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…
Aeromexico has gotten political in some of their ads recently. Aeromexico's biggest foreign market is the US, though obviously right now there's some contention between the US and Mexico, especially regarding the wall (heck, we've had our longest government…
I have no clue how it's possible that this was released over two weeks ago, but just entered my life now. VietJet is a Vietnamese low cost carrier that is perhaps best known globally for their annual flight attendant bikini calendar. Personally I'm not…
Since January 3, Qatar Airways has been teasing something throughout their social media channels with the hashtag #LikeNeverBefore. Many of us assumed that this was a big announcement that we should actually be excited about. After all, Qatar Airways…
I love a good marriage proposal story, especially on a plane. Some of them go to plan in terms of the other party saying 'yes,' though some airlines unfairly punish cabin crew for becoming engaged during a flight, as this very unfortunate China Eastern…
A video has gone viral the last few days from a Lufthansa narrow body flight. Although faces are obscured to protect their privacy, it show a passenger in the aisle seat filming the two seats next to them (i.e. to the window). A small child has been…
Nothing says "class" quite like a fist fight breaking out at the Ritz-Carlton Aruba on Christmas Eve. That's exactly what happened, and there's footage of it: I'm really undecided as to what the best part of all of this is:
A story is going viral of a man who had the cops called on him and was kicked out while staying at the DoubleTree Portland. The incident occurred when Jermaine Massey was spending a night at the DoubleTree as he was in town for a concert. When he returned…
A few days ago United uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "a day in the life of a United flight attendant." I was briefly excited when I saw the title, because as an aviation geek I generally like these types of videos. Cathay Pacific did one a while…
WestJet does a good job with their viral marketing videos. Most notably, they typically have cool videos every year around Christmas and April Fools' Day. This 2012 April Fools' video about WestJet introducing child free cabins gave me a good laugh,…
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.…
