Pretending to speak German: fun flying Lufthansa
I’m rather proud of my ability to understand a VERY limited number of words and phrases in various (mostly Western European) languages. Being able to...
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All You Can Fliegen
I’m really wondering just how much fun I could have over a few days in Europe come mid-January. Why? Because Condor, a low cost carrier...
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Is the bmi brand on the way out?
There was a somewhat surprising announcement out of London this morning from regional airline bmi: they’re making some rather significant cuts to their fleet, destinations...
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The A380 assembly line
Damn, that plane is big. Huge. Just plain (plane??) enormous. And going to the facility where they assemble such planes means several of them around...
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Getting ready for the biggest day of the week
It is just before 4am local time in Frankfurt, Germany and I’m wide awake. I’ve been up for almost two hours working on blog posts...
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A week-long Frequent Flyer party
GoJet CRJ-700 N153GJ operating as United Express, my ride to Chicago, with a Continental 737 in the background When the concept of the “Star Alliance...
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Continental Airlines – A Star Alliance Member
As expected, lots of updates hit Continental’s website at midnight CDT this morning, and the Star Alliance details are all over the place. From the...
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International in-flight internet is back!
After a lot of speculation over the past couple weeks, Lufthansa has made it official: they’re bringing in-flight internet connectivity back to their long-haul fleet. ...
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Lufthansa (finally) to take advantage of jetBlue investment
It has been a while now since Lufthansa bought a sizable minority stake in jetBlue. At the time most of the talk was about investing...
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Competition arrives for in-flight Internet
In-flight Internet service in the United States has been dominated by one name – gogo. Their service is being adopted rapidly across the country, with...