Airlines based in the United States coud learn a a few things from IcelandAir. It’s not perfect, but it’s a far better flying experience than what U.S. travelers typically endure.
Posts Tagged ‘flying’
IcelandAir About to Start Codeshare Agreement
One of the nice things about international travel is the pile of frequent flier miles you earn on the flights. I missed out on that perk when I flew to Iceland in June – IcelandAir has no codeshare agreements. That will change in fall, but don’t get too excited just yet. Here’s why.
Update on Flying with MREs
Here’s the answer to an increasingly popular question among traveling backpackers: Can you take military MRE rations on an airplane.
7 Recycled Airplanes that Still Thrill
These days, recycling is cool. And so are airplanes – even the Honda Civic of the skies that is the 737.
That makes recycling airplanes an off-the-charts, Ricardo Montalban-level of cool. I’m not talking about turning Cessnas into aluminum cans. I’m talking about turning Boeing jumbo jets into backpacker hostels, or shady old military cargo planes [...]
Airlines See Declines in Customer Performance
Bad passenger attitudes are the biggest obstacles facing air carriers, according to a recently completed annual study. This study comes just after the release of information claiming airlines are taking the hassle out of flying and delivering their best performances in four years.
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the customers,” said Randal [...]
My Top 5 Flights – Plus, a Site for Flight Geeks
The rise of Facebook as a great time-waster is pretty well-documented, and now aviation geeks have their own way to flush hours down the lavatory: Let me introduce FlightMemory.com, a Web site that lets you input all your commercial flights. It then tracks your time and mileage and plots it on a map. You can [...]
Help Wandering Justin Find His Next Destination!
From blog photos
I’m looking for a new travel destination, and I need your help.
Now, in a perfect word, I’d board my own Austin Powers-esque 747 and tell the captain to take me someplace where:
there’s enough people to be convenient and friendly, but not enough to be crowded
I can see all sorts of awesome creatures (and [...]
Grab a flight … like now!
So how many times do you talk to people about traveling, and they’ll say “I wish I could go (fill in the blank”?
Well, if there’s ever a time to do that awesome trip, this is it. Oil is cheap. The economy sucks, which means that airlines are doing all sorts of stuff to [...]
A Tip of the Hat to the Boeing 747
A preface from Wandering Justin: I originally wrote this for another blog, but it seems relevant here. Enjoy!
Every time I go to band practice, I take the 143 freeway past Sky Harbor. I always look to my right and see a British Airways 747 parked at Terminal 4, getting ready to head to London.
And I [...]
