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No frill airlines. They permeate nearly every operating airport in Europe and, to be frank, I have been reluctant to try them on business or social trips up to date.

My partner moving to London for a year at LSE has changed both that situation and my view of free seating for ever. For the lone ...

Well that was a tough few days but the network seemed to get through it with follow on effects still being cleared up around the European Hubs. IN fact, this could well be a set piece for MBA students.

Traditionally, the needs of the collective should outweigh the needs of the organisation, but the ...

I can readily understand how the DHL BRU Hub employees feel, and there are few other ways to express their disgust at the siuation open to them, which does not stop me wishing that cooler heads had prevailed.

DHL is a bit of a brotherhood and I have rarely found an employee who is not fully proud ...

They may be wet lease, but not by DHL. These things operate under a LH Flight number, a company with whom DHL have a large BSA sufficient to meet intercontinental needs (at present).

Basically, a whole 777 (or any intercontinental wide body) would mean taking on the full burden of full ACMI ...

Its not the MD11's of course, though that is convenient. Mostly, these operate outside curfew hours due to destination/origins. Governments are seeking a cop out and when push comes to shove, shaky minority protagonists make more noise than the silent general populus. As it ever was.

Pop politics ...

Yes, it was the intention for DHL to cop the blame for the failure of the Belgian government to make the call to accept more flights. They made a piecemeal attempt at compromise that DHL could not possibly accept, given they knew that growth projections needed for commercial success could not be met ...