A sampling of industry news that caught my attention today: There’s word that JetBlue may reveal its new first class-style premium seat on Monday in San Diego at the Global Business Travel Association conference. The new product is expected to appear on select Airbus A321 transcon flights in 2014, including JFK to LAX. American Airlines…
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Notable Airline, Hotel and Travel News: August 1, 2013
A sampling of industry news that caught my attention today: Delta Air Lines will launch hourly Shuttle service from Los Angeles to San Francisco beginning September 3. It’ll reportedly be all Embraer 175 service with upgraded amenities, including free newspapers, beer and wine for all passengers. This bumps Delta’s frequency on the route up from…
New United Airlines ‘Bistro on Board’ Items Look Pretty Tasty
United today introduced an updated Choice Menu to include new “Bistro on Board” fresh food items… and they look pretty darn good. They’ll be available on flights within North America and to/from Central America that are more than 3.5 hours in length. For breakfast, new “morning energy” selections are available, one of which features a…
Notable Airline, Hotel and Travel News: July 31, 2013
A sampling of industry news that caught my attention today: A Delta Air Lines passenger abandoned several of his bags in Seattle to avoid paying $1,400 in overweight luggage fees. It created quite a stir at the airport and a co-author of the linked article later tweeted that it ended up being four out of…
I ‘Died’ During My 90-Second Airline Evacuation Drill. Would You?
The year was 1993 and I was an intern with United Airlines in Flight Dispatch at their corporate headquarters in suburban Chicago. Weekly, I’d fly out to Denver (Stapleton) for scheduled intern meetings among other activities, and I was fortunate to participate in an evacuation exercise at the flight attendant training center. I posted this…
Singapore Airlines Unveils New First Class, Business and Coach Seat Designs
Moments ago, Singapore Airlines unveiled its next generation seats for long-haul international First Class (Suites), Business Class and economy. The seats are expected to first debut on the airline’s newest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and may eventually appear fleet-wide. For full coverage, be sure to follow Australian Business Traveller online or on Twitter, as they are…
Amenity Kit Review: South African Airways Business Class
In this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews, I take a look at the business class offering from Star Alliance member airline South African Airways. A very special thanks goes out to Jason at Food, Wine and Miles who donated this kit back in May for a review – I’m thrilled to have it in my…
Video of Asiana 214 Crash at San Francisco International Airport
Amateur video has surfaced that captured the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214 yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. It was filmed by Fred Hayes from across the bay and appeared on CNN this afternoon. It’s simply amazing there weren’t additional fatalities. Click here for the CNN video and phone interview with Mr. Hayes. – Follow…
Media Coverage of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 Accident in San Francisco
As you’ve undoubtedly heard by now, Asiana Airlines flight 214 from Seoul to San Francisco had a major accident upon landing today. First, please know that my healing thoughts go out to all of those affected. I happened to be on my laptop scrolling through my Twitter client shortly after it occurred, and believe that…
British Airways Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 Seat Map Observations
The newest members of British Airways’ fleet are the Boeing 787-8 and Airbus A380, as the airline took delivery of its first of each aircraft on June 27 and July 4, respectively. As I’m a seat map aficionado – vintage or not – I thought I’d post them here and offer a couple of observations…