November 2008

Blue1 Laying Off Pilots

by Jarkko on November 29, 2008

in Airlines, Airports, Aviation

The airline Blue1 has announced plans to lay off pilots starting next spring due to falling numbers of passengers on its routes. The company says that it will put its 100 pilots on ten days of unpaid leave and trim back on routes and aircraft. Blue1 Communications Director Tom Christides told YLE that the company [...]

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Finnair Cancels Weekend Bangkok Flights

November 29, 2008

Finnair has cancelled all weekend flights between Helsinki and Bangkok. Thai officials have announced Bangkok International Airport will remain closed until at least Monday. Meanwhile, nearly 300 Finnair passengers stranded in Bangkok were flown to Helsinki from Phuket, southern Thailand on Friday night. Hundreds of other Finnair customers are still waiting in Bangkok. The Finnish [...]

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Crosswind and Scary Aircraft Landings

November 29, 2008

Many if not all of us have seen this video but it is always a good to watch it again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_7Xt2ga-s  

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Mesa Air Group Settles Aloha Lawsuit and Agrees to Enter Long Term Licensing Agreement

November 29, 2008

Mesa Air Group today announced that it entered into a settlement with the former controlling shareholder of Aloha Airlines concerning the Aloha Airlines lawsuit over Mesa’s Hawaiian inter-island flight services operated under the go! brand name. Under the terms of the settlement, and without admitting any wrongdoing, Mesa agreed: – Mesa will make a cash [...]

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Helicopter discounts

November 28, 2008

Just Flight are offering Chopper Fever – a package comprising s the Robinson R44 and Schweizer 300CBi helicopters for Flight Simulator X and Flight Simulator 9 – for only £14.99 until 9AM on Monday, 1st December, 2008. FS Chopper Fever brings together two of the most popular General Aviation and training helicopters in the World [...]

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Finnair cancels evening Bangkok flight

November 27, 2008

Finnair is cancelling this evening’s flight, the AY089 from Helsinki to Bangkok, as well as the corresponding return flight. The flight was scheduled to depart from Helsinki at 20.15. According to the authorities in Thailand, Bangkok Airport will be closed at least until 18.00 tomorrow, local time. The departure of this evening’s later flight, the [...]

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Monarch Airlines voted as ‘Best Charter Airline’

November 27, 2008

Readers of the Daily Telegraph have voted Monarch as the ‘Best Charter Airline’ for the second year in the Telegraph Reader awards which were announced on 25-Nov-08. Over 25,000 readers were recently polled in Britain’s biggest travel survey. Commenting on the award, managing director of Monarch Airlines, Tim Jeans said, “We are delighted that Telegraph [...]

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Bad customer service from Finnair?

November 25, 2008

Hello all, I must first say that this post is a bit of a rant for Finnish passengers. Finnair had a lot of negative publicity in last couple of days in Finland and actually in Helsinki airport (HEL). They had in Finland around 60 cm snow in 24 hours and when all traffic went jammed, [...]

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