Icelandair is not getting a new livery.
The 737MAX will be delivered in an incomplete livery and will be finalized at the KEF paintshop to current livery standards.
Your airline's staff travel department will be able to give you accurate and up-to-date information about this, as they will no doubt issue the ticket.
Jump to postAlthough they might change their policy in the future, I think many are forgetting that ANA's biggest market by far is the domestic one. Yes, it would be great for them to have something like the A380 to haul people between <acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda International (HND / RJTT), Japan">HND</acron...
Jump to postYour ticket number can be found on the bottom middle of your ticket (marked: Document Number sometimes), in an area where it says Do Not Mark or Stamp in Area. It's a 13-digit number, starting with a 3-digit airline code then a 10-digit ticket number, you'll have to input all 13 on the <acronym titl...
Jump to postDefinitely take the Friendly Airport Limousine, departs like every 15mins from outside both terminals at <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>, a lot less hassle than taking the train, and it's quicker (and probably cheaper). As said before, dome...
Jump to postWow guys, thanks so much for all your suggestions, much appreciated! I'm sure I'll be able to fill 3 days up with these things.
I take it it's quite easy to get around the city with public transport?
(Don't really fancy renting a car when visiting a city).
Thanks again!
Hey everyone, going to <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> in a couple of weeks for a few nights. Tips on what to see and do in the city, and where to stay would be mightily appreciated. I'm getting tired of Lonely Planet, it gives such a one-s...
Jump to postGreat report, about the male cabin crew member though, the <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> male uniform is designed to be worn wiht or without the tie and with sleeves rolled up, it's part of their uniform guidelines, so he was just following that. It is a little strange however that h...
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Jump to postYes, they have been doing quite well recently. They're remaining very quiet about this supposed new route (although I don't see why they'd open a new European route, with all their Star partners all over the place already). However, there's strong talk of Frankfurt going double daily next year... an...
Jump to postIcelandair isn't getting 737-800s.
They were ordered by its parent Icelandair Group/FL Group (Don´t know what they call themselves these days), and a number have already been deliviered, but are on long-term leases in China.
I thought <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>'s only flights to <acronym title="Tashkent - Yuzhny (TAS / UTTT), Uzbekistan">TAS</acronym> are Cargo flights, using md-11s en-route to Asia (or so I was told by a <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> Captain a few months ago i...
Jump to postJust had the same problem with Infinity, and emailed them about it.
Their rate is 33 rubles to 1 c.u.
They are a good travel agency though, and most of their staff speak good english and are really helpful.
I believe it could be of the new <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> directive to remove all laptops from handluggage before going through the x-ray machine. Some people don't think it applies to them, so the screeners have to take the laptop out and put the...
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Jump to postBA is starting to fly to Iceland in a couple of months, and are not going to open an office in the country, as they expect all their customers to book their flights online.
Jump to postUkraine.
Point out any other country which has at least a dozen flavoured versions of pure FAT (pig's fat presumably).
Looks a bit like cheese on the plate, but it sure don't taste like cheese.
If you're not into paying for girls, then I'd give NightFlight a miss! Haven't heard of the Hungry Duck, and don't think there's a Planet Hollywood in Russia (maybe it's a 'local' one). Haven't been on a night out in Moscow for a long time, so things will have changed a lot. Have a great time anyway...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-Tehran flight by BMED is never operated by an a320 (The <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> website often says a flight is flown by 320 aircraft, but it means its flown by 320 family aircraft). Their 321s ope...
Jump to postI personally found them to be quite allright. Although when I did try to sleep on the <acronym title="Moscow - Domodedovo (DME / UUDD), Russia">DME</acronym>-<acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym> sector, there is nothing to support your head, so I had to lean my ...
Jump to postMaybe by contacting the relevant airlines/civil aviation organisations in each country, although I doubt you'll get any information from "Armenistan"!
Jump to postI go with the uniform look. That's why it's called a uniform, so everyone looks the same, and can be easily identified as working for the same company. On some of the US carriers, the crew looks so different sometimes they might aswell be working for separate airlines. While I as crew might know the...
Jump to postI know what it is... It's avidly known as the "Chinese Water Torture" by my colleagues <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> You're the first person I've ever heard liked it. I don't hate it as much as some of my colleagues though, but when you've been on the ground for...
Jump to postThe difference? Huge. While Sheremetyevo is a wreck from the 80's, Domodedovo is a newly refurbished, modern, passenger-friendly airport that actually works. Moscow actually has other airports (not sure if it's a total of 4 or 5, one being Vnukovo). In the olden days I believe each was used to serve...
Jump to postRight, about the restrictions on BMED's A321 from THR-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>. It normally isn't a problem, again due to the relatively low-density configuration and extra fuel tank. However, when there's a full flight in the summer, when it's ve...
Jump to postBA does actually serve Tbilisi 3 times a week from LHR (through franchise BMED).
Jump to postAs Jetboy mentioned, and will remain the same (the lie-flat beds are just too heavy for Airbus narrowbodies).
There are 31 seats in Club World on BMED's A321.
Baku (GYD) is sometimes served by A320 aircraft, same config but fewer seats (think it's 22).
Without hesitation:
Turkmenistan.
What a surreal place that is.
I just finished reading this Air Babylon book. While somewhat entertaining, most of the narrative is totally exaggerated and the book is full of worn-out presumptions about FAs and the things they (we) get up to. The weird thing is that the main character isn't a <acronym title="Safair (South Africa...
Jump to postBA does indeed have female FAs on <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-THR flights (operated by BMED of course). Sometimes it's an all-female cabin crew even. We have the same rule as <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> basically. The girls put their uni...
Jump to postThe problem is you probably wouldn't get any FAs or Pilots in there as they aren't allowed to drink in uniform... however once they're out of it...
Jump to postThanks for posting the link!
I stumbled upon the site last year, and forgot the address, and have been looking for it ever since!
Definitely ordering one... should go down well at work (well, out of uniform, that is).
A Regional / baby merger could turn out to be disastrous, as apparently, bmi Regional is the only part of the whole bmi group that's profitable, hence the service on Regional not changing on Aug 1st in line with the mainline <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acrony...
Jump to postActually, last thing I heard is that <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> will not be suspended this winter. In place of suspending <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New Y...
Jump to postIcelandair hardly ever lands at Reykjavik City Airport, except for promotional events and airshows. Before the fairly new civilian side of Keflavik Airport (Leifur Eiriksson Terminal) was built, passenger flights actually operated from the small terminal that is now on the military side of the airpo...
Jump to postDoes anyone know what tune it is that BA use (in the ads aired a few months ago, the silly one starting in NY and ending on a beach)?
It's very classical-sounding.
Well, to be fair, S7 probably hadn't received their 737 before the ad was made.
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Jump to postI'd personally choose SWISS, for a very consistent good service and professional crew (and from 25th May free meals and drinks are back in European Economy).
Jump to postWhile Turkmenistan is an absolutely fantastic place to visit, it is very very difficult to actually get a visa there (Some people have said it's the most closed country on earth after Korea DPR!). Perhaps most importantly, you will need to provide an invitation from someone within Turkmenistan (orga...
Jump to postWell, concerning the doors, I think it's really 1 <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> per set of doors. So the required absolute minimum (speaking in emergency terms, in order to operate the exit) on for example an A320 would be 2, as there are 2 sets of doors (of course, time permit...
Jump to postThose cities have tremendous potential. Especially Tbilisi as Georgia continues its reforms. For one, <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> (operated by BMED) has upped frequency to TBS from 2 in winter to 3 per week in summer. EVN is seeing a tremendous 6x week this summer compared to 3x in...
Jump to postWhat a relief is all I can say, about time aswell. Mehrabad Airport is an utter disgrace, and the lines that form for the pre-check-in 'security' are an absolute nightmare, not mentioning the total lack of any form of security procedures (pax goes through a metal detector, it peeps loudly, guard tel...
Jump to post"Eau de Airbus" is what the smell is called where I work. In fact, I keep my uniform in a separate wardrobe, whenever I open it, the smell hits me. That's when I know it needs to go to the dry-cleaners. It's a lovely smell though, brings back loads of memories. Judging from the number of replies her...
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Jump to postThere are actually a few Airbuses on order, something like 5 I think, but they are being delivered at the rate of something like 1 a year (next A320 due in May), so BMED is expanding, although very carefully, which can only be a good thing. They should be a mix of 320s and 321s, although I recall it...
Jump to postHelsinki's fabulous.
Clean and easy to get around.
The people are very friendly, although they might seem a bit reserved at first.
The shopping's great aswell.
I'm sure you'll have a great time.
On the note of fluorescent green polar bears... have you ever been to the Moscow Zoo?
For me the name S7 is kind of silly.
Reminds me of the "J-7" juice-brand they have in Russia!
For the record I did not imply BMED were the new GB Airways.
As Shamrock said, the only thing they have in common is being BA franchisees.
Des Hetherington suddenly passed away in the middle or latter part of January while in Fez, Morocco (celebrating <acronym title="Airborne Express (USA)">GB</acronym> Airways' launch of the route). From what I hear it all happened very quickly, sounded like a heart attack. He wasn't old at all, somew...
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