by Lufthansa Flyer | May 29, 2017 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AIR INDIA:
Delhi – Stockholm effective August 16 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Cancun effective October 31 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
TAP:
Porto – Almeria effective between June 11 and September 17, 2017 will operate 1x/week service (Charter).
THAI:
Bangkok – Brussels effective October 29 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
UNITED:
Denver – Cozumel effective December 17 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturdays).
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 28, 2017 | Airlines, Featured, Security, Terror Alert, TSA |
This morning during a televised interview, Department of Homeland Security boss John Kelly suggested that not only can an electronics ban be put in place on flights between Europe and the USA, but that it may be expanded to ALL international travel involving the USA.
During his interview, he suggested that Homeland Security and the TSA were looking at ways to ‘raise the bar’ on screening processes and to eliminate potential soft spots in air travel security..
This additional ‘threat’ comes on the heels of his comments on Friday where he did not deny the idea of expanding the Electronics Ban to include flights from the USA to Europe. The original ban threat covered only flights from Europe to the USA.
So now, in the third iteration of Kelly’s strategy, it looks like he’s going to throw a big wet blanket on all international flights operating from and to the USA.
At this point, I suspect the ban is inevitable. Kelly has been making way too much noise, and every time he speaks he seems to ratchet up his rhetoric about how laptops will do nothing but blow up airplanes. He also quipped that if Americans knew the kind of risks that are out there, we’d “never leave our house”.
Why not tell us, and let us decide.
I suspect there are no shares of airline securities in his portfolio 😉
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 27, 2017 | Featured, Security, TSA |
In comments made today by Homeland Secretary John Kelly, it appears that not only is an electronics ban imminent, it may extend beyond the original expectation of the ban.
As recently as last week, a group of security leaders and airline officials from several countries had apparently tabled the idea of expanding the electronics ban on flights originating from Europe. Amazing that in a week we can go from “The Idea Is Tabled” to the potential ban being worse than initially advertised.
But now, not only does it appear imminent that a ban on electronics will happen in the not too distant future, it very well may cover flights that originate from the USA.
In his comments Kelly did not commit to the idea nor did he deny the possibility. In fact he was quoted as saying “No, they didn’t misread me” when asked about his thoughts and willingness to include flights from the USA in any ban. What was not mentioned was how far reaching the ban would be and if it would extend beyond just flights to Europe.
