Tag: Air Travel
Should Airlines go Nascar?
by Bob Ecker | 11.12.09 | 10:29 AM ET
iStockPhoto Bob Ecker has a modest proposal for the airline industry
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Yahoo! Buzz‘United Breaks Guitars’—And Loses Baggage
by Eva Holland | 11.02.09 | 4:03 PM ET
Dave Carroll, the musician behind the “United Breaks Guitars” protest songs, has been burned by United again. He wound up flying with the carrier from Regina to Denver last week—and, sure enough, he landed in Colorado without his bags. Fool me once ... (Via This Just In)
Should In-Flight Booze be Banned?
by Eva Holland | 10.26.09 | 4:17 PM ET
Christopher Elliott thinks so. He makes his case over at MSNBC.
Video: Above the Clouds
by Eva Holland | 10.22.09 | 4:57 PM ET
Up in the Air director Jason Reitman just posted this short clip from cruising altitude. It’s lovely.
Video: Travel Experts Weigh in on Window vs. Aisle
by Eva Holland | 10.22.09 | 1:16 PM ET
The latest episode of Robert Reid’s 76-second Travel Show tackles the dilemma that’s as old as commercial air travel: Window or aisle? Our own Jim Benning is among the experts being polled.
The Onion: 1968 Hijacker Arrested, America Responds
by Eva Holland | 10.14.09 | 4:54 PM ET
After the news broke that suspected 1968 Pan Am hijacker Luis Armando Peña Soltren had finally been arrested, the Onion hit the streets to find out how Americans were responding. Here’s one answer: “This gives me hope that, maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but perhaps 41 years from now, the authorities will find my bike.”
Airline Karma: Low-Fee Carriers Make More Money
by Eva Holland | 10.14.09 | 10:43 AM ET
Here’s a feel-good statistic from Boing Boing: “The US airlines that created the largest, most redonkulous and abusive fees this year lost the most money last quarter. Airlines with low or no fees lost the least.” It’s enough to make you raise a complimentary soft drink in celebration, isn’t it?
Sully Book Watch: ‘Highest Duty’ has Arrived
by Eva Holland | 10.13.09 | 5:07 PM ET
Highest Duty, the memoir from celebrity pilot hero and mustached American Chesley Sullenberger, hit bookstores across the nation today. Over at Gawker, Hamilton Nolan offers his preferred title, which we present in a slightly sanitized form: “How to Crash Land a Plane in a Mother*&$#ing River and 99 Other Life Skills Every Badass Should Know.”
Another new book—Miracle on the Hudson, also released today—tells the story of Flight 1549’s crash into the Hudson River from the passengers’ perspective. USA Today has an excerpt.
Afghanistan: The View From 30,000 Feet
by Eva Holland | 10.13.09 | 12:37 PM ET
The New York Times’ At War blog has a compelling slideshow of black-and-white shots from the window seat of a flight to Kabul. Photographer Moises Saman writes in the accompanying post: “From the air, the impenetrability of this region becomes evident.” (Via @elihansen)
EU Aims to End Airline Liquid Ban
by Eva Holland | 10.09.09 | 10:44 AM ET
Good news, sort of, from across the pond: The European Union’s transport commissioner is “resolved to get rid of these awkward and very uncomfortable” security restrictions—just as soon as new screening technology becomes available. There’s no target date, but the thought counts for something, right?
Capt. Sully: Mustached American of the Year?
by Eva Holland | 10.07.09 | 3:03 PM ET
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson More accolades could be on the way for the pilot whose heroic landing of a passenger jet on the Hudson made him a celebrity early this year. Yep, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is among the finalists for the Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year award, courtesy of the American Mustache Institute.
Photo You Must See: Flying Before the Shanghai Sun
by World Hum | 10.07.09 | 11:52 AM ET
REUTERS/Aly Song A passenger jet cruises past the setting sun in Shanghai yesterday.
Photo You Must See: Virgin Over Heathrow
by World Hum | 10.01.09 | 5:02 PM ET
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor A Virgin Atlantic plane flies low over nearby houses before landing at London’s Heathrow Airport.
‘Terminal Man’ Hits the 50-Flight Mark
by Eva Holland | 10.01.09 | 4:15 PM ET
And he still has a week to go. Judging by his latest blog post over at Wired, the 30-day airport challenge is starting to wear him down. Hang in there, Brendan!
British Airways: Introducing the ‘Son of Concorde’
by Eva Holland | 09.30.09 | 4:42 PM ET
With BA’s luxury London-New York route launching this week—exactly forty years after the Concorde’s first flight—the Independent’s Simon Calder takes a closer look at the new service, and at the history of luxury and business class-only air travel.
Body Cavities and the TSA
by Eva Holland | 09.29.09 | 11:27 AM ET
Over at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow has a colorful rant speculating about the TSA’s response to the attempted assassination of a Saudi prince last month—by a terrorist dubbed the ass bomber.
‘If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care’
by Eva Holland | 09.29.09 | 10:05 AM ET
Jonathan Rauch has an imaginary phone conversation with a customer service representative at Air Health Care. Funny stuff. (Via The Daily Dish)
Ryanair Brings Back In-Flight Smoking
by Eva Holland | 09.25.09 | 10:38 AM ET
For a price, of course. The Irish budget airline has announced that nicotine-cravers will soon be able to get their fix at 37,000 feet—provided they’re willing to shell out $9 per pack for Ryanair’s own brand of “smokeless” cigarettes. What’s next, in-flight slot machines?
Interview With Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith: ‘Clean Breaks’
by Joanna Kakissis | 09.23.09 | 12:15 PM ET
Joanna Kakissis talks green travel, greenwashing and experiential journeys with the authors of a new book
$11 Billion in Losses Predicted for World’s Airlines in 2009
by Michael Yessis | 09.15.09 | 3:11 PM ET
Ouch. The estimate comes from the International Air Transport Association, whose chief executive Giovanni Bisignani said, “The global economic storm may be abating, but airlines have not yet found a safe harbor.”
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