Monthly Archives for December 2016.
Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and says that Donald Trump isn’t the only one that has a problem with Boeing’s prices.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
One of the controversial things I believe is that 20 years from now planes will fly like cars drive and we won’t need air traffic control at all. In the meantime, central remote towers may be a better solution than managing air traffic control at small airports, at least during the overnight shift.
The new first quarter promotion from IHG Rewards Club is out, running January 1 through April 15.
IHG Rewards Club has moved to ‘gamified’ promotions with different pieces meant to incentivize behavior among members — with the specifics driven by data about your activity so far, like whether you’re a co-brand credit card holder or an elite.
Over the summer Boeing said it signed a tentative deal to provide 100 planes to Iran Air, shortly after a similar deal was announced with Airbus for 118 planes with a list price of $25 billion.
Now Boeing and Iran have signed an agreement for 80 planes with a list price of $16.6 billion. The previous-announced Airbus deal has not yet been made final.
A Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant — the reigning Mrs. Hawaii America — noticed that a 97 year old and his family who were headed to the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor events and were last to board seemed upset. So she brainstormed a way to cheer them up.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
With as much money as Uber loses you’d think they couldn’t afford to lose even one rider. However on Thursday Uber published guidelines for what will get you banned as a customer.
It’s easy to find out how Uber drivers rate you after each trip. But now matter how good your Uber rating is, some behaviors will get you kicked off the platform.
Qantas flies what used to be the longest flight in the world, Sydney – Dallas, with an Airbus A380.
For the past year Qantas has been talking about their own flight that tops Dubai – Auckland: Perth, in Western Australia, to London with a new Boeing 787-9 in late 2017. And they’re expected to announce it tomorrow.
In India the pilots seem to have even more of a swagger than Alec Baldwin. If they want to land on a road, they may just consider landing on a road. They fight each other. If they’re scheduled to fly somewhere they don’t want to go — even for an airline’s inaugural flight — they simply don’t show up.
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