by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Boeing recently released information on the next leg of the 787’s World Tour. Boeing has been showcasing the 787 around the world by visiting the home “ports” of 787 customers, vendors and suppliers that have been instrumental to the launch of the aircraft.
Part 5 kicks off on March 26 with a stop in Santiago, Chile. Here is the 787’s itinerary for this part of the tour:
March 26-31: Santiago, Chile to visit LAN Airlines and be on display at the FIDAE Air Show.
April 1-2: Shannon, Ireland for a scheduled day of maintenance activities.
April 2-3: Baku, Azerbaijan to visit Azerbaijan Airlines.
April 3-6: Moscow, Russia to visit airline customers, suppliers and employees from the Boeing Design Center.
April 6-11: Istanbul, Turkey to visit customers and suppliers.
April 11-13: Madrid, Spain to visit Air Europa, suppliers and Boeing employees.
courtesy: Boeing.com
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 24, 2012 | Airlines |
ONEWORLD:
AIRBERLIN (recent oneworld addition):
Berlin(TXL)-Budapest effective May 6 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
DRAGONAIR (Cathay Pacific):
Hong Kong-Jeju effective May 1 will begin 3x/week service.
Hong Kong-Chiang Mai effective July 1 will begin 4x/week service.
Hong Kong-Taichung effective May 14 will begin 2x/day service.
IBERIA:
Madrid-Manchester effective June 3 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Madrid-Manchester effective June 24 to Sept 2 will increase from 5x/week to 6x/week.
ROYAL JORDANIAN:
Amman-Munich was to be canceled April 19. This decision has been reversed and now will operate 3x/week effective April 20.
S7 AIRLINES:
Moscow(DME)-Gorno/Altaisk(RGK) effective May 29 will begin 2x/week service.
SKYTEAM:
AIR EUROPA:
Barcelona-Santo Domingo effective April 24 to Sept 30 will operate 2x/week service (Seasonal).
CHINA AIRLINES:
Taipei Song Shan-Seoul Gimpo effective April 30 will begin 3x/week service.
KENYA AIRWAYS:
Nairobi-Jeddah effective July 3 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
KOREAN AIR:
Seoul(ICN)-Busan effective March 1 increased from 2x/day to 3x/day.
Previous ONEWORLD updates: ONE TWO THREE
Previous SKYTEAM updates: ONE TWO THREE
Source: Airlineroute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 23, 2012 | Industry News |
According to this Foxnews.com article, Washington is preparing to slash the budget on the program that allows pilots to carry a firearm in the cockpit during flight. The current budget of 25 million dollars may be cut in half which in effect may end the program. It seems like Washington spends more on programs far less important than something that allows pilots to defend themselves and their airlines, but I guess Washington has made little if any sense lately. Citing the article, the Airline Pilots association breaks down the cost of the program to $15.00 per flight.
Thats right, apparently it costs only $15 a flight for a pilot to have the training and ability to have a firearm in the cockpit. But yet Washington deems this an expense not worth having in the budget and feels that taxpayer money is better spent on something like providing food aid to North Korea rather than help protect Americans.
We are subjected to all sorts of weird fees and surcharges on our airline tickets that fall into oblivion yet there’s not enough funding to cover an airline captains ability to protect his or her aircraft? We pay for the three ring circus called the TSA yet $15 per flight is too much to bear?
Another interesting point made in the article is the fact that there was a program prior to the 9/11 attacks that allowed pilots to be armed, but the program was terminated the summer before the attacks. Take that for what it’s worth……
