BA management shake-up Prior to the IAG results being announced, there was speculation that the board were calling for Sean Doyle to go. In fact, that did not happen instead, Sean had a shake-up of some key senior positions instead. The FT and Times are reporting the new line-up. One…
Air France New business class Air France has unveiled its new long-haul Business seat. The current business class is pretty good in a 1-2-1 reverse herringbone configuration. With the ability to earn and redeem Virgin miles and vice versa combined with good regional UK connectivity, Air France and KLM can…
First class from £1912 The fare is available from Paris to New York with plenty of availability up to at least the end of the year. Although there are no limits on what days you can fly, it’s not available every day so you may need to be a bit…
Japan to reopen in June Other than China with its zero Covid policy, Japan is one of the last countries in Asia to allow visitors back in. In a visit to London this week, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that border restrictions will begin to relax over summer. The…
*Today only – Fairmont 20% off gift cards!* Apologies for those reading this on Thursday morning – Fairmont sales often have very little notice as they tend not to publicize them. Twice a year Fairmont gives a discount when you purchase gift cards. I have used the offer twice now….
Will BA’s CEO be forced to leave? At the weekend rumours started to circulate that BA’s current CEO may be forced to leave the company. As we all know BA has been having a pretty bad start to the year with numerous and ongoing cancellations, IT failures and reduced staffing…
Greece, Italy and Western Australia change Covid requirements Italy Sadly Italy has gone against the grain with the rest of Europe and continued some of its Covid measures. There has been one concession for travellers with the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form removed on 1 May. All other…
Finally, Lufthansa has a halfway decent seat Sadly Lufthansa business class seats are very far behind most other airlines with their dated 2-2-2 seats even on the relatively new A350s. The good business class seats are not due to arrive until their B777X is delivered which has now been delayed….
Australia’s Qantas today confirmed an order for 12 Airbus A350-1000s to enable non-stop flights to Australia from any other city including New York and London from late 2025. The direct flights will cut up to four hours off total travel time compared with one-stop options today. Of course, Qantas has…
Malaysia relaxes travel requirements Malaysia is relaxing many travel restrictions from 1 May. The country is scrapping mandatory pre and on arrival testing for fully vaccinated travellers, those who have had Covid between six to 60 days before their departure to Malaysia and children under 12 from 1 May. Wearing masks…
