Thailand’s The Nation reports that this past Monday in Thailand, Deputy Transport Minister Ormsin Chivapruck called a meeting with all Thai-registered carriers, following Nok Air’s cancellation of 9 flights stranding 1,400 people.The Nok Air incident was related to some of its pilots not meeting European Aviation Safety Agency safety standards, although the specifics were not included.The result…
Yesterday, I happened to mention to a colleague about the Trump 757 diversion to Nashville last week, and he mentioned that he had seen a great special on what the chief pilot, John Duncan, calls the T-Bird.I found the video from the Discovery World to be quite interesting. For example, I think the Trump 757 is the…
Super Bowl 50 happened. As always, the commercials are sometimes just as entertaining as the play on the field. The first shot came from Avocados from Mexico (courtesy of Spencer): Behold…the Bounty of Earth. Here’s a first look at our #SB50 spot! #AvosInSpacehttps://t.co/JS4uuLlwel— Avocados From Mexico (@AvosfromMexico) February 1, 2016Next up came Audi, with a…
Courtesy of the Times of India, a Jet Airways crew of 5 “airhostesses” (I’m not sure what that really means), were suspended, after allowing Bollywood Artist Sonu Nigam to serenade passengers on a chartered flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai on Jan 4.Apparently the suspension comes at the request of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),…
This past weekend, the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States (and even some further south) experienced a historic snow event. Aside from travel challenges related to the storm, I’m thinking that a storm like this probably doesn’t bubble to the surface from a travel perspective. But I learned something interesting from this storm, and it very well may…
The Nikkei Asian Review reports that ANA will buy 3 Airbus A380’s, ostensibly to boost the airline’s service to Hawaii.This is fantastic news, as ANA will eventually join the 13 Airbus A380 operators, which could make for an interesting dynamic, as Airbus has been seeking new customers and orders of the double decker aircraft.The part that confuses…
Via TravelPulse, Virgin Galactic now has a 747 Rocket Launcher. The aircraft, named, Launcher One, is a retired Virgin Atlantic 747, which was previously named “Cosmic Girl” (and if you ask me, they should’ve kept the name). The concept, is that this 747 aircraft would get up to altitude with a payload (read: rocket), and then…
American Airlines is creating a real Premium Economy cabin!Now we aren’t talking about Main Cabin Extra, which just gives you a slightly wider seat, and slightly more legroom. No, No, No, American is coming up with something that is more similar to what we’ve seen from Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, and Cathay Pacific (others too, but…
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I just returned from a pretty awesome trip to Australia with my wife. I’ll be putting together a trip report, but if you don’t want to wait, you can see some highlights by searching #OzAnniversary on Twitter. To make the trip even more epic (since it was our anniversary after all), we decided to take the…