Not long ago Malaysia Airlines forbid children from being seated in the upper deck of their Boeing 747s and Airbus A380 flights flying between its hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and London’s Heathrow Airport. Many airlines unofficially discourage children from flying in premium cabins and RyanAir has long since threatened to launch kid free…
Yesterday morning, just after 9:00am, the air was chilly in Boston, but there was a sense of anticipation in the air. At first glance the profile of the aircraft approaching Boston Logan International Airport’s Runway 22L could have been nearly any aircraft, possibly a Boeing 767 or even an Airbus A330, but as the aircraft…
Emirates is a fairly young airline, a mere 25 years old, but in that time they have seemingly come out of no where to become a dominating global airline … and now the largest international airline in the world based on international revenue passenger miles flown in 2009. As Emirates continues to grow the airline…
When boarding a flight, any commercial airline flight, from any airport in the world, you hear the same message … “Please place your carry on item under the seat in front of you. For those seated in the bulkhead, please place your bags in the overhead bin for take off and landing.” There is a…
Since the time the Apple iPad was announced there has been speculation regarding its adaptation into an in-flight entertainment (IFE) device. Now, having used the iPad, including as an in-flight entertainment device on multiple flights, over the past two weeks and a half weeks, an announcement by BlueBox Avionics that they will be launching an…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 1/06/2009 – Passenger Confidence In The Wake Of Air France Flight 447 As many of you have probably heard on the news today, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203 (A332), disappeared last night flying to Paris (CDG) after departing Rio Di Janeiro (GIG). Right now as Air France an…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/02/2009 – What Would You Do If You Ran The Airline? Yesterday USA Today ran a travel column by David Grossman entitled “What would you do if you were CEO of a major airline?” The timing of David’s column for me comes after a significant time of thinking about this…
