In flight: A domestic hop on IndiGo
Welcome on board IndiGo, currently the most successful LCC in India. It was my first flight with them and overall a decent passenger experience, though...
Trip Reports
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Inside a Gogo ATG4 installation
There's a lot of work which goes in to putting the Gogo hardware on to an airplane. Take a look inside a Delta 737-900ER as...
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The tale of three in-flight internet services
It is not often that one gets to test multiple in-flight wifi providers on the same day. I guess I can say I got lucky...
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Flying in to the storm: Chasing Arthur
Most people avoid a hurricane or tropical storm as part of their vacation plans. Not so much this week for us. We certainly would not...
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Escape from New York: Maritimes edition
I’m writing this story from the comfort of a guest house not too far from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. I was never supposed to...
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In-flight: The JetBlue Mint experience
Welcome on board the very first passenger flight for JetBlue Mint, their new business class product. With flat-bed seats, premium meals and even four mini-suites...
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And then I bought ALL the extras
Turns out that I’m a fan of the ancillary fee. At least when it comes to fares in India. I just booked my final domestic...
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Is this middle seat taken?
At what point is it OK for a random stranger to choose sitting in the middle rather than the aisle seat when I'm in the...
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In Flight: Aiming Honeywell’s Convair 580 at the mountains
Want to test things like collision warning systems and other avionics components? Honeywell has a Convair 580 (60+ years old!) flying for just such trips....
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Still the best in-flight internet. When it connects.
The Fly-Fi in-flight internet product from JetBlue (same hardware as United's 737s, too) remains the best connectivity solution I've ever used on a plane. Alas,...