News and notes from around the interweb:
- America’s Secret Airline Flies Non-Stop To Area 51 (HT: @EricMueller)
- 500 free and easy Spirit Airlines miles
- Virgin Australia is offering double points for economy and triple points for premium economy and business if you book by August 16 for travel between October 1 and February 29. Registration required. (HT: Frequent Flyer Bonuses)
- The most important thing to know about a city if you want a great meal
- Emirates will launch the world’s longest non-stop route: Dubai – Panama City starting February 1. It’s 11 miles longer than the current longest flight Sydney – Dallas (Qantas).
EK251 DXB0805 – 1640PTY 77L D
EK252 PTY2230 – 2315+1DXB 77L D - Alaska Airlines is putting 275 passengers per day onto Emirates flights.
- Air New Zealand’s new Men in Black safety video.
I’m trying to figure out who that Emirates DUB – PTY flight is geared towards. I can’t see that there’s a huge market for this. Sure: Latin America is booming, what with the many (like myself) who are retiring/investing/moving there, and the new transcontinental/tranoceanic canal being built in Nicaragua, and the emergence of Colombia as the ‘in’ place, as well as PTY being a major business hub, and the many FTAs (free trade agreements) ….Any explanation for this?
duh, DXB, not Dublin!
LOVE that Air NZ video. Of course, I’m a big MIB fan.
Spoke to a couple of CM contacts — they would only say that there will be an announcement “soon”. They also alluded to EK signing a major contract “for the belly” (cargo) and that CM would likely be handling the logistics. Who knows? Latinos love chismos (rumors)!
Two immediate thoughts — will AS let us book these flights? And where the heck are they going to put a lounge? The Copa Club (nee United Club nee President’s Club) is a dump. I guess they could throw some of the “restaurants” out of the food court but then we’d be back to starving during connections and irrops.