Lufthansa Airbus A320-211 D-AIQM Nordenham
A Lufthansa Airlines flight from Munich to Lisbon encountered quite a big of turbulance and had to make an unscheduled landing in Geneva so 12 passengers and 2 crew members could be treated for their injuries.
Four people from the Airbus 320 were hospitalized, while the others were treated at the Geneva airport. A replacement aircraft took the remainder of the passengers to Lisbon.
Source: MSNBC Image: Thomas Becker
American Airline's One World Boeing 777
The new OneWorld look on American Airlines Boeing 777 is out in the public now. 2 Boeing 777’s, 1 Boeing 767, and 1 Boeing 757 will get this treatment. It is to celebrate the 10th year of OneWorld
Source & Image: AA.com
People representing AirTran contacted me the other day asking if I would like to have them fly me over to Baltimore to go on a “special flight” where they will make public to the world what will be on every AirTran flight (I kinda hope it is more cowbell). This Monday I will fly out of Seattle, WA non-stop to Baltimore, of course on AirTran, to prepare for the big reveal early Tuesday morning.
I just hope they don’t send me over as they show in one of their commercials above!
MULTI-PART BLOG: Part 1, Part2, More to come.
Virgin Atlantic's Upperclass Suite
Unless you haven’t been watching the news and this is the first time reading this blog you are well aware of this wonderful global economic mess we are in. Businesses have been looking at ways to cut back and save a few dollars.
One of their solutions is putting their frequent travellers back in coach instead of paying for Business or First class. This leaves airlines with a large hole in their revenue with premium passengers down 21% in February and almost 17% in January of 2009.
With these additional empty front seats, airlines have to start asking – is it time to re-arrange their aircraft? Will business travellers be upgraded back to the front of the plane when the economic turmoil is over or will businesses enjoy the money it saved on airline tickets and continue to only pay for economy seats?
Airlines, like British Airways, who rely heavily on long-distance premium travellers for their revenue are hoping to see more frequent travellers returning to the front of the plane soon.
Source: Guardian Image: Start Creative
United Airlines Boeing 777-222 N772UA is on short final
“Man this flight is gonna bite,” is along the lines of something I say when I find myself in the middle seat. But on a recent United Airlines flight from LA to London, a woman decided to do some biting on her own. After enjoying some nice prescription drugs, wine, and (my personal favorite) liquid soap, she got aggressive with the flight crew and acted “like a dog.”
The flight was diverted to Bangor where the unruly passenger gets to face federal charges of assault and interference with a flight crew.
Source: Boston Herald Image: Thomas Becker