This is just pathetic. Video footage has surfaced of an "international criminal lawyer" and "barrister" losing it on an Air India flight from Mumbai to London after the crew refused to give her "a wee bottle of wine." This incident occurred on AI131…
There aren't many things that I find endearing about Heathrow Airport, though one exception is their annual Christmas advertisement, featuring the Heathrow Bears. It's just so adorable, it can't help but put a big smile on my face and make me sad at…
I love airports largely because they're the best places in the world for people watching, in my opinion. You have people going from just about everywhere to just about everywhere, for just about every reason. Some people travel for happy reasons, some…
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. Their safety videos…
A video uploaded to Twitter yesterday has gone viral, and has already been viewed more than a million times. This footage was taken on a Ryanair flight on Friday from Barcelona to London Stansted (FR15). Those seated nearby say that the dispute started…
Qatar Airways' CEO, Akbar Al Baker, is one heck of a guy. I'm never quite sure what to make of him. On one hand, I believe he's one of the most passionate people about the airline industry that you'll find anywhere in the world. I also believe he has…
I'm a huge fan of travel marketing and branding. Maybe I give companies too much credit, but there's something about a well marketed hotel, airline, or place, that instantly draws me to it. I'm not just talking about TV commercials and print ads, but…
Earlier James wrote about a situation that has gone viral with Ryanair's cabin crew. Ryanair is an ultra low cost carrier, and typically their crews don't overnight at hotels, but rather they just fly somewhere and back the same day. So they're clearly…
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is quite a guy. He preaches a message of prosperity and abundance, and boasts about being a billionaire. Earlier this year his ministry took possession of a debt-free Gulfstream V. Worry not -- "The Holy Spirit confirmed…
A few weeks ago we officially launched the OMAAT YouTube channel, and for the time being we’re uploading one video per week (on Tuesdays), though we’re soon hoping to increase that to two videos per week. For those of you who are interested and haven't…
A couple of days ago two military planes collided while landing at Khartoum Airport in Sudan. The footage looked pretty awful, though fortunately there were apparently no fatalities. The airport was shut down for several hours following the incident.…
As reported by Airlive, Khartoum Airport in Sudan is closed today after two Sudanese Airforce Antonov aircraft landed on the runway at the same time shortly after 10AM this morning. Here's video footage of the incident: While it looks like the planes…
It's pretty common to see special flights get water salutes. This can be done for many reasons -- to celebrate a new route, to honor military members, to commemorate a pilot's retirement, etc. Well, to celebrate the 88th birthday of Saudi Arabia, Dubai…
Last week we officially launched the OMAAT YouTube channel, and for the time being we're uploading one video per week (on Tuesdays), though we're soon hoping to increase that to two videos per week. This week's video is about the different types of points…
I've been blogging for over a decade now, and for the most part I've been doing exactly the same thing. I'm usually someone who takes the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach, which is why for better or worse, not all that much has changed with…
Finnair and Helsinki Airport have teamed up to create an interesting short film. They say that they're doing this to celebrate 35 years of connecting East and West via Helsinki, which is a logical thing to showcase, given what a great connecting point…
British Airways has done an incredible job with their marketing over the past year or so, in particular with their “BA Magic” campaign. Through this, they encouraged people to write in sharing a trip they’d like to take for a special reason, and British…
The Aviation Herald has the story of what looks like quite a scary go around that happened at Quito Airport on Saturday, August 11, 2018: "An Iberia Airbus A340-600, registration EC-LEU performing flight IB-6453 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Quito (Ecuador),…
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…
Air Belgium is the new airline operating flights between Charleroi and Hong Kong, in addition to operating some charter flights on behalf of other airlines. I had the chance to fly them last month, and had a really great flight, both thanks to how professional…
I'm sure there will be strong views on this on both sides, though I think there's no denying that what this woman did is bold, if nothing else. Elin Ersson, a Swedish student, learned that an Afghan man was scheduled to be deported from Sweden on a flight…
