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…
Singapore Airlines
2013 – A (Personal) Travel Year in Review
2013 was an interesting year. Both for me personally from a travel perspective and also for the travel industry. Several firsts and several changes –…
The Worlds longest flight is dead. Long live the Worlds Longest Flight!
A new king has been crowned! The Longest flight in the world is now Sydney (SYD) – Dallas (DFW) by Qantas – flight QF7. The…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part II
In Part I of this post I looked at the impact of the two significant event in the OneWorld Alliance, namely: Qatar joining OneWorld US…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part I
There are three alliances in the world of Air Travel: Star Alliance OneWorld and SkyTeam Of these three, Star Alliance has been a very dominant…
Planespotting at Tokyo Narita Airport
Tokyo Narita (NRT) is a beautiful airport. This was my first time at Narita – I was passing thru on the recent 5 country 26,000…
IAD-ORD-HKG-CGK-SIN-BKK-MNL-BKK-KUL-BKK-NRT-IAD: 2 Weeks and 25,692 miles later…
No, this was not a crazy mileage-run, nor did I lose a bet. I just did this crazy business trip to South-East Asia, covering 5…
Is India getting another airline?
Tata Sons, a mega-corporation in India and one of the oldest companies in the sub-continent, and SIA, the parent company of Singapore Airlines, has announced…
Taxiing around Frankfurt Airport
I passed thru Frankfurt (FRA) airport a couple of days ago. Here are some pictures I took taxiing around the airport and from the terminal….
And the Best Airline in the World is…
Skytrak announced its annual rankings for 2012. They rank all the airlines in the world by polling 18m airline cutovers around the world. And for…
