Designer Aaron Koblin has used flight data from the US Federal Aviation Administration to produce this rather interesting video.
The spectacle of one of the world’s great horse races returns to Sofitel Brisbane this year with the running of the 2007 Melbourne Cup next month. On 6th November 2007, Sofitel Brisbane, in co-operation with Emirates Airline and Classic Hits 4KQ, will celebrate the great race with a party for punters, fashionistas and anyone [...]
In the past week, Radisson Hotels & Resorts have announced new incentives for those of you that like to clock up the air miles. They have teamed up with four major airlines, enabling members of the United Airlines Mileage Plus ® program, the American Airlines‘ AAdvantage ® program, Northwest Airlines‘ WorldPerks ® program and Air [...]
The use of mobile phones on planes has long been put on hold because it was feared that it compromised a plane’s own radio communications and safety. More recently, however, airlines have begun testing the use of mobile phones on flights. Personally, I’m not a big fan of that prospect – I’d sooner travel in [...]
A 38 year old British man living in Sydney, Australia, who sold his internet business Direct Connection for an undisclosed sum in 2000, has paid £50,000 to fly in seat 1A in the first class area of next week’s inaugural flight of the Airbus A380 between Singapore and Sydney. Julian Hayward won an online ticket [...]
The business class only airline MAXjet turns two today and is celebrating the occasion with a second anniversary sale. One way prices to/from London Stansted start from $499/ £279 for New York, $599/ £329 for Los Angeles, and $599/ £329 for Las Vegas, plus taxes of course. The lowest fares are only available [...]
News has it that Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are splashing out on another private jet which, from next month, will be able to take off from the NASA-operated Moffett Airfield just 4 miles from their Mountain View, CA headquarters. This will be their fourth such jet with this privilege – something [...]
Ever wondered which airlines offer the best in-flight entertainment (known in the industry as ‘IFE’)? The 19th WAEA Avion Awards, the presentation of which was held in Toronto earlier this month, exist to recognise this particular aspect of the airline industry. The best overall winners, large and small, are as follows: Best Overall IFE [...]
You may recall me mentioning a free helicopter transfer service last month, for passengers flying to JFK with Delta. Now business class travellers flying transatlantic to Newark with Continental Airlines are being offered free helicopter transfers into New York City. The shuttle service runs on weekdays and connects passengers to heliports in Downtown and Midtown [...]
A flight attendent from Austin, Texas has designed a product to make you feel like you’re in first class when you’re stuck in the middle seat in coach. That’s the claim made by a TV station in Tampa that contacted me recently, about a new travel blanket called PamBee. Unless the blanket has the [...]
The all-business airline Silverjet has chosen Dubai as its next destination, with services from Luton starting in November. They will be the first and only commercial airline to use the executive terminal at Dubai International Airport. This will be the first time a business class-only airline has covered a non-transatlantic route.
To celebrate the first birthday of its Etihad Guest loyalty programme, Etihad Airways is running a series of promotions throughout mid-September 2007. Register for various online drawings and you could win a trip to the Italian Grand Prix, to Formula 1 races in Belgium, to Thailand, or various other prizes from travel to diamonds. Membership [...]
Computer-generated video of the new Royal Silk class flat-bed seat from Thai Airways International.
International BusinessElite ® passengers with Delta Air Lines can now benefit from a free helicopter transfer to New York’s JFK International Airport from the city’s midtown heliports. The service is being provided by US Helicopter to premium passengers holding non-stop tickets for flights between JFK and destinations in Africa, Brazil, India or Europe, where BusinessElite [...]
Gulf Air, which already offers a free chauffeured limousine service to its first- and business-class passengers in Abu Dhabi (AUH), Dubai (DXB), Muscat (MCT) and London (LHR), is extending the service to five more countries. Gulf Air premium passengers in Bangkok (BKK), Frankfurt (FRA), Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Manila (MNL) and Paris (CDG) can also now [...]
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