After a series of highly publicised problems including an ANA emergency landing on Wednesday 16 January, all 50 of the 787s across the world have been grounded. On Wednesday 16th January, 2013, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the grounding of all US-registered 787s and recommended other jurisdictions do the same: As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident earlier today in Japan, the FAA will issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to address a potential battery fire risk in the 787 and require operators to temporarily cease operations. Before further flight, operators of U.S.-registered, Boeing 787 aircraft must demonstrate to…
The 28 airlines I have flown- that have gone
I was shocked to discover that of the 82 airlines I have flown, 28 are no longer in business! Who are they and what happened? Air Australia (2012) undercapitalised and badly planned, meant this carrier flew for only 3 months Aloha Airlines (2008) September 11, a contracting Japanese economy, intense competition between four airlines across Hawaii all impacted on Aloha Ansett (2001) I flew this airline 50 times before their Air New Zealand owners shut them down Australian Airlines (1993 and 2006) merged into Qantas, revived as a leisure brand and then scrapped in favour of…
Check your hotel clock
it has happened to me a few times now. Stagger into bed after a late night flight only to be woken by the hotel room alarm clock at 3am or having promised oneself a long overdue sleep in to have that reality disturbed at 5am by the hotel room alarm clock Sometimes guests manage to leave and forget the alarm clock settings. It is worth saving a quick check to make sure you are not going to be woken at an ungodly hour
Moving
I am moving cities today from Melbourne, Australia to Canberra, Australia. Any general interstate moving tips and any Canberra specific tips? Thank you
787 Safety “Concerns”
Boeing has now delivered 50 of their 787s over the last year. There have been some recent safety incidents which have got high profile attention: the most worrying was a fire that ignited last Monday in the battery pack of an auxiliary power unit of an empty Japan Airlines 787 30 minutes after it had landed at Logan International Airport in Boston. The fire took 40 minutes to contain. Glad it was on the ground. Last December, a United Airlines 787 flying from Houston to Newark made an emergency landing in New Orleans after the pilots got…
Ranking all the Airlines I have flown
I have flown 82 airlines. 28 of them are no longer in business. This is a ranking of all the 54 airlines that I have ever flown that are still in the air with my score out of 100. I rate each flight I take for every factor from Booking to Check-in to deplaning. and keep a tally of my rating using Flightmemory.com. The scores averaged out provide a ranking of flights, airlines and airports. Top Airlines 1. Qatar Airlines – 100% 2. Emirates – 100% 3. Cathay Pacific – 96% 3. Air New Zealand –…
Two Years of Travel Tips
One of the things I most enjoy doing is sharing my travel tips for better, less stressful travel. Over the last two years I have shared about fifty tips for better travel. Feedback has been universally positive. Thank you Here is the list of my travel tips for the last two years. I have grouped them into seven categories: Planning, Booking Travel, Accommodation, Trip Preparation, Packing, Travel Problems and En Route. 1. Planning Stop Wishing and Do it- Life’s Bucket List 20 Top Travel Tools Medical Tourism How far is it from? Great Tools 2. Booking Travel Be Date Flexible…
A wish for 2013 – an end to Bleugh Forms
Anyone get as tired as I do, of filling out their passport details on immigration forms and websites? It was only like 50 times last year! Then I have to stand in a line of sometimes thousands to be glanced at by a human being or questioned intently by them. London Heathrow, LAX and Sydney drive me crazy with the amount of time I spend standing in line. How much business and leisure time is wasted for millions of global travellers by these processes. I estimate I lost 36 hours in immigration form filling and line standing. And I am very efficient…
Aerosvit Zero
Ukraine’s eighteen year old flag carrier Aerosvit became the first airline to declare bankruptcy for 2013 with debts of USD530 million and assets of USD177 million. Ukrainian International Airlines will take over a number of Aerosvit routes. Related Posts The Airlines that Vanished in 2012
My Favourite Places 2012
These are some of the key places I visited in 2012 (with my overall rating of that place). Reviews of a place, where available are hyperlinked. Paris (98%) Wild About Berlin (97%) San Francisco (93%) Wellington (91%) Adelaide (91%) Cornwall Captivates Me ( 90%) Beautiful Budapest (87%) Chicago (87%) Seoul at last (86%) New York(86%) Perth (86%) Incredible Istanbul (85%) Buenos Aires, Argentina (84%) Marathoning in Hobart (84%) Sydney (83%) Washington DC (83%) Hip Hamburg (80%) Philadelphia (78%) Auckland (76%) Fish Soup in Baja, Hungary London Pre Olympics Charlotte, NC (70%) Los Angeles (69%) Visiting Virginia’s Norfolk (68%) Related Posts 12 Places to…
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