BBC Picture Story here Heathrow Departures and Arrivals information All passengers and crew were “safely evacuated” from the plane following the incident at about 09:00 BST. John Coghlan told the BBC he saw a “black smoke trail” from the engine of a British Airways Airbus A319. He said: “[It was a] safe landing and passengers…
Breaking news – Heathrow closed due to an ‘incident’..BA flight evacuated on North Runway
BBC is reporting that both Heathrow runways are currently closed as the result of an incident….unclear what’s happening yet Update: Heathrow airport A BA plane has been evacuated. Heathrow says all passengers and crew have safely left the aircraft on northern runway. ————————————————————- Reports are now that one runway has re-opened.
Losing BA Tier Points after AA flight changes
Earlier in the year I secured a decent Business Class Fare from Athens to San Francisco. It routes via the BA London City-> Shannon-> New York (JFK) and you clear US immigration in Shannon. Last week, I checked my flights and found that AA had withdrawn its late MIA-SFO flight. (I had hoped to travel…
Cancelling an Avios ticket? Check your account
Recently I had cause to cancel an Avios ticket using the ba.com web site. Whilst the taxes re-credited immediately the Avios were outstanding 3 weeks later. In the interim I had called and been told that it took a little while for the Avios to reappear. Today, it seems I spoke to someone who knew…
Lufthansa First – with some of the new features
There was a story at Flyertalk some weeks ago about some new service changes in Lufthansa First Class. The ones I noticed during my recent trip were as follows: Different sort of pillow: New butter knife design: New Salt and Pepper: New Napkin Rings (oooh!) New Cutlery Starters no longer served on stands: All three…
My favourite 9 things about the Lufthansa First Class Terminal @ Frankfurt
Quite a lot of bloggers have covered the Lufthansa First Class Terminal at Frankfurt – you can read their reviews here: Mommy Points Lufthansa Flyer View from The Wing One Mile at a Time It is hard to know what to add! So here are my 9 favourite things: 1. The Building: The idea of…
LH shorthaul – AMS-FRA
I was connecting from Amsterdam to Frankfurt on my way to Shanghai and so enjoyed a A319 operated shorthaul trip with LH. The business class cabin was pretty empty – just three passengers and so I managed to slip in to Row 1 and enjoyed a pretty good view of the take-off and landing. I…
Servisair lounge at Amsterdam…dismal!
Some days ago I wrote about the Privium lounge at AMS, available only to people who have the iris scanning entry card used at the airport. I had a little time so decided to pop along to the regular lounge used by Lufthansa in Amsterdam; the Servisair Lounge. My travel experience was not enhanced by…
Turkey simplifies immigration – e-Visa online application
One of the frustrations many travellers have when arriving in Turkey is that you need to obtain a visa on arrival for many nationalities. Countries who nationals can now apply online for their visa are below: Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Canada Croatia Dominica Dominican Republic Greek Cypriot Administration…
Hyatt announces plans for third Hyatt in Amsterdam
Hard on the heels of the opening of the Andaz Amsterdam, Hyatt announced its plans for a Hyatt Place at Schipol Airport scheduled to open later this year. Yesterday they announced that a third hotel was being planned, the Hyatt Regency Amsterdam. Scheduled to open in 2015, the property will have 215 rooms and 15…
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