Airbus This new airplane model will know when you’ve unbuckled your seatbeltVox - Terry NguyenTravelers know there is very little privacy when it comes to air travel. Before passengers are even allowed to board an aircraft, they have to shed their jackets, take off their shoes, and walk through
Airports Which Airports Have The Best, Worst Duty-Free Prices?Forbes - Gary StollerIf you like duty-free shopping, you’ll find the best prices for liquor at Caribbean airports and the best prices for cosmetics and fragrances at European airports, a new study released Thursday reveals.
Airlines A university studied the water quality on planes. You may want to skip the coffee on these two airlinesCNN - By Doug Criss, CNN(CNN) — You've probably never given much thought to the quality of the water on an airplane . A recent study ranks the water served on major and regional US airlines. Drink up if you're on an Alaska Airlines
Airbus Why Airlines Are Losing Weight On The Airbus 320neoForbes - Heather FarmbroughBritish Airways (BA) has joined Lufthansa in stopping sales of rear row seats on its Airbus 320neos following concerns about the distribution of passengers at the rear of the plane and its effect on the
British Airways British Airways Pilots Seek Talks After Calling Off StrikeBloomberg - Siddharth Vikram Philip British Airways pilots scrapped a planned one-day walkout scheduled for later this month to pursue “meaningful new discussions” as the union sought …
Boeing 737 MAX Blame for 737 Max deaths should be placed on pilots, not Boeing: NYTBusiness Insider - Rachel PremackBoeing has lost more than $1 billion since its 737 Max plane was grounded earlier this year, according to the company's most recent earnings report. That's following the deaths of 346 people, who were
Air India India open to selling part of Air India to foreign airline: sourcesReuters India - by Aftab Ahmed in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government is open to selling a partial stake in debt-laden state-run carrier Air India to a foreign airline, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The government
travel news This Is What Airport Style Looked Like the Decade You Were Bornwhowhatwear.com - Bobby Schuessler There’s no denying that airport style is a thing. In fact, we’ve been documenting what celebs wear at the airport on the regular since 2006. The …
Airlines Airlines Earned $1.5B In Checked Bag Fees Last Quarter. It's The Tax Savings They Love Most.Forbes - Gary LeffU.S. airlines charged $1.5 billion in checked baggage fees during the second quarter of 2019, according to new data released this week by the Department of Transportation. During the first six months 2019
WOW Air Wow Air Shamelessly Screwed Passengers. Now It's Back And Making Shockingly Audacious PromisesInc Magazine - Eric MackIt was less than half a year ago when Wow Air, Iceland's favorite purple planes, were grounded by bankruptcy, leaving a lot of unlucky passengers stranded. Now the budget carrier has a new owner and it's
Breitling’s Latest Watch Is a Collaboration With One of the World’s Most Luxurious Airlinesrobbreport.com - Victoria Gomelsky In a partnership with Etihad Airways, the company is using Arabic When Breitling introduced the Navitimer in 1952, there was no way of knowing that …
Embraer Embraer delivers new jet that Boeing may soon sell against AirbusReuters - Marcelo RochabrunSAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Embraer (EMBR3.SA) hopes to see more orders for its newest passenger plane by the end of the year, an executive said on Thursday, as Boeing (BA.N) readies to take
Airlines The Coolest Airline Souvenirs And How You Can Get ThemForbes - Eric RosenPart of flying first or business class is the bragging rights you get just sitting up front…and enjoying meals created by celebrity chefs, beauty products from famous fashion brands, and snuggling up a
Boeing Boeing's travails show what's wrong with modern capitalismThe Guardian - Matt StollerHigh profits masked the collapse in productive skill until the crashes of the 737 Max The disease of inefficiency and graft has spread to the government The plight of Boeing shows the perils of modern
WOW Air Iceland's WOW Air to relaunch next month with a differenceLonely Planet - Sasha BradyIcelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations in March 2019 when it went bankrupt but it's staging a comeback in October thanks to a major investment from an American company. Before it collapsed
Business Boeing plane deliveries down 72% in August as MAX grounding weighsReuters - by Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Boeing Co handed over around a quarter as many planes in August as it did a year ago, pushing total deliveries so far this year down more than 40%, as the worldwide grounding of its best-selling
British Airways British Airways to passengers: Don’t bother showing up at the airport for the next two daysFast Company - Michael GrothausBritish Airways has announced that is has canceled virtually 100% of its flights worldwide today and tomorrow, Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 10th. The flight cancelations are due to the
Kindle Expand your Kindle library w/ New York Times best-selling eBooks from $1, more9to5Toys - Blair AltlandToday only, as part of its Gold Box Deals of the Day, Amazon is discounting a selection of New York Times best-selling Kindle eBooks starting under $1. A majority of these books would normally fetch you
Asia Why Asia is the new center of global aviationCNBC According to research by the International Air Transport Association (IATA): World passenger numbers are set to double, reaching 8.2 billion by …
Tourism The Future of Travel And Tourism: An Analysis of the Key Trends, Economic Scope in Upcoming TourismReutersThe travel and tourism sector to see exclusive growth in 2018. This report provides a better understanding of tourism flows, expenditure, and the airline, hotel, car rental, and travel intermediaries Dallas,
Yoga In-Flight Wellness Now Means Yoga on the Planeskift.com - Syndicated At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our …
Aviation Aviation CEOs warn of U.S.-Europe split on Boeing Max returnchicagobusiness.com Europe’s insistence on an independent review reflects an erosion of trust in the FAA after officials signed off on a software system that went …
Business Emirates Airlines, World’s Largest A380 Operator, Begins Dumping, Cannibalizing PlanesForbes - Michael GoldsteinThe Airbus A380 hasn’t even been in service for 12 years, but even its biggest advocate, Emirates Airlines, is already preparing for its demise. Et tu, Brute? The Latin sentence from Shakespeare’s play
Flying IATA CEO Wants Help, Not New Taxes in Bid to Cut Airline Emissionsskift.com - Patrick Whyte If governments are serious about reducing the environmental impact of aviation, they may have to make biofuels a more attractive alternative. …
Automation Three Arguments For And Against Eliminating Airline Co-PilotsForbes - Stephen RiceDecades ago, there was a flight engineer present in the cockpit of commercial airplanes whose job was to monitor aircraft systems and diagnose problems. With the advent of integrated circuits and advances
Airlines United and Southwest Will Allow Passengers to Opt-Out of 737 FlightsGizmodo - Catie Keck Even after Boeing’s beleaguered Boeing 737 Max jets return to the skies, some Stephen Brashearwary passengers won’t be expected to board them—at …
travel news This Is the World's Best Country for Travel in 2019HYPEBEAST - Nia Groce Based on factors such as cultural resources, infrastructure and economic performance. The world’s top countries for travel in 2019 have been ranked by …
Air Travel How to Survive the World's Longest Flights in StyleBloomberg Eight hours from Sydney to Singapore? It’s a doddle. 12 hours from Hong Kong to London? No sweat. With a high-tech assist from Airbus and Boeing, …
Plastic After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age, say scientistsThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorPlastic pollution is being deposited into the fossil record, research has found, with contamination increasing exponentially since 1945. Scientists suggest the plastic layers could be used to mark the
