I fly in and out of Chicago O’Hare airport a lot. One of my favorite things to do is to look at planes landing from the National Car Rental lot. The lot is right at the end of the runway and the planes come in real low. This time I got a real treat. There…
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Future 787 flights to North America
As a follow-up to my last post on all existing 787 flights to North America, I wanted to post all the future planned 787 flights to North America. Here is the list I found sources from airlineroute.net. Some interesting facts: New airlines added to the list – Air Canada and Royal Jordanian Airport to get most…
How to get a Boeing 737 started
This video has been making the rounds on the internet. Had to share it. My thoughts – pilots are not paid enough, AND we need to find a better way to do this! How to start a Boeing 737! Check out the latest Credit Card Offers on my dedicated Credit Card page. Subscribe to get…
All the Boeing 787 flights – current and future
Airlineroute.net has compiled an excellent post, that they update regularly, listing every current and announced Boeing 787 route there is! Currently there are 14 airlines that operate the 787 (AeroMexico, Air India, ANA, British Airways, China Southern, Ethiopian Airways, Hainan Airlines, JAL, LAN Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Norwegian, Qatar Airways, Thomson Airways and United). Several…
The Boeing 747 Piano bar – a new update
One of the most popular Blog Posts I have ever written was on the Boeing 747 Piano bar (posted in July 2010!). This post gets the highest monthly traffic on my blog almost every month! A few days ago, I had a very interesting comment posted on the article. This comment shares the story of Don…
It was my ‘Meet the 787’ day!
I was at Washington Dulles (IAD) airport a couple of days ago, ready to board my flight to Houston (IAH). As I walked towards security, I looked out and saw what was most likely an Ethiopian airlines Boeing 787! The swept back wings were distinctive, even from a distance. I decided to take the mobile…
Yeah! I get to fly the 747-8i on it’s maiden route
Lufthansa just announced it’s first route for the brand new super-jumbo – the Boeing 747-8i. The will be flying the Frankfurt – Washington Dulles (FRA – IAD) route. The flight #s are LH418 and LH419. As luck may have it, just a few weeks before the announcement I had booked myself on LH419! That too…
First 787 already in retirement?!
What is the retirement age of a airplane after all? The brand new, yet to land at your nearest airport, Boeing 787 already has a plane in retirement! SeattlePi reports that Google Earth has spotted the first 787 running for president of a Florida retirement home . Ok, that was a Sienfeld episode I love.…
What you missed while the BoardingArea.com homepage was down
The BoardingArea.com homepage stopped updating for some time over the last couple of days. If you are like me, you probably go to the homepage to see what all the wonderful bloggers at BoardingArea are writing, instead of visiting their individual blogs. It is a wonderful single page view of all the people who matter…
Wing Tips: Boeing v. Airbus
I wanted to take a diversion from our typical posts that have to do with airline miles, hotel points etc and talk about something that fascinated my little mind for a while – how to tell a Boeing apart from an Airbus? For the purposes of this article, we will limit our attention to the…