaing of this service at T5. What is more, there was only one person ahead of me at Immigration so it was probably quicker than the bespoke service.....

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British Airways A321 Euro Traveller
08/05/12 | Forum post in reply to TominScotland

Thanks, Formerly (apologies for being familiar)! I did know this but hoped that it might also be a subtle bit of brain washing by BA...... Afterall, Stansted, Kent hardly warrents featuring on maps of SE England when much more important places...

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