The GTAA should follow the path of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and hire the same people who do the signage for <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>. <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>, <acronym titl...
Jump to postCheck out www.conquestvacations.com for Skyservice flights... Also, www.flyhmy.com for Harmony - you could get as cheap as $350 return with them...
klik
Anyone read <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s response to all this expansion? Check out <a href="http://www.britishairways.com/cgi-bin/press/view_article.pl?year=2004&month=07&day=19&index=0&reference=062/KG/04&title=Call%20to%20reject%20Alitalia%20rescue&mail=contact&image=none&positi...
Jump to postThank you Agmyvr...
It makes sense now. I didn't realise only 5 A340s remained in the three class config - thought they'd keep more with F.
klik
I just got back from a four-day holiday in <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym>... travelled via <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Ko...
Jump to postHow many <acronym title="Olympic Airways (Greece)">OA</acronym> A340s made the routing? The Saturday <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>-<acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL),...
Jump to postFor the record, I believe Thomas Cook UK (TCX) has a similar thing going: 36" seat pitch throughout the cabin (757), PTV, etc... and that's just all out economy - no premium...
klik
I've seen another single-aisle a/c (A320) sub for a Skyservice A330 that went mechanical last summer. They put two A320's instead of the one split-destination A330 (so one went <acronym title="Rome - Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) (FCO / LIRF), Italy">FCO</acronym> the other VCE). The flights stopped...
Jump to postAwesome report...
Really terrible about your house being burgled... Hope you didn't find things in too much a disarray...
klik
SpruceGoose... In the UK, try ground handlers at your local airport... Visit swissport <a href="http://www.swissport.com" target=_blank>http://www.swissport.com</a>, Servisair <a href="http://www.servisair.com" target=_blank>http://www.servisair.com</a>, Aviance <a href="http://www.aviancehandling.c...
Jump to postStarlionblue.... Public transport? From Pearson? You're joking, right? Unless you live in Toronto (there is frequent bus service with the TTC), you're stuck. Keep in mind how spread out the Greater Toronto Area is... very few people commute from Toronto centre. I work at <acronym title="Toronto - Le...
Jump to postThis "network" is no different to what's in use at every major airport around the world. It mainly focusses on SITA's CUTE network, allowing airlines to log onto any computer at a gate or check-in counter. We do it at Terminal 3 every day.... Maybe it's just something new for Air Canada? I'm not too...
Jump to postGlobeGround employees are the ones who should be careful.... GG coming into AC's territory on the ramp... It won't be pretty...
Jump to postYup... Heard the plan is for <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>-Zagreb with Skyservice. Either 330 or 757... This summer European routes from <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ),...
Jump to postIf an airline wishes to do so, they can request a more "tailored" service from the ground handler. For example, they can have dedicated staff trained on the specific computer system (KE do so at <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</a...
Jump to postAbout a year or so ago, <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>, there were severe weather disruptions at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United King...
Jump to postBA 777 @ Cranebank (BA's Training Building at LHR)
Asians have to go through Europe??? What about Singapore (4X weekly during Olympics), Thai, Emirates, Gulf Air, Kuwait, etc... From <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>, look for <acronym title="Air Transat (Canada)">TS</acr...
Jump to postTo the best of my knowledge, Lufthansa get their name from the Hanseatic league: a post-medieval mercantile organisation including the cities: Bremen, Cologne, Danzig (now Gdansk) and others...
This organisation represented commerce, hence why this name was chosen by Lufthansa.
klik
Until T1Old is raised, and the main pier (don't know the letter for it) is added to T1New, the Infield Terminal will continue to be used by the likes of <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym>, <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>, <acronym title="Alitalia (Italy)">AZ</acronym> and <ac...
Jump to postDutchjet... Speedwing, the consultancy arm of <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> (which really is just using the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> name - it hasn't that much to do with <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>) recommended <acronym title="Olympic Airways (...
Jump to postFinn Wings: Most charter airlines won't rely on containers (too expensive, even though it results in huge time savings: offloading takes no more than a few minutes); they just use freeload. And can one say <acronym title="Albenga (Villanova d'Albenga) (- Clemente Panero) (ALL / LIMG), Italy">ALL</ac...
Jump to postThey're in use at <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acronym>. Only beef is some stations are rarely used by certain airlines, and SITA fail to load that airline's soft...
Jump to postDelta are not the official carrier of the Olympics: Olympic Airlines/Airways (call them what you want) hold that title this year.
Delta, I believe, are the official sponsor of the US Olympic team...
Nope... It's becoming a park as we speak, with a few of the old hangars turned to venues. See the progress at the official site: <a href="http://www.athens.olympics.org" target=_blank>http://www.athens.olympics.org</a>, then click "news" then select Works in Progress from the Images menu... Choose t...
Jump to postBA were testing the inflight product in the early 90s: the seats had a screen with actual buttons (no remotes or touch sensitive screens), and were only on a select few aircraft. It looked a lot like <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym>'s original system... thought ...
Jump to postThose shops are the best things for airlines... More shops make an airport more of a destination: just look at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>... how many PAX spend transfers shopping... I've even heard of people choosing <acronym title="British Airways"...
Jump to postI can't believe no one's mentioned Skyservice... sounds like some sort of military air transport service.
klik
Donder 10 wrote: <i>The B744's only operate a few of those routes and that's because of capacity. It's more logical to fly 7 B744's to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> than fly 10 B777-200s <acronym title="New York - John...
Jump to postThe A310 only has one door forward of the wing... So it's an A300...
klik
I don't think <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> are keeping the two daily flights just to keep out <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym>. They've had two daily for a few years now, and the extra three frequencies per week will operate for six months in '0...
Jump to postThere was an article in a Toronto newspaper this weekend re: Concorde. The author, a usually very knowledgeable and respected foreign affairs correspondent, made at least one mistake by claiming Concorde was never profitable, while <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> claimed to have made C...
Jump to postWGW2707 wrote: <i>Greece (this is a more understandable inclusion given the reported lax security at <acronym title="Athens (- Hellinikon) (ATH / LGAT) (closed), Greece">ATH</acronym>)</i>. ... have you been to <acronym title="Athens (- Hellinikon) (ATH / LGAT) (closed), Greece">ATH</acronym>? One f...
Jump to postIf he really wants to compare with <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> or <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> he should: install PTVs (Westjet will soon surpass him on that one), offer a FULL meal (Y class only gets a sandwich and wine, no spirits, J class onl...
Jump to postThe English and Dutch spotters were not at a civil airport, but a military one, and they had been given two previous warnings about spotting at military fields. As for spotting at <acronym title="Athens (- Hellinikon) (ATH / LGAT) (closed), Greece">ATH</acronym>, I'm sure there are some places, sinc...
Jump to postTemporary move during the refurbishment of T1... That's what I heard
Jump to postI still think <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acronym> would beat Eurostar hands down.... As for Brussels' stations, why is it that Midi isn't Sud (an exact translation of the Dutch Zuid??)... It's simple enough, but for some reason I will always think of Midi meanin...
Jump to postWas rejected for this Sat... will try again for the next one though, so we'll be seeing you all there...
klik
A few months ago, flying on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>, a stewardess bumped into me with h...
Jump to postS_Air... Did you ever think the reason you never got any smiles is because you freaked the cabin crew out due to your constant 'smiling'. I mean, maybe they thought you were just a perv or sthg... And I know, this is very, very immature of me, but unfortunately we all can't live up to the standards ...
Jump to postI just hope T1New offers some better services than <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acronym>, such as: duty free shopping (next to non-existant in <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acronym>), free baggage trolleys, some proper eating establishments (open unti...
Jump to postSorry Singapore_air... please let me ask you sthg. I don't want to sound ignorant, but why are you so distressed about the loss??? I mean, unless it's your family's business, and you directly will suffer, why give such a damn?
Regards,
klik
<i>I still hope <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> fires all the staff that walked out.... but of course, they don't have the backbone to do that </i> Are you suggesting that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> mgmt had absolutely no idea the staff were close to a walkout? I'm s...
Jump to postWhile <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> and US may have a superior inflight entertainment, for quality of service (and a damn fine entertainment system on top of that), plus all-744 flights, I'd choose <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> hands down. I'v...
Jump to postWithin one year, ATH will have a direct suburban rail link with central Athens, plus metro cars linking with the metro network (including the AOSC - Athens Olympic Sports Complex).
PW100... Just to follow on 777236ER's point... <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> have proportionally fewer slots at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> than <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> have at <acronym title="Frankfurt - Mai...
Jump to postA lot of what Chicane does is relaxing chillout type music - stuff I usually listen to when flying. It really purveys the serenity of flying... Check out the whole album "Far from the Maddening crowds" - really awesome.
klik
... but not YYZ!!!
Why don't BA ever offer any of their super-cheap discounted flights from YYZ??? Anyone know???