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Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Brussels Attack Should Prompt New Look at Airport Population

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Damage at the airport in Brussels Via Twitter @infos140 A bomb in the departure area of Brussels Airport that killed 11 people this morn...
Monday, March 21, 2016

More Than Meets The Eye in Kenya Plane Spotter Arrests

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Men from Manchester held by Kenya photo courtesy of The Star There's something very strange about the news out of Nairobi in which ...
Friday, March 11, 2016

United Makes Peace by Reinstating Fired Crew, Qatar Not So Much

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Two stories with big consequences for the participants and lessons for the rest of us were in the news this week. After years of fighting ...
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Quest For More From CNN From MH-370

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Full disclosure: The Crash Detectives , my own book on the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370, will be published by Penguin in ...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Note to Allegiant: Emergency Landings Are Not the Problem

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Recently a friend asked me what airlines were the safest to fly. I get asked that question all the time. I find the question challenging ...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Third World Bathrooms in OneWorld Terminal

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Warning to readers:  Photos of toilets appear in this post. Travelers at the airport hail from many countries and speak many langua...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Aviation Year in Review Has a Star Wars Sci-Fi Feel

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Harrison Ford and cast Disney handout photo  Star Wars dominated the end-of-the-year entertainment news. Harrison Ford, the ageless supe...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Happy Birthday from Syria and Other Places in a Troubled World

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One of my Facebook messages today Not long after my eyes opened this morning I enjoyed reading some of the early birthday greetings pos...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Nice Landing or Scary Takeoff A350 Enters Service With Both

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A350 arrives in Brazil photo courtesy TAM What a difference a week makes. Early this morning, TAM Airlines happily welcomed its first A...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Merry Christmas for U.S. Airlines With Record Profits in 2015

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US Carrier profitability takes off It will be a merry end of the year for North American airlines which will earn nearly $20 billion in...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Science Shows Metrojet Crash Triggered by a Bomb

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The blast that took down a Russian Airbus A321 over the Sinai last month, had to be triggered by a bomb, an experienced explosives expert ...
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Prudence and Probable Cause Not the Same Thing in Metrojet Crash

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UK Prime Minister Cameron Government photo All over the news today is the story of the UK and Irish governments canceling flights out of...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Eyebrows Ascend as Airline Execs Demonstrate Their Plonker-ism

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It never ceases to amaze me how often senior airline bosses will prattle on regardless of what they know about the subject. The latest you...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Passion but Few Tears in Amsterdam for Airliners That Fly into the Past

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Too often air travel is an antiseptic experience for the passenger as we sit in tile-floored, waiting rooms, our heads down and our minds...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

A Soprano-Like Shakedown Squeezes Smisek out of United

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Jeff Smisek in happier days United's boss Jeff Smisek resigned from the airline today, as a probe continues into whether he and othe...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Wing Flap Should Elevate MH 370 Investigation

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The section of wing found on Reunion Island in the South Indian Ocean last week came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, or at ...
Sunday, August 2, 2015

High but Not So Mighty American Dreamliner Damage Photos

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Updated Thursday August 6th with news from inspection in Dallas Radome damage Glass half full: This American Airlines Boeing 787 Dr...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Egg Heads Unlikely Malaysia 370 Heroes in the Bamboozle Era

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In the past I’ve referred to them as the kids who couldn’t get a date for the prom. Now, I bet the engineers at the British satellite com...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Beauty Takes The Runway on A350 Tour (Just Don't Look Too Close)

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F-WWCF the Airbus A350 MSN #2 in Newark on Thursday The Airbus A350 XWB that flew into Newark Liberty International Airport this week on...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Delta 747 Replacement Not Ready for Prime Time

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N671US in Shannon days ago. Photo courtesy Kevin Corry This just in: The Delta Air Lines Boeing 747 N664US which was heavily damaged by ...