Well, it has been an interesting week; a collapse of a substantial UK-based charter carrier Globespan, the on/off drama of the British Airways cabin-staff strike, the looming possibility of baggage handlers on strike in the UK and the general malaise …
The second part of the equation is, of course, money. Aircraft are extremely expensive to operate, airline seats are extraordinarily perishable, and the margins are extremely tight.
However, while margins are tight, they are potentially hugely profitable, and it is …
There are enormous differences between charter flights and scheduled flights, and sometimes we all forget to take these into account when we book travel. Simply because a flight is regularly “scheduled” does not make is a “scheduled flight”; it is …
All travel must come to an end, and it is now over a week since I returned from my journey from Odessa to Tbilisi and Baku.
I have missed posting, and have not done so for a couple of reasons; …
What a remarkable trip. A journey like this, while simple today, would have been almost impossible only twenty years ago when this part of the world was an integral part of the Soviet Union.
To travel within the USSR required …
Twenty-four hours in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku really isn’t enough, but as the morning dawned grey and drizzly, and with the whole of the city to see and a day in which to do it, I ignored the elements …
Arriving at the Heydar Aliev International airport in Baku is a really interesting experience. The terminal is wonderful, with …
In the end, it was a bit of an anticlimax, as we slid slowly and very neatly into the small port of Poti. Small the port maybe, but it is a hive of activity, with a miscellany of the …
Well, this morning I received a note from my contact at the ferry company in Odessa:
From: VLADLEN [mailto:wave_vyt@mail.ru]
Sent: Mon 11/23/2009 1:34 AM
To: Max Johnson
Subject: Re: Help!
DEAR MR.MAX,
THE SITUATION WITH M/V “GREIFSWALD”:
1/.DELAY BECAUSE OF …