India's middle class want to fly but not pay very much. Expensive airliners , crews, mechanics and ground support cost real rupees, so pretty soon the prices must reflect the true cost of keeping planes, pilots, mechanics and ground support. If the people don't fly given the costs involved, tthen give the aiplanes back to the lessors.

(Written on 14.01.2019)(Permalink)

this is such a middle-finger salute to boeing, even though the 220 is by every metric a magnificent flying machine.

(Written on 10.01.2019)(Permalink)

i don't think so. The airline has bumped the price of everything they provide except the wages of the cabin crew.

(Written on 05.01.2019)(Permalink)

this job action will cause longer waits, from a administration not interested in citizen satisfaction or public services. Get used to more of the same.

(Written on 05.01.2019)(Permalink)

oncde again, chuck chall, i stand corrected.

(Written on 28.12.2018)(Permalink)

we did all see drones buzzing gatwick, didn't we? we all noticed flight cancellations for one full day, didn't we? so , where is the problem? Perhaps a solution for the next attack of the illegal drones could be foiled by having deployed in advance counter-drones with net-carrying capacity to snag the illigimate drones- a sort of battle of the drones in the skies over souther england? or is that solution too simple? Or killer attack drones to smash the illegal ones. game, set, match to the good guys.....

(Written on 27.12.2018)(Permalink)

i have been a southwest customer by choice since the days that it took four flights to get from fort lauderdale to the west coast. These folks know how to run a railroad, err airline. From three planes flying a triangle route structure in texas to becomeing like ants at a picnic, covering the united states and now central america, the other guys ought to take a lesson from southwest. If their eyes gaze to south america and/or europe, it is not going to be with 737's, but with 787's. this is wishful thinking of course, but i can hope...

(Written on 26.12.2018)(Permalink)

we observe coordinated drone incursions lasting nearly a full day, exposing no responce from british security forces in a timely manner. This ought to give people with bad intentions, terrorists and others, ideas for the next intrusions. A lot of tut-tuts but no real action. Sorry about the detention of the couple, but they got their 15 minutes and an opportunity to overact, as they did.

(Written on 26.12.2018)(Permalink)

before the perfection of automation, electronic bags and the like, pilots had to add, subtract, devide and use their brains a bit.

(Written on 25.12.2018)(Permalink)

i await with breathless anticipation southwest airlines ordering 787 aircraft for real route expansion to europe perhaps and south america as well. I hae never been mistreated on a southwest flight, the employees are far more cheerful than other airlines, and the bagage service is better by far. Southwest to London, Madrid, Frankfort, Rome, Dublin, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Rio, Santiago, - how about it?

(Written on 25.12.2018)(Permalink)