Vueling is discontinuing FRA-BCN. Aparently the route was not giving positive earnings and the management decided pretty on pretty short term to cancel the route. Affected guests have been informed yesterday, flights have been also taken off the GDS. When Vueling started to serve the route LH - the ...
Jump to postGerman news state Air Berlin CEO Stefan Pichler is about to leave the company end of January 2017. This alone isn't a big story considering that would be the 4th CEO change in 5 years, however the interesting news is that the successor is announced to be Thomas Winkelmann, which led Germanwings over...
Jump to postWhat about Ukraine International? I flew them from Kiew to Beijing, and since they were not allowed to overfly Russia we had to fly South first over Georgia and it took forever. I believe their J are just recliners, that are not even close to get lie flat...
Jump to postI also recall Transavia is not earning money... And I find them rather small and virtually unknown outside of their main airports, even in Germany no one knows them other than aviation specialists, although they have started quite a few routes from Germany. Heck, they can't even be booked in regular...
Jump to postThe article also suggests that EW will just operated the routes that AB used to operate. This was also suggested back then when LH gave up all regional routes not flying to FRA or MUC to EW, but eventually quite a few were cut and schedule changes made. I am pretty sure this is rather taking over PL...
Jump to postThis is very interesting. It was already in the news a few weeks ago, but now it seems that all parties have agreed to the deal and the board will need to formally accept it in September.. The planes that are wet leased are those that are not flying to Düsseldorf and Berlin and Lufthansa will use th...
Jump to postI recall that <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym> is able to not only seperate Schengen from Non Schengen arrivals, but also "safe" from "unsafe" non schengen arrivals. I am not sure if this applies for US/CA, but in theory you might not need to pass a security...
Jump to postI believe EAP is actually the "principal" airport code, which includes both MLH and <acronym title="Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (BSL / MLH / LFSB), France">BSL</acronym> codes. I.e. you can enter NYC in the GDS and it will consider <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK...
Jump to postAnother reason is that <acronym title="JMC Airlines (United Kingdom)">MT</acronym> (Thomas Cook UK) Is not part of any BSP and can only be issued on <acronym title="Condor Flugdienst (Germany)">DE</acronym>-Ticket Stock through the GDS. This may be a reason why most Longhaul <acronym title="JMC Airl...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Economist" class="quote" target="_blank">Economist</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>The way this works in <acronym title="Co...
Jump to postI am wondering how this can happen though. I am not sure how it's for Cologne, but usually there is a first set of doors when one enters the bag claim. These exit doors are usually "doubled" (the second door only opens once the first door is closed) to prevent this. In addition there is then the exi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Carfield" class="quote" target="_blank">Carfield</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Thank you for the review, as I am going to...
Jump to postHello Dear Readers, It's been quite some time I haven't posted a trip report and I thought today instead of posting a report about a flight, I would post a report about a lounge experience. I had the pleasure to fly with Air Serbia, and since last time I have flown with them, they have opened their ...
Jump to postWOW! What a trip. I read reports with the island hopper before, but combining this what even more flights is just incredible. I love flying all day long, too, but sometimes it really starts to get boring. But with such scenery nothing to complain about <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/av...
Jump to postThanks a lot for this report. Looks like an acceptable way to travel around. Staying overnight airside in an airport is always a bit fun I think. Years ago, before <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> in Heathrow opened, I spent the night at the airport airside and was one of the only...
Jump to postGreat report. It's more train related than plane, but I find it actually cool. What a great way of travelling! All kind of travels are great, but train especially so.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LJ" class="quote" target="_blank">LJ</a> (<a href="#63" class="quote">Reply 63</a>):<br/><i>No it doesn't. Article 8 sub 1b and 1c don't apply f...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Delta777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">Delta777Jet</a> (<a href="#60" class="quote">Reply 60</a>):<br/><i> By the way, there are backup airp...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LJ" class="quote" target="_blank">LJ</a> (<a href="#59" class="quote">Reply 59</a>):<br/><i>Nobody is blaming the passengers. It's just that Eur...
Jump to postThanks for your first report! I already saw these random "detour" flights that Aeroflot has to fly to US, simiar to Turkish which also have good fares from Europe via <acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym> to the US. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>They do not have that staff and operations b...
Jump to postBesides the employee thing, I find it more shocking that the airline prefers to have the guests kept in limbo for hours instead of rebooking to other carriers. That is the unacceptable thing and it's clearly violating EU regulation. I have complete understanding why this is happening, and it may be ...
Jump to postThe problem is also that Eurowings COULD rebook the guests to other carriers instead of having them delayed for more than 30 hours. Okay, it will be indirect, and yes, there will be delays in the end, too, but not 30 hours. Actually the EU Regulation in this regard is expecting airlines to rebook gu...
Jump to postI think this is mostly a thing of the past. There are still student fares around (passenger type ZZ), but these are not stand by, and not that heavily discounted. They is mostly a little discount, possibilty to book as cheap one ways, more bag allowance, higher maximum stay rule, or a combination of...
Jump to postWhile I never flew a 757 on <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> across the pond, I already did on a 767. I found it typically american. Small food portions of very average if not low quality and the snack before landing (or the breakfast) being just a piece of cake or muffin, and tha...
Jump to postIn Germany most airlines will usually not necessarily check IDs for travels within Schengen, as you may not be restricted to travel due to visa restrictions etc. Airlines will however check it often if they get the chance, with Lufthansa usually when you go the the bag drop counter, but I think this...
Jump to postThanks a lot for this great report! The Andaman Islands are for long time on my list but I never made it there so far. What a beautirful place!
Jump to postVery interesting pictures. The empty terminal looks spooky. Reminds me at a smaller extend when I was in <acronym title="St. Louis - Lambert-St. Louis International (STL / KSTL), USA - Missouri">STL</acronym> a few weeks ago and realized by walking to the end of the concourse that there is an usued ...
Jump to postAccording to a BA communication to trade partners it is a wet lease.
Jump to postI believe the 18 hours are only valid if transferring with Saudia. For the rest it is indeed 12 hours. I read reviews that showed this possible but you should be prepared for a lot of arguing at the check in, at the airport in Riyadh, and waiting of course. But make sure to confirm the regulations i...
Jump to postThanks for this great report and all the details including boarding pass, passport stamp and luguage tags pictures, I really like that. I find it great to travel that far to get a car, what a road trip! Tivat is an old little airport. I flew there <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BE...
Jump to postIn December I flew <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Marseille - Provence (Marignane) (MRS / LFML), France">MRS</acronym> on <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>. in Marseille <acronym title="Albenga (Villanova d...
Jump to postIt is true that Star Gold will not give you preferential seating on most other Star Alliance Carriers. I had an exception with being <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> Gold and flying <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym>, but this was 2 years ago. Howvever Skyteam gold would not o...
Jump to postHello, I am planning to fly from <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> to <acronym title="Cape Town - International (D.F. Malan) (CPT / FACT), South Africa">CPT</acronym> via <acronym title="Addis Ababa - Bole International (ADD / HAAB), Ethiopi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tcyvr" class="quote" target="_blank">tcyvr</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>I know definitely a different products for the E...
Jump to postATH is a pain in re of airport hotels. Sofitel is the only option, and it's very expensive. The next one would be the Pantheon <a href="http://www.pantheonathens.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pantheonathens.com/</a> which is a taxi ride (or sparse public bus) away, but still acceptable location. ...
Jump to postAC is a north american carrier. You will not expect catering and service of an asian or Gulf carrier. And for that standard I always found them pretty ok. Did not flew them to Asia, but between Europe and Canada, twice on a 777 and once on a 767 within the last 2 years and always found them to be ok...
Jump to postI would also recommend the taxi. I took several times a taxi at <acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym> airport and expected to be ripped off. Actually all my drivers have been honest, used the meter, didn't mind to drive short distances, and itt they are al...
Jump to postAs you have no bags you will be fine. Best is indeed to print out boarding passes for all segments. in <acronym title="Madrid - Barajas (MAD / LEMD), Spain">MAD</acronym> the LAN transfer counter seems almost to be never staffed when I was there. So your preprinted Boarding pass will be of good use....
Jump to postIt would be no problem for them to operate it with seats sold on that short segment. LAN does this between <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> and <acronym title="Madrid - Barajas (MAD / LEMD), Spain">MAD</acronym>, too. Passengers need to cle...
Jump to postWhen I did a similar connection in <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> a year ago or so it was pretty straightforward. Maybe they have installed kiosks for immigration by now. Anyway, you need to retrieve your bags, take them through custom...
Jump to postI do not understand the hype <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> gets, no matter if with construction going on or not. It's one temrinal, ok, but it takes you 30 minutes walking to one end to the other. It's old, the seating areas are not nice. When arriving...
Jump to postAs a travel agent my impression is that this comes down to the different GDS and airline systems involved. I mean, imagine your agent books in Sabre, airline is Lufthansa, which uses Amadeus (and probably multitudes of other systems in the background), operating carrier however is United, which uses...
Jump to postAccording to this German press release: <a href="http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2015/08/04/intersky-mit-rekordflug.html" target="_blank">http://www.austrianaviation.net/news...08/04/intersky-mit-rekordflug.html</a> Intersky made a new record for the ATR72-600 with a ...
Jump to postI flew the LAN 787 and found the seat to be very thight too. Interestingly , the JAL 787 which I flew and has 2 seaters at the window, was perfectly fine.
Jump to postPlenty of time? While I never passed immigration in <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>, I did in a lot of other US airports and often I had to wait up to an hour in line at immigration. Considering the need to recheck bags, pass security and ...
Jump to postMontreal Mirabel is fun. It's in the middle onowhere and you can actually drive the curbside if I recall correctly. There is a huge airport hotel in front of it which is also not in use anymore. Pretty strange feeling.
Jump to postdumbell2424 said it all. If you really want to go from airport to airport it will be 29 EUR if you commit to a specific train. Still pretty cheap. Megabus is great, but considering you would need to add approx 15 EUR in total for Suburban trains from Frankfurtr airport to city and city to airportin ...
Jump to postI was supposed to fly <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>-<acronym title="Prague - Vaclav Havel (Ruzyne) (PRG / LKPR), Czech Republic">PRG</acronym>-<acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> on Cz...
Jump to postFor me it was an Aeroflot SU9 swapped to an Airbus on <acronym title="Oslo - Gardermoen (OSL / ENGM), Norway">OSL</acronym>-<acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>. Most importantly I was connecting in <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO<...
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