Saturday Night Live has airline-themed skits with some frequency, and they had their latest such skit yesterday. On last night's SNL there was a skit called "Airline Pilots," starring Harry Styles and Mikey Day. The nearly five minute skit is about two…
I've written about Starlux Airlines, a promising new airline that will be launching in early 2020. The airline will be based out of Taipei and will initially operate flights within Asia, before eventually launching long haul flights. While China Airlines…
Korean Air has just unveiled their latest safety video, starring K-Pop group SuperM. This video was produced in partnership with SM Entertainment, the largest entertainment company in Korea. We've seen a trend whereby airlines have been putting a lot…
United Airlines sure does have quite a few themed safety videos lately -- this spring the airline had a Spider-Man themed safety video, while now the airline has debuted a Star Wars themed safety video. United Airlines' new safety video, called "Fly…
Nowadays the flying experience is often compared to herding cattle, economy is often referred to as "cattle class," etc. Well, for the first time I can recall, an airline is really going with that as the basis for an ad. WestJet is known for their creative…
Here's a really cute concept. To commemorate British Airways' 100th anniversary, the airline operated a flight from London to Kuala Lumpur that was crewed in a special way. The flight was from London to Kuala Lumpur, and it was staffed exclusively by…
Yesterday KLM celebrated their 100th birthday -- they claim to be the oldest airline in the world, so happy birthday to them! They're looking quite good for their age, eh? KLM had a lot of festivities surrounding this milestone, though most exciting…
Korean-Canadian actor Sandra Oh is best known for her television dramatic work south of the border, ranging from Killing Eve to Grey’s Anatomy. Her breakout role was in the 2004 movie Sideways, a movie with so much drunk driving in it that just thinking…
British Airways does an incredible job with their marketing, and in particular with their BA Magic campaign. The campaign was launched in 2017, and sees British Airways arranging once in a lifetime travel experiences for people for a variety of reasons.…
While I don't have any more info on how exactly this happened, check out this insane video of an out of control golf cart at Chicago O'Hare Airport. The golf cart is driving in circles with no one in it, and is about to hit a plane, and likely cause…
Earlier today Thomas Cook ceased operations. While that's unfortunate for the hundreds of thousands of people who are stranded as a result of this, I feel the worst for the roughly 21,000 Thomas Cook employees who are without jobs as of today. "Rescue"…
JetBlue has just launched their newest ad campaign, called "Just Alright Doesn't Fly Here." As you might expect based on the name, the premise is that the airline is taking a stand against mediocrity in air travel and reminding travelers that they don't…
I'm not someone who cries very often, but this brought tears to my eyes and gave me chills... In 1967 Col. Roy Knight was shot down in the Vietnam War. His remains were only recently found, and were returned to the US. In general that provides the family…
On August 5, S7 Airlines (a oneworld member airline) had an incident while taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport to Simferopol. Flight S7263 was operated by a Boeing 737-800 with the registration code VQ-BKV. The plane took off from runway 32L…
It's an exciting day for Aer Lingus, as the airline is today starting service with their very first Airbus A321LR. The airline took delivery of their first A321LR just a few days ago, and has a total of eight of these planes on order. The plane will…
Air New Zealand is known for their innovative safety videos. Most of my favorite safety videos were produced by them, though with the number of videos they've had, I can't say that I loved all of them. For example, Air New Zealand's last safety video…
This is something that looks like it's straight out of a movie. Yesterday afternoon about 30 million USD worth of gold and other precious metal was stolen from the cargo terminal at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport. The robbers sure had a well thought out…
An altercation that unfolded on a July 21 American Airlines flight from Miami to Los Angeles is going viral. A woman was traveling with her significant other (it's not clear if it was her boyfriend, husband, or what). Apparently the issue arose because…
Some of you may remember the accident of Air Niugini flight 73, which crash landed in water on approach to Chuuk, Micronesia, on September 28, 2018. The plane had a total of 47 people onboard, including 12(!!!) crew and 35 passengers. Unfortunately one…
As you guys know, I'm ready for my Nigerian aviation adventure, though I'm not sure I'm quite ready for this... An Azman Air flight this morning from Lagos to Port Harcourt was delayed after the plane gained an extra passenger shortly before takeoff…
I'm sure just about everyone remembers Dr. Dao, who was dragged off a United Airlines flight after refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight. It quite literally made global headlines for days (if not weeks), and became a huge turning point…
