Yesterday, on the 11th of December, Delta Air Lines officially announced that it was purchasing a 49% stake in British flag carrier Virgin Atlantic, from Singapore Airlines, for US$360,000,000 and forming a trans-Atlantic joint venture. Under the terms of the deal Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin, will retain his 51% majority stake in…
Before I dive back in and flip the ‘on-switch’ again to get going, I’d first like to thank all you folks who dropped me an email, Tweeted me or found me on Facebook to ask if I was OK.  Your concern was very much appreciated … however I simply took a break to step back…
Earlier today Singapore Airline’s Facebook page posted an unusual warning on its Facebook page. Around 4:00pm Singapore time the airline posted the following: North Korea is reportedly planning a rocket launch in the coming days. We wish to reassure our customers that none of our flights will be operating in airspace that may be…
Today various news organizations have reported that Delta Air Lines is considering merging with Virgin Atlantic … however these news stories, ranging from Bloomberg News to Fox News, are leaving out a vital piece of information … the two airlines cannot legally merger. The global airline industry is heavily regulated; among these strict regulations are…
If you find yourself walking past 73 Piccadilly in London you’ll likely to see an unexpected site in the window … a large model of the Concorde painted up in full Iran Air livery. …Now of course we all know that the Concorde was only fully commercially flown by British Airways and Air France (the…
Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of flying first class on long haul flights with a number of world-class airlines, including Lufthansa, Asiana, Virgin Atlantic, Air France, Swiss International Air Lines, Korean Air, United Airlines and Gulf Air … but this afternoon at London’s Heathrow Airport as I walked towards security…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/07/2009 – “Pan Am’s World” : A Film That Takes You Around The World In 24-Minutes Two weeks ago, on the 1st of July Delta Air Lines became the first airline in the United States to fly to all six permanently inhabited continents. As Delta Air Lines launched its service…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/03/2009 – Getting Overweight Carry-On Bags On Board If there is one thing photographers fear, loath, worry about and detest it is getting stopped at the boarding gate and getting your bag weighed. Luckily these occurrences are few and far between for US and Canadian flyers, however it happens, and…
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…
Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 03/12/2008 – Virgin Inches Closer To Completely Circling The Globe Currently only one airline can take passengers completely around the world, Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines is close, but leaves passengers 37 miles short of completing a full round-the-world journey. For those adventurers who want to span the globe, travel…
