The first UK carrier to operate Boeing 777-300ER is British Airways. UK’s national airline just has taken delivery of first of the six planes on order.
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5 Seriously Weird Aircrafts
The history of aircraft design has taken some strange turns over the years, with some of these turns resulting in spectacular successes — others, in catastrophe. However, with failure sometimes comes success, just at a later date and with better technology. As you peruse the following aircraft, though some might at first seem comical in design, be sure to consider the time at which they were constructed and how extraordinarily innovative and creative the theories behind their designs must have seemed to their colleagues. In a few of these aircraft, you may even notice traits similar to modern day aircraft.
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Lufthansa vs. Emirates
The war between Lufthansa and Emirates continues with the newest accusations form Dubai’s airline. Emirates claim that Lufthansa is blocking their access in Germany by distributing a document that contains misleading facts about them, such as: false facts about Emirates business model, an inaccurate number of flights that Emirates makes to the country and the carrier’s rights to land in Germany.
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Starcraft II takes off with Korean Air
Blizzard Entertainment and Korean Air signed a historical pact for the gaming industry and aviation. The release of Starcraft II will now be promoted through two special liveries on a 747 and a 737NG.
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Ryanair under investigation faces a €4.5M fine
The French newspaper Le Figaro has revealed that Ryanair has been under investigation for several months now in regards to illegal worker contracts in France. Like EasyJet recently, Ryanair is “accused of failing to declare workers”, about 120 employees. However, Ryanair could have to pay much more compensation than the orange airline.
Indeed,while EasyJet finally ended up paying 1, 5M Euros, Ryanair’s penalties could reach €4,5M. Throughout the process, in order to lower its costs and fees, Ryanair has been using the same strategy as easyJet, which is to take advantage of the lower protection and charges of British Law/Irish law.
It seems Ryanair’s streak of bad luck is not over. Ryanair is also under investigation regarding public subsidies, an Irish Times article reported just last week end. Gerry Byrne points tells the truth about the Ryanair business model, exposing just how Ryanair gets such important financial support from publics authorities.
In France, Air France has already filed a complaint against Ryanair, and it is now Lufthansa’s turn to express its discontent over the Lubeck public authorities having signed a new two-year agreement with the Irish airline. The amount of subsidies however has not been published. Ryanair is currently under investigation in relation to 7 airports over what Lufthansa calls “questionable subsidies”.
Slammed by the French Labour Court, EasyJet will have to pay €1.5M
After a 3-year investigation years over the legal status of hundreds workers (170) based at Orly Airport, EasyJet was ordered to pay up to €1.5m to the French labour healthcare public body. The orange airline was more precisely “accused of failing to declare workers in Orly between June 2003 and December 2006”.
Got some change? I have to use the toilet!
Prepare to hear this if you’re flying anytime soon with… Ryanair, of course. The Irish carrier seems to be in a competition with itself for introducing the most absurd taxes aviation could ever experience. And when we think they finally won, Ryanair announces a new tax.