Aircraft Wingtips revisited
Back in 2011 I had written a blog post on aircraft wingtips comparing those of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Well, a lot has happened in the…
Aircraft
18+ hours – the new normal for extra long-haul flights
There seems to be a war amongst airlines to show whose is longer than the others – whether it is the longest flight by ‘great…
Mine is longer than yours?
The airlines have started a battle to be the one with the longest flight in the world. There are the regular players in play – the…
United’s 787 International Flights
I recently got a chance to fly on the Airbus 380. It was on a Lufthansa operated flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt (JNB-FRA). Flying the…
Riding in Coach: Why I prefer United 767 over 777
I fly a lot of international flights in coach. My employer only buys me coach tickets. I upgrade a lot of my long haul flights…
My first A380 flight
I took my first flight on an Airbus A380 a few weeks ago. It was a Lufthansa operated flight – and a long one –…
787-9 in Washington Dulles (IAD)
The new ’stretch’ version of Boeing’s 787 ‘Dreamliner’ (787-9) are now being put into service. I happened to see my first 787-9 at Dulles airport…
Emirates’ $1 WiFi
Airlines are getting on the WiFi bandwagon in droves. I remember Lufthansa testing WiFi in their long haul planes over a decade ago . Most…
ATC, we have a wingman…
On a recent flight back from UK to the US, there was a sudden hubbub on the flight as people started looking out the widows…
BA to start A380 to Washington Dulles
British Airways has been flying 787s to Austin (AUS) and Newark (EWR) for some time now. They have just added Washington Dulles (IAD) to their…
