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5 Ways Airlines and Hotels Can Drive Revenue with Social Media
Social Media Guide for Professionals | 7 hours ago by Stephanie
Shashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying.com, an award-winning blog on airline branding. He tweets at @simpliflying.Social media is no longer the “new” thing, especially for airlines. JetBlue has over one an a half million followers on Twitter.read more
Brazil Direct Flight To Barbados This Year
Bajan Global Report | 15 hours ago
Barbados will soon have a direct non-stop flight from South America. Starting Summer 2010, GOL, the second largest airline in Brazil, will operate a Boeing 737 from Sao Paulo to Bridgetown once a week on Saturdays, with same-plane connections to Bueread more
Flights Search Engine Site
Freelance programming and web design jobs | 17 hours ago by Freelancer
Hi everybody, I need a help with connection to airlines database (about 60-80 airlines) via api for my internet site. As I know, there should be a free access to that database provided by airlines themselves, but I can’t find it. On top of thatread more
Indian passengers can claim up to Rs. 74,000 for lost, damaged, o…
Bangalore Aviation | 18 hours ago by Devesh Agarwal
Baggage loss, damage, and/or delay is an accepted hazard of air travel. The best of airports have a 0.1% or 1,000 bags per million that do not get delivered as intended.Unfortunately, even today, most airlines operating international flights from Indread more
Intrigues may stall disbursement of N200b airlines' fund
The Kathryn Report | 21 hours ago by Kathryn
By Wole Shadare SUBTERRANEAN moves by some airlines to out-do one another to get a bigger chunk of the N200 billion planned to be released by the Federal Government to airlines to cushion their hardship were already being played itself out inread more
Arik named as biggest debtor in aviation industry
The Kathryn Report | 21 hours ago by Kathryn
The biggest airline operating in Nigeria, Arik Air, has been named and shamed as the biggest debtor in the domestic aviation industry. According to the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, Arik has a read more
Plane seat maker admits falsifying safety data
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
JAPANESE aeroplane seat maker Koito Industries has said it had fabricated safety data on 150,000 seats used by 32 carriers, the latest trouble to hit the country's reputation for reliability. The seats manufactured by the Yokohama-baread more
Japan Air Said to Keep American Ties, Shun Delta Bid
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
By Kiyotaka Matsuda Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Airlines Corp. will maintain its partnership with AMR Corp.’s American Airlines, rejecting an offer from Delta Air Lines Inc., according to two people familiar with the situation. JAL’s new Chairmread more
'Frontline' explores the dangers of 'Flying Cheap'
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
If you fly with any regularity out of Pittsburgh International, odds are that you've flown on a regional carrier, the smaller planes that nowadays are more often jets but still could be a propeller-driven "prop plane." These aircraft carry theread more
Air accident investigators demand repairs to aircraft televisions
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
Seat back television sets on Boeing 777s should be fixed more securely to prevent them injuring passengers following a crash landing, investigators have found. The danger was disclosed by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch in its latread more
Hero BA pilot speaks of Heathrow Boeing 777 crash
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
The former British Airways pilot whose Boeing 777 airliner crash-landed at Heathrow Airport two years ago has said he feared all onboard would die. Captain Peter Burkill told the BBC he had to stop the jet crashing into a Tube station near theread more
Heathrow BA plane crash caused by 'unknown' ice fault
The Kathryn Report | 22 hours ago by Kathryn
The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport was not covered by plane safety requirements at the time, an official report has said. The British Airways (BA) Boeing 777 lost power to both engines due to restricted fuel flow, the Aread more
Agencies to Fault American on Maintenance
The Kathryn Report | 23 hours ago by Kathryn
BY ANDY PASZTOR American Airlines is about to come under sharp criticism from two separate federal agencies accusing it of serious maintenance lapses, according to government and industry officials familiar with the details. In the next few days, read more
'Flying Cheap': Buckle Up, Indeed
The Kathryn Report | 23 hours ago by Kathryn
Hank StueverThe Associated Press The Washington Post Anyone who regularly travels to the less glamorous American cities knows what happens after a layover in the hub: Your ticket may say Delta or United or Continental, but that's not exactlread more
Up in the Air, With Frayed Safety Nets
The Kathryn Report | 23 hours ago by Kathryn
By NEIL GENZLINGER We know from the movies that commercial airplanes are full of venomous snakes and pandemic-inducing viruses, but you may prefer those in-flight hazards to the ones documented in “Flying Cheap,” Tuesday’s “Frontline” on Pread more
Safety Risks At Regional Airlines Detailed By PBS
The Kathryn Report | 23 hours ago by Kathryn
The crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 last February — in which 50 deaths were attributed to pilot error — exposes widespread safety problems linked to lax regulation, according to an investigation by PBS. Among the risks found inread more
Black box from Ethiopian Airline crash located
aviation news-military and commercial | 1 day ago
Lebanese soldiers and international search team staff were retrieving the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airline that crashed in the Mediterranean last month on Feb. 7. Lebanese military said on the same day that they have located one of the black boxes read more
JAL to stay with American Airlines: reports
aviation news-military and commercial | 1 day ago
TOKYO — Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, has decided to keep its current tie-up with American Airlines and end talks to defect to Delta Air Lines, local media reported on Monday. US giants American Airlines and Delta Airead more
Couple detained after India security alert
aviation news-military and commercial | 1 day ago
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A male passenger and his wife were detained for questioning Sunday after a Dubai-bound flight from Mumbai, India was called back before take-off because of a security scare, the airline said. Authorities activated full seread more
Airline faces criminal trial over fatal Concorde crash
aviation news-military and commercial | 1 day ago
PONTOISE, France (Reuters) —The manslaughter trial of Continental Airlines Inc. and five aviation officials whom prosecutors blame for the fatal 2000 crash of an Air France S.A. Concorde presents “ominous” possibilities for aviaread more
US January Traffic Statistics
Airline News Blog | 2 days ago by Jason Rhen
United States airline January traffic statistics as released by each carrier. The main statistics released on a monthly basis illustrate the carriers traffic illustrated here as a percentage increase or decrease from the same month one year earlieread more
Delta to add JFK to Grand Cayman non-stop
Airline News Blog | 2 days ago by Jason Rhen
Delta Airlines has announced new non-stop service to Grand Cayman of the Cayman Islands will commence on June 12. The airline will offer once-weekly Saturday flights between the two cities on Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This new service to the Caymanread more
Japan Airlines to stick with American; No to Delta
Airline News Blog | 2 days ago by Jason Rhen
Reports from Japan are that the leadership of Japan Airlines has decided to stick with their One World Alliance instead of jumping ship and joining SkyTeam. This is an enormous coup for American Airlines, a founding airline partner of One World. read more
Airport security humor
Business Traveler in Asia-Pacific | 2 days ago
With the recent underwear bombing attempt on an airliner still fresh in everyone’s mind, we have an an important message from Transport Canada (A division of the US Department of Homeland Security) to repeat should you be traveling to Canada or froread more
The odds of a terrorist attack on a commercial airliner
Business Traveler in Asia-Pacific | 2 days ago
Here is an interesting and reassuring piece of trivia (courtesy of Gizmodo): The odds of a terrorist attack on a commercial airliner. read more
Air New Zealand unveils its economy lie-flat seats for the 787-9
Business Traveler in Asia-Pacific | 2 days ago
Here is a great idea that we hope will be adopted by more airlines. As recently noted on Flight Blogger and starting in November of 2010 when Boeing delivers its first 777-300ER to Air New Zealand, the first 11 rows in economy will feature a new &quoread more
Storm cancels nearly all flights at Philly airport
The Kathryn Report | 3 days ago by Kathryn
Philadelphia International Airport says it expects "nearly 100 percent" of flights Saturday to be canceled due to the winter storm. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica says most airlines, including US Airways and US Airways Express, have ceased all read more
Storm cancels nearly all flights at Philly airport
The Kathryn Report | 3 days ago by Kathryn
Philadelphia International Airport says it expects "nearly 100 percent" of flights Saturday to be canceled due to the winter storm. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica says most airlines, including US Airways and US Airways Express, have ceased allread more
How big is too big for Delta?
The Kathryn Report | 3 days ago by Kathryn
Now that it's the largest carrier, its proposals draw more scrutiny By Kelly YamanouchiThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution As Delta Air Lines settles into its new role as world's largest carrier, it is coming up against a critical question: How big is read more
Raju Shrivastav – Airlines Ki Baad
Funny Videos | 3 days ago
Raju Shrivastav Airlines Ki Baad. funny video by raju shrivastav about airlines in Indiaread more
