Some nuggets from the world of travel: Alaska Airways is rolling out boarding from both the front and back doors of their planes at some airports. This is probably a tougher policy to maintain in Seattle with the number of wet days they have…
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…
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…
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…
Are you an aviation/travel enthusiast? Have you been on a MegaDO? If the answers to these questions are yes and no, respectively, what are you waiting for? There’s a ton of information about StarMegaDO5 on Milepoint, but here’s a few quick tidbits: The MegaDO…
It’s been just about 2 years now since I was on StarMegaDO3 and we got the chance to go hang out in Montreal with the folks from Bombardier. If you’re an occasional traveler, you may not have any idea who Bombardier is. But, if…
First and foremost, don’t forget to enter my summer travel memory giveaway! I’m teaming up with Points, Miles & Martinis as well as MommyPoints for 3 chances to win free travel this summer. Thanks to reader (and fellow inaugural Boeing 787 JAL flight traveler)…
Truly disappointing news from One Mile At a Time yesterday. American Airlines has quietly unveiled seat maps for their new Airbus A319s. It’s not Lucky’s fault, but I did vomit just a bit when I saw his post. These first A319s are configured with…
I thought I had published this last night, but obviously I was technically inept enough to save it as a draft. Good news, I think, and I still expect ETOPS to be tweaked on the plane as well which is also likely the right…