Jul 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: The prestigious Travel and Leisure "World's Best" awards were announced today, covering everything from best hotels to best islands to best airlines. Not surprisingly, no legacy carriers were in the top domestic airlines list -- as we expected, Virgin America and JetBlue were the winners. And how couldn't they be? With in-seat video, internet and hipsters on their side it's hard to compete. On the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Travel and Leisure names Virgin America best domestic, Singapore best international carriers
Jul 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: The prestigious Travel and Leisure "World's Best" awards were announced today, covering everything from best hotels to best islands to best airlines. Not surprisingly, no legacy carriers were in the top domestic airlines list -- as we expected, Virgin America and JetBlue were the winners. And how couldn't they be? With in-seat video, internet and hipsters on their side it's hard to compete. On the ...Don't pass through Singapore, stay for a bit
Apr 25th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Singapore doesn't want you to pass through. Instead, they want you to stick around, even if only for a little while. With the "Fabulous Singapore Stopover Package," you can take advantage of a variety of discounts. In fact, six hotels are dropping rates to $1 for the first night you stay. Some are even kicking in prepaid cell phone cards and food and beverage vouchers that can be redeemed at ...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 ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant - still a hot job to date.
Oct 15th, 2008 at 9:30AM:
What would you do if you were a flight attendant and some young lad said to you, "I like the way you walk?"
Personally, I would have kept on walking. If possible. Because you never know if there's going to be a 200 pound drink cart blocking your way. But hey, that's just me.
One New Zealand flight attendant did not walk away when a passenger commented on the way she worked the aisle. Well maybe ...Why It's a Good Time to Fly to Asia
Oct 14th, 2008 at 3:00PM: With the present conditions offering little reason for airline execs to break out the expensive cognac to toast to their success, some airlines (at least those who aren't fearing for their lives) are looking to the future. The likes of Cathay Pacific and Finnair are developing routes to Asia that they hope will become lucrative once the world economy starts playing nice. These airlines are ...SilkAir Winning Asia's Low-Cost Carrier Wars
Aug 27th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Despite the rise of regional airlines aimed at budget-minded travelers, SilkAir, one of Southeast Asia's original low-cost carriers, remains at the top of the game. Even with competition coming from the likes of Bangkok Airways and AirAsia and with high fuel prices, SilkAir managed to post a profit for the last quarter. Perhaps SilkAir's lineage has something to do with its success. It is wholly ...Galley Gossip: Airline for sale!
Jun 18th, 2008 at 9:20AM: This is it, people, your chance to buy an airline, because Volare Airlines, an Italian low-cost carrier, is now up for sale - again!
What's that? Not enough money you say? Why don't we all pool our money together and buy...oh I don't know...maybe just one of the airplanes. We can each buy a seat. And since we'd only own one airplane, we can call our small little airline MY PLANE. That means ...As the A380 creeps closer to the USA, Brits wonder "why are there ash trays"?
Mar 25th, 2008 at 10:40AM: I'm sure that you've heard of the A380 by now, Airbus's super mega jumbo modern noah's-ark behemoth of an aircraft, capable of carrying ten thousand passengers, flying around the world twelve times and curing myopia. It's pretty sweet. And I mean that, it's a magnificent creature. I'll bet you that many of you haven't seen it in real life though, save for a few insiders in the industry and ...Singapore Airlines to start business class only service between US and SE Asia
Mar 6th, 2008 at 9:40AM:
As market trends have been predicting left and right, business-class-only flights are the new big thing. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are scrambling to lock in routes between the East Coast and London, while Eos and Silverjet fight them off from Luton and Stansted.
But nobody has dared enter the transpacific market. Until now. Early Tuesday morning, Singapore Airlines announced the ...Bad fuel pumps ground Singapore Air's A380s
Feb 20th, 2008 at 10:40AM: It looks like the commercial Airbus A380s have hit their first snag. Singapore Airlines (SQ) announced today that it had to ground it's only operational super jumbo because of an issue with the fuel pumps. Luckily the problem was detected while the aircraft was on the ground prior to departure and not sometime during transit. SQ's other A380 wasn't rotated into the schedule because it was ...First A380 flight in Europe: March 18
Feb 2nd, 2008 at 2:30PM: Singapore Airlines currently flies both of the only two operating Airbus A380 airplanes in the world on the Sydney-Singapore route. The third plane, also purchased by Singapore Airlines, will operate on the London - Singapore route, starting March 18. This will be the first commercial flight with the world's biggest plane in Europe.
Tickets for this flight are already on sale, starting at 550GBP ...The A380 makes its maiden voyage
Oct 25th, 2007 at 2:00PM: Earlier this Thursday, after numerous delays and management changes at EADS, the A380 finally made her maiden commercial voyage under the emblem of Singapore Airlines. MSNBC reports that it was a landmark experience, with the short flight between Singapore and Sydney holding 455 passengers and about 30 crew members. Most of the seats were auctioned off on Ebay with the proceeds going to charity ...More Money Than Sense Or A Very Generous Man?
Sep 6th, 2007 at 7:07AM: Aussie businessman Julian Hayward has just forked out US$100,380 for two first class seats on the inaugural flight of the new Airbus A380 from Sydney to Singapore on October 26. Singapore Airlines is the first airlne to run scheduled services on the 471-seat super jumbo, and for the first flight sold tickets in an online auction. Proceeds of the auction will be donated to charity, and so far more ...Dying Mid-flight. First Class or a Storage Bin?
Mar 22nd, 2007 at 10:10AM: I was at potluck tonight of Central Ohio Returned Peace Corps volunteers (CORVA) when someone mentioned the person who died on the British Airways flight last week. The dead woman, as described in the post by gadling blogger Jonathon Morgan, was strapped into a first class seat for the rest of the journey from India to Great Britain. Another first class passenger woke up to find the elderly dead ...
