I've written quite a bit about BLADE lately. They're the company that offers helicopter services to & from New York, and recently they've been in the news for their service expansion. BLADE is now offering $195 one-way transfers from Manhattan to JFK,…
Nowadays airlines put a lot of effort into their safety videos, and today United has launched a new Spider-Man themed one in a mini-drama film. This is part of a broader promotional partnership with Sony Pictures, which celebrates the release of "Spider-Man:…
Yesterday evening an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 had a crash landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. What initially looked to some to be a miracle has quickly turned into a massive tragedy. While I'm not going to be providing play-by-play coverage…
VASAviation has the audio of a heated exchange between a pilot and an air traffic controller in Argentina. So, what happened? An Avianca Argentina ATR-72 and Austral Embraer 190 passed just a few hundred feet apart when flying in the airspace over Buenos…
On April 9, 2017, Dr. Dao was dragged off a United Express flight from Chicago O'Hare. At first this video seemed like it may be no different than most other viral airline videos, though this incident was unlike anything we've seen before in commercial…
I try to live without regrets, though if there's one regret I have, it's that I didn't have the opportunity to attend Fyre Festival. I might be an introvert, but it just seemed like such a pleasant group of likeminded people, and I can't help but think…
I've written extensively about Baltia, which is America's oldest startup airline. Or at least it was for a long time. I won't rehash everything here, but if you're not familiar with Baltia/US Global Airways/the most ridiculous airline project ever undertaken,…
There's a story going viral at the moment that's both disgusting and confusing, no matter how you slice it. It involves the actions of a comedian on a flight. I'll share what we know and then what we don't know. Jess Moore is an Instagram comedian with…
Unfortunately there aren't many details out there about this video, but A Fly Guy's Cabin Crew Lounge has shared video footage of what appears to be two airline employees getting into a serious fight. We're not sure where exactly this is -- I've seen…
There are lots of videos out there of planes where most of us think to ourselves "boy am I happy I wasn't on that flight." Well, I think this video might just be in a different league. There's video footage of this morning's British Airways flight 492,…
The Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program launched in mid-February, replacing Marriott's previous three separate loyalty programs -- Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Personally I don't really get why they decided to rebrand…
WestJet is transforming at the moment. This includes the airline installing a "real" business class product on their 737s, and much more significantly, also taking delivery of 787s. The airline operated their first revenue Boeing 787 flight yesterday…
This escalated pretty quickly. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents American's flight attendants, is calling for answers after a skit that was performed this weekend was posted online. It depicts four ladies in flight…
British Airways sure does a great job with their marketing videos. I love their "BA Magic" campaign, where they've encouraged people to write in sharing a trip they’d like to take for a special reason, and British Airways (sometimes) makes it happen…
Nowadays airlines put quite a bit of effort into their safety videos. Rather than just making them informational and boring to the point that people tune out, they try to make them engaging, so that people are more likely to pay attention. There are…
Can I file this under the 'here's something you don't see everyday' category? On Saturday morning, customs officials at India's Chennai Airport stopped a 45 year old male passenger coming off a flight from Bangkok for a random security check. As they…
Advertising during the Super Bowl isn't cheap, and the companies that do typically focus on making ads interesting, rather than focusing purely on "selling" their products. Turkish Airlines was one of the companies that took out an ad during yesterday's…
Air New Zealand is hands down the most innovative airline when it comes to their safety videos. Some of my favorite safety videos have been from Air New Zealand, and they’ve typically introduced at least two new safety videos per year. Most of these…
Saturday Night Live seems to have air travel themed skits with some frequency nowadays. I'd say they're mostly pretty funny, though I think generally the more you know about a topic, the less funny these skits become. For example, in the past couple…
Nowadays most of the viral videos we see from onboard planes involve fights, confrontations, etc. That's why I think this cute video is worth sharing. There's video online of something nice that actually happened on a Ryanair flight. Music students from…
While I don't speak any Russian and have no clue what exactly is going on here, this is still sort of awesome. Reader Andrey forwards a video that was uploaded to YouTube yesterday of a boy touring Putin's IL-96 plane. Apparently it was the 15 year old's…
