A bit of an odd announcement today, with Ethiopian saying that the accident had nothing to do with flight safety. The fire on an unoccupied Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday was “not related to flight safety,” the carrier said…
Not a lot of information out there right now, but there’s a reported fire on an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 parked at Heathrow. Ethiopian flies the 787 from Addis Ababa, Bole (ADD) to LHR. If the plane was empty as reported my guess is…
American Airlines launched a new 777 business class product that’s supposed to be awesome not too long ago. I haven’t had the opportunity to experience it yet, but they’re supposed to be great. View From the Wing (probably the most knowledgable/experienced person on this…
I wrote earlier about the Daily Getaways deal Hyatt has on sale today. The deal goes on sale at 1pm EDT today and I’m sure it will sell out almost immediately, so if you’re thinking about this one make sure you’re ready at 1pm….
We’re halfway through 2013 so I figured I would check to see if I’ve made the expected progress on elite status for the first 6 months. I’m a big fan of Hyatt and Starwood (in that order) and had hoped to keep top-tier status…
Forgot to mention that you can enter once a day until this Friday. Enjoy a drink on me!
I’m writing part of this Sunday evening and plan to post it early Monday morning as I’ll be tied up most of the day. So, it’s possible there’s a huge revelation about Asiana 214. However, this post is probably going to end up a…
I posted about this last week, but Uber is offering a $20 new user credit if you sign up by today. It appears that the credit will go back down to $10 if you sign up tomorrow. There’s no worry about having to use…
I was home long enough to clean off my desk a bit. My office looks a bit less like a disaster relief area and along the way I found a small stack of United Airlines beverage vouchers. Leave a comment and I’ll give away…
Any fatalities is bad. But, from 60 unaccounted for to 1 is a huge relief assuming the information is accurate. A good night to give your kids an extra hug. There are some initial technical notes in some pilot forums that seem to indicate…