NEWS NASA SOFIA Airborne Telescope is LIVE
NASA airborne science lab with SOFIA telescope flight tracker is live. Link
NEWS Fire drills on the ISS
Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts and Flight Engineers Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov practiced emergency procedures Tuesday, preparing the three crew members for the actions they would take in the unlikely event that they must evacuate the International Space Station. Link
NEWS Ryanair says it WON’T be offering £10 flights to America
Ryanair has backtracked on plans to develop a cheap flights to America- just days after it said it had received approval from the board.On Monday, the budget airline had announced plans to run transatlantic services between key European cities and the US with one-way tickets costing from as little as £10.But today, bosses have been…
NEWS Air NZ pulls out of airpoints with the BNZ bank in New Zealand
Many thousands of customers are disappointed with one of New Zealand’s major banking company’s. The Bank of New Zealand has decided to pull away from air new zealand air-points which can be earned if your a air points member with air new zealand. Air NZ has opted to go with Westpac as Qantas has already…
NEWS China Airlines stewardess possibly spreads rubella to over 1,000 passengers
The Centres for Disease Control yesterday said that a female flight attendant of China Airlines unknowingly contracted rubella, urging the CDC to try and conduct follow-ups with up to 1,558 people. – See more at: http://ift.tt/1MSJSpD Link
NEWS The Fastest Airline in the Country
Nate Silver has just unveiled a new Fastest Flights interactive tool promising to show you which domestic airline will get you to your destination on time. Link
NEWS Stop Buying Into the Airlines' Bereavement Fare Mythology
Death may occasionally take a holiday, but it rarely warrants an airport discount anymore. The once-standard discount for grieving relatives booking last-minute flights for the funeral, memorial service or burial of a loved one has been reduced to an anomaly in recent years. American Airlines and United stopped offering bereavement fares, which were a discount…
NEWS Airlines have special procedures aboard flights in case of deaths
With an estimated 3.3 billion people traveling on about 27 million flights annually, there have been many sudden deaths aboard planes. Link
NEWS JetBlue Airlines and Southwest Airlines earn top customer experience ratings
JetBlue Airlines and Southwest Airlines deliver the best customer experience in the airline industry, according to the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 US consumers. Link
NEWS Looking To Block Competition, Airlines Target Open Skies Agreements
One of the biggest misimpressions about the free market is the mistaken belief that corporate interests support free competition. While companies will raise their voices at regulations and mandates that drive up the cost of their doing business, corporate interests love government interference in the market when it gives them a leg up against their…
NEWS Etihad 777-300ER gets Hollywood touch
An Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER has been given a touch of Hollywood as part of a partnership with Universal Pictures. Link
NEWS Marine Aviators Help Young Women Explore Military Aviation
Aviation is a male-dominated career field in both the commercial sector and the military. Female Marine aviators recently took advantage of an opportunity to show young women and men that military aviation is a viable option. Link