Hi Phillip, Another great trip report!! Thank you for taking the time to write it up for us all to enjoy. I noticed a theme in your report of snapping the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> airbus' at every station (bar <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</ac...
Jump to postThis is certainly a long time coming announcement from RIM ! Whilst I don't see it as a failure per se, I do think it's positioning as a hybrid consumer/business product will be its downfall in the long run. I notice that nobody here has mentioned the Cisco Cius tablet; <a href="http://www.cisco.com...
Jump to postIt is one of the highest APR's amongst UK available credit cards but then, generally speaking, you need to have a defined level of earnings before you can be eligible for the card in the first place....aka you can afford to pay it off every month. If your looking to transfer balances or spread payme...
Jump to postIf you bought the car (and it was originally sold) without run flats then I'd stick to using standard tyres. I've had no problems with my run-flats thus far, can't say I notice any real difference in driving quality to be honest. But something to note is that many people have been caught out when ch...
Jump to postShame to see such a long lasting brand disappear from the High Street. But at the same time the writings been on the wall for a while now and its business model was just not going to cut it. I also see other chains like <acronym title="China Northwest Airlines">WH</acronym> Smiths in trouble in the ...
Jump to postahhhhhh my eyes
They've actually managed to make it look even older !
If the next 5er looks like those artist conceptions above then Merc just shot themselves in the foot.
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Jump to postYou should have all bought IBM ! (for company equipment of course)
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Jump to postNow more details on the VS strike;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7154070.stm
Well from the headlines it seems the BAA strike is to go ahead, no official word just yet though; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,2230272,00.html" target=_blank>http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,2230272,00.html</a> And also seems that the <acronym title="Virgin Atlan...
Jump to postWell this cock-up by <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> cancelled my flight yesterday, VS027 and basically half a plane load of people where left behind at <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>. Luckily the rest of us got ont...
Jump to postThat sounds like an absolutely fantastic trip Vio !!! Very envious.
I'm off to the US once again this Christmas, for some reason it's nice to get a tan on Christmas day in Florida
Merry Christmas all !
FLVILLA
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Jump to postIf I remember correctly <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> said that <acronym title="Iberia (Spain)">IB</acronym> was a key interest but only at the right price. Clearly the price was now too high so it just wasn't worth it. And I don't blame them either. Yes, consolidation in the Europea...
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Jump to postAlso not to forget that <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> generally forgets its <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>/<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> a/c when ...
Jump to postHi there ! I'll be flying out of <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> on the first flight, BA302 <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>. Anyone else coming out...
Jump to postAs mentioned before if <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> does get together with <acronym title="Iberia (Spain)">IB</acronym> in the near term then that can only offer synergies with A380 fleets and so on, also I expect <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and <acronym title="Ibe...
Jump to postLooks as if the ball might start rolling again on this front ......
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ins_Iberia/articleshow/2516556.cms
I'm also on one of the trials this coming week (18th October), would be cool to know what we'll be doing prior but at the same time I guess it's part of the excitement if its unknown. I got an email update from BAA just the other day with revised timings, instead of 0830-1200 it is now a longer day ...
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Jump to postIt seems they don't just want 50+50 787/A350's;
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHAWuJxmCV27ExekWeVb22l-s5lg
Just seen a new <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> ad on <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym>, well before tonight's Rugby. I have to say, I've seen better. But there is supposedly a couple versions coming out. The one that just aired was <acronym title="British Airways"...
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Jump to postThere was similar rumours not so long ago about EK buying BA. All speculation of course. Good for share prices though
Jump to postI was also looking at connection information for <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> just the other day, it has to be said though that the airports website is one of the worst I've ever come across. It really seems they've not even bothered to make ...
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Jump to postI wonder how much the 1,800 police officers on duty for this event is costing the UK taxpayer ? It's unfortunate for the most part to have a need for this many officers because of this, I'm sure 99% of the protester will just sit in a field all week doing their lectures but there just will be a few ...
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Jump to postI agree that BAA is a pi$$ poor organisation when it comes to actually running most of it's airports, but would forcibly breaking it up (and lets be honest here even though they mention BAA's non-London airports they're really only focusing on the London ones) make any difference ? Perhaps in the lo...
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Jump to postWell it very much depends on what route your flying as to whether your getting an <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> or <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>/<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / ...
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Jump to postVery good results from BA, across the board financial improvement compared to the same period last year.
Also being reported that direct US-Europe flights are definitely on track for early next year.