Apr 26th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
This one caught our attention anyway.
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Got A Complaint About Your Airline? A Photo Will Do Nicely
Apr 26th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
This one caught our attention anyway.
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...Air Canada Flight Finds Missing Yacht
Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:30AM: Last week Air Canada flight AC033 was finishing a routine flight from Vancouver to Sydney, when it was suddenly pressed into service of a completely different nature. The Boeing 777, which carried 270 passengers at the time, was nearing the end of its 14-hour journey when the Australia Maritime Safety Authority requested the plane's help in a search and rescue operation. Heeding that call for ...Airline Safety: Another Needle Found In Airplane Food
Aug 3rd, 2012 at 4:00PM: Two weeks ago, we told you about how six Delta passengers were horrified to find needles in their airline sandwiches. While we were hoping it was a one-time incident, it seems passengers really do need to be extra careful when eating their on-board meals. In the last case, the flights were leaving from Amsterdam; however, Air Canada has confirmed a sewing needle was found in the food on a Canadian ...Air Canada Passengers Get A Free Concert On Their Delayed Flight
May 20th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
Sometimes, having a delayed flight isn't such a bad thing, at least not for passengers aboard a recent Air Canada flight from Toronto to Frankfurt. Luckily for them, the Canada-based Lemon Bucket Orkestra were on the flight, and able to provide some free, impromptu musical entertainment.
According to USA Today, the group is a self-proclaimed "Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk ...
Cockpit Chronicles: Eight ways to slow a jet
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:00AM: One of my first posts on Cockpit Chronicles was an explanation on how to park a 757. At the risk of catering only to people who have recently acquired their own Boeing jets, I'd like to continue with another lesson.
The eight ways to slow a jet
When you're driving your 5-speed manual transmission car and you exit an offramp, besides just taking your foot off the gas pedal, there are a couple ...Free Montreal travel in three simple steps
Oct 28th, 2010 at 3:30PM: Do you like Montreal? I have to admit, I've been there three times in the past two years, and I just can't get enough of it. The minute I hit the streets of Old Montreal, I find myself craving a hotdog at the St-Denis Pool Hall before dashing over to the art galleries on St-Paul Ouest. Even with winter approaching rapidly, I'm feeling the pull up north.
So, I was pretty excited by a cool ...Veils and YouTube trigger Canadian security investigation over passenger identification
Aug 3rd, 2010 at 12:00PM:
Score one for social media: some guy popped a video of two fully veiled women boarding a plane on YouTube, and now the Canadian authorities are investigating. The video is said to show passengers hopping onto an Air Canada flight to London from Montreal on July 11, 2010. The beef isn't so much the veils as ensuring "that airline personnel are verifying the identity of all of passengers before ...
Air Canada passenger falls asleep on plane - wakes up in maintenance hangar
Apr 12th, 2010 at 10:30AM: We've probably all been there - you get on your flight, feeling so tired that you pass out before the plane takes off.
But in most cases, you'll be awake right after you miss the drinks service. Air Canada passenger Kris Lines must have had the nap of his life, because he passed out right after taking off, and was awoken by a maintenance engineer inside a hangar at Vancouver airport.
...Canadian airline forced to remove smelly passenger from plane
Feb 19th, 2010 at 12:00PM: We've already been told that being too fat will have you kicked off the plane, but now "too smelly" is apparently also a (very) good reason to be sent back into the terminal.
Not much is known about the specifics, but several weeks ago, Canadian airline Jazz had to remove a passenger because of his "brutal" stench.
I've been in the unlucky situation of sitting next to a stinker, and it ...Air Canada ordered to offer a no-nuts option for allergic flyers
Jan 9th, 2010 at 2:30PM: The Canadian Transportation Authority has ruled that Air Canada needs to create a "nut-free" zone on all of its flights, to accommodate those passengers who are severely allergic to nuts. The order came after two passengers complained that the airline had failed to properly accommodate their allergies, which the CTA ruled should be treated as a disability.
According to Toronto's National ...Argument over elbow room results in flight diversion and 30 day prison sentence
Jan 2nd, 2010 at 1:00PM: We've all been there - you get to your seat, and someone else has already taken ownership of the armrest, which includes part of your space. In most cases, a quick smile and "hi" is enough to create a mutual understanding on sharing the one and a half inches of precious space.
Sadly, not everyone shares that concept - like 31 year old Khodar Ahmad. This Toronto man was on his way to Frankfurt ...Airplane passenger catches Space Shuttle launch on camera
Dec 22nd, 2009 at 6:00PM:
I recommend turning the audio down on your computer if you plan to watch this at work, or around children, as the narrator tends to swear a lot.
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Here is a video of something you don't see every day out the airplane window - the launch of a Space ...
Dumb Dutch duo flies 4000 miles in the wrong direction, to the wrong Sydney
Aug 10th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Every year, at least one idiot makes the news by proving their total lack of basic geography knowledge. Such is the story of Dutchman Johannes Rutten and his grandson. Mr. Rutten had booked tickets for his dream trip from Amsterdam to Sydney, Australia. After an 8 hour flight on Air Canada, he made his stopover in Halifax, for the final leg to Sydney. By now, 99.99% of readers will most likely ...Foal Eagle protests divert air traffic around North Korea
Mar 8th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are followed by Air Canada and Singapore Airlines in routing flights around North Korean airspace. The change comes as a result of North Korean warnings that it "cannot guarantee the safety of South Korean passenger jets" if the United States and South Korea move forward with annual joint military maneuvers. This annual event yields an annual complaint.
The ...The flight attendant who helped land a plane when co-pilot had an emotional melt down was a hero
Nov 20th, 2008 at 1:30PM: If you ever saw the movie Airplane, the spoof on airplane disaster movies, you probably still laugh out loud thinking about it. Remember the scene when Julie Hagerty took over for the co-pilot but had to fight off the automatic co-pilot who was a blow-up doll? She was trying to help Striker (Robert Hays) land the plane.
That was a spoof.
In a real life story, a female flight attendant recently ...Which airlines let you watch porn?
Oct 17th, 2008 at 4:30PM: Last month, fellow Gadling blogger Grant Martin wrote about airlines filtering in-flight wireless content. Now MSNBC has an article on exactly which airlines are filtering adult content. So, who is letting you join the mile high club alone?
Well, if you are flying on American or Delta, be prepared to pack your own copy of Juggs, because they have asked their wireless provider, AirCell, to filter ...If oil drops shouldn't fuel surchages drop too?
Sep 19th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Ever since oil went through the roof this summer, airlines have been instituting extra fees left and right to recoup the costs. Now, in addition to initial ticket price, passengers are being asked to pay for everything from bottled water to selecting seats to checking luggage. Once oil returns from the stratosphere, shouldn't the airlines rescind those fees? Don't count on it. Many carriers claim ...Aircell GoGo in-flight Internet hops on board Air Canada
Sep 10th, 2008 at 9:30AM: From zero to hero in a few short months! Aircell just announced that they have signed an agreement to outfit the Air Canada A319 fleet with their successful GoGo in-flight Internet service. This makes Air Canada the first international carrier to commit to the service, and the fourth airline in the world (after American Airlines, Delta and Virgin America). In a very short period of time, Aircell ...Severe turbulence causes emergency landing in Calgary
Jan 10th, 2008 at 2:57PM: Several passengers have been taken to hospital in Calgary, Alberta this morning after an Air Canada Airbus A319 had to make an emergency landing, according to reports. The cause appears to be severe turbulence, which led to passengers and loose items being thrown around the cabin. Luckily, no one is severely injured. According to one passenger's account: "It happened very fast. One side of the ...Cellphones to replace boarding passes?
Dec 4th, 2007 at 1:05PM: In a three-month pilot program at Houston Intercontinental Airport, passengers will be able to board flights using only a cellphone or a personal digital assistant instead of a boarding pass. Passengers boarding Continental flights will show a code on their screen that has been sent to their phone or PDA. A bar code stores the passenger's name and flight information, and a TSA screener will ...
