Wasn’t sure this was going to happen but State-run carrier Air India’s first Boeing 787 has been delivered! The plane touched down at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport on September 8th at around 1700h (5pm). Behind the delivery is a saga of Bollywood proportions! First up, there is Air India’s precarious financial state. There was talk that the carrier may simply sell the planes to another carrier. Add to that, a dispute between Boeing and Air India over compensation for the four year delay in delivery. Three of the 787s have sat waiting in South Carolina for…
Weird or Wonderful
Category Archives for Weird or Wonderful.
Honey, guess what we lost today?
Normally my whacky Wednesday posts are funny or at least a little amusing. Today’s is far from amusing. United Airlines, who I regularly bag, bash and mock in my blog are apparently in the business of transporting luggage and people around the USA. According to Brett Snyder, they are doing worse since the merger with Continental (vale). For example only 70.1 percent of their flights were on time in June. In addition, United lost bags at twice the rate of Delta which is a bigger airline. Luggage being lost is annoying. On June 30, 2012 United Airlines lost a bag…
Stop the Plane, I wanna get off
I knew I don’t like flying Air Asia for a reason. On Saturday 11th August, One of their flights from Miri in Sarawak state, Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital was delayed for an hour when a man opened the emergency doors and leapt out of the plane just before take off. Other flights were also delayed. Fight passenger Siva Nathiran. said “The raft automatically opened. Other passengers started screaming. The plane was brought to a halt,” Flight attendants advised the captain who halted the flight (do the pilots know when a door is opened?). The passenger was arrested…
Mum, Look what I did today
Most 11 year old boys can end up in some sort of altercation with their family. Sometimes they have been known to run away as a result. Not many can do it by slipping away from their family and ending up on an international flight – without reservation, passport or boarding pass. Liam Corcoran was with his mother at Wythenshawe Civic shopping Centre. He ran away from her and travelled the 5km (3miles) to Manchester airport on a bus, after finding a ticket on the floor of the shopping centre. Liam was reported missing by his parents to…
Dale Watson sings about Tiger Air Tale of Woe
What do you do when your airline loses 120kg of your CDS that you have paid $500 in excess fees to ship? After you complain and complain, you write a song. Apparently, Tiger have now coughed up- several months after the loss last April. Related Posts Flying Tiger
Superman Freezes
The new Superman Ultimate Flight roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California., stopped mid air on Sunday, July 29. Twelve patrons were left up at the highest point of the for almost two hours. The park provided them with water via a crane. A technician managed to reverse the ride and the cars were lowered to the ground. The cause of the stoppage remains unknown. A spokesperson said “it was not mechanical”. Egads – what was it then? At least they were not upside down. The ride was shut down during investigation. Until…
A dozen please
Was amused by this sign in a New York Supermarket. Clearly a typo but it got me thinking. How nice would it be to buy some for a friend who needs cheering up or for a grumpy fellow passenger or for ourselves when feeling stressed or down? How about it, a dozen cheeries please!
No Birds
I like this sign on Toronto, Canada. I am not a huge fan of feeding birds – particularly invasive species such as sparrows or seagulls.
Stripping with Air Berlin
I am in the Air Berlin Business lounge in Berlin. Another passenger just removed his trousers – he was wearing underwear – and put on a new pair – in a corner of the lounge. There are three other passengers (including me) in the lounge and there is a men’s lavatory. But he chose to undress/dress in public! Was he taking the Air Berlin slogan: “Your Airline” literally? No I didn’t get a photo.
What NOT to say at the airport
From the TSA (Transport Security Administration) Blog last week. A passenger at Kansas City (KCI) who was frustrated after being on standby said: “I’m going to go get a gun and shoot everybody if I don’t make this flight.” The Blog does not say if he made his flight.
Recent Comments