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Heartwarming: Crewmember Feeds 117 Year Old Passenger On Board

by Gary Leff on November 19, 2019

Nov 19 2019

It’s the simple kindnesses that mean the most, and they touch all of us when they’re done for the people who need them the most. So it’s no surprise that a Lion Air crewmember’s actions on a domestic flight in Indonesia – from Surabaya to Palangkaraya – are spreading like wildfire around the world.

Video captures a simple human interaction, and it’s nice to think that as impersonal as travel has become that every so often people are just people and care for each other.

The Ridiculous Reason We Haven’t Learned More About the Lion Air 737 MAX Disaster

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2018

Dec 17 2018

Lion Air flight JT610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang crashed 13 minutes after takeoff on October 29. 189 passengers and crew were killed in the disaster.

The aircraft’s flight data recorder was recovered last month, and provided useful information to allow for a preliminary report. The cockpit voice recorder has not yet been recovered. Unfortunately investigation of the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crash is stalled.

Strategy for Coping With United’s Slimline Seats and Lawyers Salivating Over Airline Disasters

by Gary Leff on December 3, 2018

Dec 03 2018

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.

Why Your Sense of World Geography is All Wrong and Hotel Secret Password for Extra Benefit

by Gary Leff on November 26, 2018

Nov 26 2018

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.

Yesterday There Was Another Lion Air 737 Incident Following Last Week’s Crash

by Gary Leff on November 8, 2018

Nov 08 2018

A week after the tragic crash of Lion Air flight JT610 on October 29 another Lion Air Boeing 737 has had an incident this time crashing into a pole while taxiing out to the runway for takeoff from Bengkulu to Jakarta.

7 Surprising Facts About Airlines in Asia

by Gary Leff on October 15, 2018

Oct 15 2018

This week’s issue of Airline Weekly (subscription) contains charts on the largest airlines in each of the largest country markets in East Asia, based on Diio Mi data on scheduled seats in 2018.

The biggest takeaways are the growth of Chinese carriers and the declining importance in Southeast Asia of national carriers relative to low cost carriers which are overtaking them, especially on short haul and domestic routes.

Passengers Leap Out of 737 Through Emergency Exits When Man Says He Has a Bomb

by Gary Leff on May 31, 2018

May 31 2018

A passenger joked about a bomb and everyone started leaping out of the plane through the emergency exits on Monday. And 10 passengers were injured, some hurt “after falling through the plane’s engine.”

Here’s video of the spontaneous evacuation with passengers jumping off the aircraft. Flight crew did not instruct passengers to leave the aircraft.

The U.S. is the Biggest Air Market in the World – And No One is Catching Up Soon

by Gary Leff on February 19, 2018

Feb 19 2018

The biggest aviation market in the world – by far – is the U.S., based on the number of departing seats. So this isn’t just domestic flights, it’s domestic flights plus outbound international flights as well. Here are the top 10.

The EU as a whole is roughly comparable to the Chinese market. The UK as a whole is the biggest aviation market in Europe, though their former colony India is a bigger market still.