The Barcelona-based travel service eDreams has just tickled all my look-at-who’s-getting-clever-with-data receptors. With Infographics all the rage, this service goes “old-school” and presents us with… Read More »Super-Chic #AvGeeks eDreams Get All Sciencey with #PaxEx
We all know I intended to write about the American and USAirways airline merger and what it means to our industry, but I can’t. The… Read More »We Interrupt our Regularly Scheduled Post for this Special Safety Announcement
This week, a tweet tickled my whimsy. How can you not take a second look at any tweet featuring Charlie and his Golden Ticket? It… Read More »Finnair and Helsinki Airport’s Quality Hunters
This post introduces three new categories to the Flight Chic blog: AOG-Aircraft On Ground For any readers who are not already involved in the industry,… Read More »Passenger Rights: The Special Kind of Hell which is Tarmac Limbo
I’m blessed to know some great people in the aviation and travel industry. Many are colleagues whom I’ve met over the years in my career,… Read More »Luxury Travel Expert Finds #PaxEx Promise for Aviation at #CES2014 Las Vegas
The Time-Warp, The Wizards, and the Measuring Tape Wizard’s Low-Cost Travel: The Ultra Economy Cabin—Bring your own sandbags. Image from Tom Margie, used under creative commons… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part 4.3: Nutty Seating, Sittin’ Pretty)
Are you sitting comfortably? Yesterday’s post covered some important facts which govern the certification of aircraft seating. If you’re interested in learning more about… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part 4.2: Nutty Seating, the second helping)
Take a Seat. This will be a while. Nutty Seating requires so much analysis that I’ve broken it up into smaller bits. This is bit one. I… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part 4.1: Nutty Seating)
In this third instalment of Profits Ain’t Peanuts we discuss the use of PEDs on board aircraft, inflight connectivity services, and IFE. In today’s world data… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part Three: Take a Byte)
To all my fellow passengers on Flight 2014: We’ve now reached a comfortable cruising altitude so you can feel free to roam about the cabin.… Read More »Flight 2014: Limitless Destinations
This is the first post in a five-part series comparing and contrasting the approaches of Low-Cost Carriers, Traditional Airlines, and New Airlines as they compete… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part One: The Peanut Uprising)
Confession: I am a safety nut. You can’t blame me. In addition to making aircraft look nice by dressing them up with elegant covers, attractive… Read More »Hey! Stop messing with your PED and pay attention to the *&!^*//ɠ Safety Video. Please.
I say you can keep your 1950s flight. It’s the sustainable 2050 flight that I’m looking forward to.
It’s difficult to summarise all the great suggestions made by the many travel professionals who participated in today’s #TL_Chat coordinated by @TravlandLeisure and sponsored by… Read More »Let’s Chat About It! The best of today’s #TL_Chat
I was corresponding with a colleague the other day and laughing over the fact that we had each wished the other a Happy Thanksgiving, even… Read More »Love at First Flight
Well, after a nice sabbatical working only on my creative fiction, I’m back to writing about aviation. It’s hard to stay away, after spending decades… Read More »Ready for takeoff…
