The second European airline in less then a week shutdown. Malev Hungarian Airlines part of One World grounded all aircraft and stoped all operations. Directions for passingers has been posted on the company webpage. Spanair shutdown just a week before.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on state radio that two Malev planes were still overseas, one in Tel Aviv, the other in the Irish Republic. The premier said those planes were not allowed to take off because of Malev's ...
Could 2012 be a sad year for the Star Alliance? Well looks like it, Star has lost some of it’s shine and could be more on the way?
The hard times for star started when Lufthansa sold off British Midland International (bmi) to their european rival IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia; One World Member airlines. It looks like this sale will go thru, but there is a chance that the UK government might rule this would be a monopoly. Star really wanted Lufthansa to ...
Well this was a first for me, an airport Doctor fighting with an airline captain. With a nice and orderly on time boarding in Munich I took my seat 4D on a Lufthansa Flight operated by bmi for Lufthansa. (LH has BD operating flights for them from MUC and FRA to Manchester and Birmingham). The crew is a bmi crew with one German speaker. Most everyone was in their seats when 3 bright orange vest escort 3 passengers on board. It was a Doctor and some other EMS type people who worked for MUC ...
The other night I wanted to book a Star Alliance reward with my UNITED miles, so I called the 1K desk, I found the flights I wanted to get me from Manchester, UK (MAN) to Terceira, Azores (TER). I wanted to book MAN-FRA-LIS-TER and return, a reward within Europe for 25K miles. I wanted to route via FRA as my friend is going with me and he is based in FRA.
The UNITED agent told me routing via FRA would not work as I was “going to far out of the way” She added the ...
I was lucky to stay at the brand new Hilton Frankfurt Airport in Germany! WOW what an amazing place! When I walked into the lobby of the Hilton, I thought to myself this looks like a Hyatt. This hotel is upscale modern for sure, and is just impressive to look at. Hilton made a major investment here! The Sheraton should be very worried, and also get working on updating the rest of that hotel.
As I was a guest still in the opening days the hotel was not very full, and it was kind of ...
Here is a first look inside the Hilton Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany. This hotel opened on Dec 20 2011, and still has the new hotel smell.
Below is a quick video showing a twin executive room and the public areas of the hotel. I will post a full review with many more photos of both the Hilton and The Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport soon. The hotels are located in "The Squaire" right at the FRA airport and in the long distance rail station. You can ...
