The Boeing 787 Dreamliner employs an amazing amount of technical enhancements. While the plane has been groundbreaking, it continues to deal with mechanical issues. This one isn’t specifically in Boeing’s court, but ANA isn’t very happy with their engine supplier right now.
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American Airlines Announces New Zealand Service. Are New AAdvantage Policies A PLUS Here?
It’s got to be a positive when American Airlines keeps announcing new international service. First, there was Sydney. Then Haneda and now Aukland. I’ll hope there’s more, but I openly wonder how things shake out with what’s announced so far?
Cheap Flights To Hawaii, Lots of Etihad Award Space and Chris Christie Weighs In (Heh!) on Cuba Flights
Tune in for a quick spin on the latest in travel news, including Chris Christie weighing in on Cuba.
Orders Coming And Going At Boeing
Some ups and downs last week as Boeing continues to plow ahead with their largest ever order book. How have recent changes impacted the future?
Cheap Flights On Star Alliance, Violence Erupts At Air France And One Last Chance (?) To See The TWA Terminal at JFK?
A quick spin through the travel world with some information you’ll want to see.
560,000 AAdvantage Mile Giveaway, $10 Ebates Sign-Up Bonus. The Best of the Rest on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
560,000 mile giveaway from American Airlines, hop on a tour of multiple facilities at Boeing’s Seattle-area campus and new benefits for the AMEX Premier Rewards card. Read The Best of the Rest…..
A Ride On The American Airlines 787 Inaugural DFW-ORD
I don’t get the chance to ride on many inaugural flights. Today’s brief flight home featured a ride on American Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner inaugural flight.
Is Boeing Getting A Union At Their Non-Union Plant?
Boeing has long been a stalwart in the Seattle area, boasting multiple campuses and over 80,000 employees across Washington State. In the late part of the last decade, Boeing was having labor troubles and opened up a bid process to build a new facility to support the growth of the 787. Union employees said it was retaliation for contract negotiations. Boeing said it wasn’t so. The moral of the story was a new facility in South Carolina. What did South Carolina offer? Lots of tax incentives. And, a right-to-work state. […]
Welcome To Halifax, Nova Scotia. Uh, That Really Big Plane Next To Us Looks Familiar
I have some family that live in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area that we try to visit each year. Recently, we made our way up there via United and landed without incident, arriving at the international terminal. Halifax airport isn’t small or big, though a lot closer to small. It’s a very clean, well-organized airport that I truly do enjoy flying into and out of. Because of the relative size of the surrounding community there’s not a ton of air traffic at the airport. Just about 3.5 million in passenger […]
