January 30, 2010 – 1:27 pm
This is the T-50, making its first flight in eastern Russia this week. It changes everything in air defence and strategy. The defence establishments of the west, including the obsequious branch office of the JSF strike fighter project that comprises defence planning and procurement in Australia, have been warned about this development for a long [...]
January 29, 2010 – 11:19 am
Tom from Myrtle Bank, SA, who has provided all of the information requested for our complaints and atrocities forum, reports: I travelled on flight JQ12 from Tokyo-Narita to the Gold Coast on December 8, 2009. Upon arrival at Narita Airport, I was advised by the check-in staff that the flight would be late. The person [...]
January 29, 2010 – 11:02 am
There is something very sad and very wrong with the Lisa Robertson and Ralph Fiennes miles high sex romp case. First, read this week’s wire services report, widely published in the media. January 27, 2010 AAP A former Qantas flight attendant who achieved notoriety by having in-flight sex with British actor Ralph Fiennes, is now [...]
January 29, 2010 – 10:03 am
In recent weeks there have been attempts made to get bogus complaints against airlines published in our occasional series about airline atrocities called the Angry Flyers Lounge. To avoid this, but keep the pressure up when it comes to airline accountability to their customers, a few labour saving requests are now being made of those [...]
January 28, 2010 – 8:54 am
The iPad, and no doubt its future competitors, could fix a few things that really bug some travellers. Starting with the size and capability gap between a Blackberry and a lap-top. Something like an iPad which is without a space consuming hinged lid, and has a screen big enough for a really decent touch screen [...]
January 27, 2010 – 1:39 pm
Jetstar is applying lots of cash to a jet load of angry passengers, and no doubt to the future risk of tougher consumer laws being applied to air travel, after one of its Airbus A330-200s suffered two mechanical problems a night apart in Thailand. The 290 passengers who were due to fly out of Phuket [...]
January 26, 2010 – 10:54 am
A sensational new idea in economy class seating was shown off by Air New Zealand this morning. It turns 22 sets of triple seats in its new Boeing 777-300ERs into an optional double sleeping space, with conversion of all its recently delivered 777s to offer this format in the near future. A detailed report has [...]
January 25, 2010 – 7:41 am
An Air New Zealand ‘sleeper seat’ in economy is apparently ready for a public showing this week, maybe even today or tomorrow. This image, which is NOT linked to a You Tube video, because we couldn’t find it straight up, has been doing the rounds and has appeared on Pprune. What does it show? Looks [...]
January 23, 2010 – 9:17 am
Jetstar’s second or third announcement of a pay-per-use lounge at Auckland Airport this week begs the question as to why there aren’t more of them in this country, and whether their time has finally come? Putting aside the caveat that all ‘free access’ to airline airport lounges is paid for one way or another, the [...]
January 21, 2010 – 7:39 pm
If it hasn’t already happened, there needs to be some serious questions asked by Senator John Faulkner, Defence Minister of those who scripted his recent enthusiastic endorsement of the JSF or Joint Strike Fighter. Faulkner is no fool, and it very unlikely he will tolerate being made to look as captured by the rhetoric associated [...]
