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About all things concerning aviation
Every week we illustrate various subjects regarding our service, passenger rights and commercial aviation. We also provide you with tips & tricks regarding air travel.
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21-10-2014
Travel baggage free with SendMyBag
We all know that bag charges can add ££s to flight costs. So, if you can’t face the thought of cramming your clothes into your cabin luggage then take a look at SendMyBag, a door-to-door luggage transportation service which will pick up your bags from your home and delivers them to your destination! The company has recently launched an Irish website SendMyBag.ie.
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03-10-2014
BA flys X-Factor hopefuls & celebrity judges to the final auditions
The X-Factor team has chosen British Airways, as the official airline to fly its celebrity judges and contestants out to the final auditions at the judges’ houses. Stand by for the episodes which will air over three nights on ITV this Friday (October 3) at 9pm, Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.
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26-09-2014
Sweet dreams and top class comfort with Singapore Airlines
In our last blog we revealed, courtesy of the Daily Telegraph, the airlines which offered the roomiest seats and the best entertainment and we were pleased to share. Then we found this!
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10-09-2014
How not to smuggle your turtle through airport security
This story about an eight-year-old boy who tried to smuggle his pet turtle through airport security in his underpants made us chuckle!
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08-09-2014
Passenger boarding just got easier!
Struggling up steep stairs to board aircraft could be the thing of the past with Aviramp the aircraft boarding ramp system. Norwich Airport is one of the first in the UK to use the self-contained mobile passenger boarding equipment which is particularly designed for passengers with reduced mobility, wheelchair users and parents carrying small children. -
03-09-2014
When a plane lands – has it arrived?
Adeline Noorderhaven, Manager EUclaim, UK takes a look ahead of the European Courts of Justice (ECJ) judgment on time of arrival.
What constitutes flight arrival time? That’s the question currently being asked at the European Courts of Justice (ECJ) by Germany’s budget airline Germanwings. Why does it matter? It’s all about the minutes and of course the money. If an airline is responsible for a delay and arrives 3 hours after its scheduled arrival time passengers are entitled to compensation up to 600 euros as stated in EC regulation 261/2004. Although airlines battle hard not to pay out flight delay compensation to passengers it is the law and it must be upheld. But what is not clear and remains a grey area which urgently needs definition – is when does a plane officially arrive?
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22-08-2014
Goodbye to the reclining seat and mid-flight air rage!
It seems that the end is nigh for the reclining seat on planes. In a survey of 1,000 passengers by Skyscanner last year it found that 91% of passengers would like to see reclining seats banned, while 60% of cabin crew said that people’s tendency to recline without warning or thought for fellow passengers was a regular reason for a mid-air tantrum.
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13-08-2014
On your Bike… Seat, new airline seat patented.
The European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has lodged a patent application for a new aircraft seat that could add more than 50 passengers aboard a narrow-bodied plane such as the Airbus A319, the mainstay of the EasyJet fleet. While Ryanair may squeeze 10 more people on each of its Boeing jets
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08-08-2014
British Airways & Monarch Airlines delay Brits on flights to Rome
Monarch Airlines – 2.79% of flights to Rome delayed or cancelled in first four months of summer season
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30-07-2014
EUclaim praises UK airlines for reducing flight delays by 11.78%
Infographic: EUclaim praises UK airlines for reducing flight delays by 11.78%.