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…
I'm not sure how this story didn't initially get more media coverage, though it sure is alarming. On June 21, 2018, a China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400 with four people onboard was performing a flight from Anchorage to Chicago, when it had quite an…
I'm a sucker for a good airline marketing campaign. Singapore Airlines' ad campaigns? Love them. Air France's "France Is In The Air" campaign? Okay, I actually have no clue what's going on, but it's so chic and French, and I can't help but like it.
Well, I think an American Airlines employee is about to lose their travel privileges, if they haven't lost them already. One of the benefits of working in the airline industry is that you get flight benefits, and in some cases you can share them with…
Here's something you don't see every day. Former three time Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam were arrested last night at Lahore Airport upon returning to Pakistan on EY243 from Abu Dhabi. This came after the former prime…
Many airlines put quite a bit of effort into their safety videos nowadays. 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. Last…
I love a feel-good airline marketing story, and KLM has just come up with an awesome one. I'll let them describe it themselves: "Arnold Neuhaus recently turned 90. His great-grandson, Jagger, teamed up with KLM to surprise Arnold with the flight of a…
James Corden is the host of The Late Late Show, and a couple of days ago I shared a video of him “working” at The Savoy in London. In this segment he performed the duties of a bellmen, butler, and restaurant server, of course with his signature…
James Corden, host of The Late Late Show, is known for being a jokester. He's a bit much, though he almost always makes me laugh. Earlier this week he did a segment that's even travel related. Specifically, James paid a visit to The Savoy Hotel in London,…
Well, this couple took put an aviation geek spin on "walking down the aisle." A couple decided to get married on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Baltimore this past Sunday night. I haven't been able to find much regarding the backstory…
There have been lots of videos over the years that have gone viral of flight attendants making funny announcements. Some airlines, like Southwest, are even known for this (or at least were in the past, though I think their culture has changed a bit over…
As James wrote about yesterday, this week Delta has rolled out new uniforms for their 64,000+ employees. Delta first announced these uniforms back in 2015, but took their time with the design and testing phase. This was to make sure that they didn't…
Every time I see a video of a preacher buying a private jet in the name of "the Lord" my stomach turns and I figure it can't possibly get more ridiculous, but then it does. This week prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis is back to ask for…
Well this is just horrible. A Facebook user shared a video taken at the Country Inn & Suites Newport News last Friday, where a front desk clerk loses his temper. Here's how the Facebook user describes the incident: "I don’t post a lot, but my mom came…
While browsing YouTube early this morning (because I couldn't sleep due to jetlag) I stumbled upon a fascinating video from VICE. As I'm sure you can imagine, I had to click when I saw the headline "Russian Pilots of the Congo." The video is several…
I really do love Singapore. I love the city, I love the food, I love the airport, and I love the airline. I don't think I'd ever want to live there, but I always love visiting for a couple of days. One other thing I love about Singapore (in a backwards…
