Egypt: Prime Minister inspects Cairo Airport

It is quite absurd that he was assured that passengers receive good treatment. Isn’t it supposed to be like that without saying?
Is the Prime Minister qualified enough to inspect the service quality at the airport? Consequently, hailing the efforts exerted by airport employees is highly questionable.

Date: 29 September 2012 commenting on http://allafrica.com/

Body found in landing gear of British Airways 747 jet at Heathrow

This is a non-traditional example of non-revenue go-show passengers.
The only difference is that the passenger managed to avoid all airport formalities, especially the security checkpoints.
The whole story represents a highly serious act in airline security. That man could have been a serious threat to the security of both aircraft and passengers.

Date: 31 August 2012 commenting on http://airnation.net/

Ryanair to remove bathrooms & add more seats

The pursuit of Ryanair for finding new ways to squeeze more passengers inside its planes will never end. The airline's last move to reduce the number of lavatories on board came as no surprise to anyone observing Ryanair.
Would it be too bizarre for Ryanair to think of accommodating air passengers inside the cargo hold of the aircraft?
One of my blog posts was about the same mentality of Ryanair. It is located here (http://airlinologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/ryanairs-step-too-far_12.html).

Date: 14 October 2011 commenting on http://www.inquisitr.com/

IATA's policy toward quality issues

Air Nigeria takes delivery of A330-200 aircraft

Generally speaking, making its non-fully utilized fleet available for lease is an advantage for EgyptAir. That advantage will be maximized in case of wet lease as the airline would be able to utilize its surplus of crewmembers as well.

For Air Nigeria, the case is not necessarily the same. It is true that the airline would satisfy its short-term operational needs. However, leasing specifically from EgyptAir is a separate issue and has two strong points of concern. They are language and quality of service.

Unfortunately, EgyptAir cabin crewmembers speak the Egyptian dialect of Arabic language plus limited, if any, English language. That issue would have its negative impact on the communication quality between the cabin crew and the passengers of Air Nigeria and consequently the service quality. Putting the language aside, did Air Nigeria carefully check the level of customer-centricity of EgyptAir cabin crew before signing the ACMI lease?

To be on the safe side, Air Nigeria is advised to use its own crewmembers side by side with EgyptAir crewmembers for the sake of improving issues of both language and quality. Alternatively, damp lease, rather than wet lease, would resolve the previously-mentioned issues.

Date: 17 May 2012 commenting on http://leadership.ng/nga/

30 seconds with Vietnam Airlines

Sure, the quality of service in Sheremetyevo Airport is far less than its rival Domodedovo Airport. Moreover, Domodedovo takes the lead if we are talking about domestic connectivity. Considering the hardship of transfer between Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo, staying with Domodedovo is definitely a good idea. However, Vietnam Airlines is creating a gap in the vision of SkyTeam by flying to Domodedovo while its SkyTeam’s Aeroflot operates from Sheremetyevo.

Date: 15 December 2011 commenting on http://www.anna.aero/

EgyptAir owes Petroleum Ministry LE1 billion, says minister

Is Mr. Massoud confused between his old position in EgyptAir and his new one in the Ministry of Civil Aviation? Why is he talking on behalf of the new EgyptAir chief?
If the dues have been paid regularly since July, what would be the reason behind accumulating one billion pounds?
Having an initiative of applying some austerity measures is definitely a good idea. However, the transparency about the initiative and the ministry’s current losses is more important than the initiative itself.
Unfortunately, the minister incorrectly linked the capability of eliminating the deficit with the level of security and stability. Is he trying to tell us indirectly that the ministry’s share form the Egyptian budget has been decreased? If that would be the case, does he really plan for an austerity program or is he just trying to cope with budget cut?

Date: 15 December 2011 commenting on http://www.almasryalyoum.com/