Tagged With "flight schedules"
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American adds Caribbean, Mexico routes
American Airlines is adding service to more Caribbean points from Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chicago and Dallas, and is restoring direct flights between New York and Caracas. Most of the new routes are aimed at leisure travelers, although one,...
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Los Angeles - Havana: American Announces New Charter Flight
Photo by :GarryRF American Airlines has announced they will operate a charter flight from Los Angeles to Havana...
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Lufthansa Rolls Out Upscale Restaurant Treatment for Business Class
Lufthansa starts implementing a more personal touch for long haul business class passengers starting this month. Flight attendants will pay more attention to individual passenger needs similar to an upscale...
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U.S. Airways: Last flight in October in AA merger
Next October 17, passengers on U.S. Airways Flight 434, a 10 pm red-eye from San Francisco, will arrive in Philadelphia as the last ever to fly on U.S. Airways. When they leave the plane at 6 a.m., it will be over, and all flights now flown as U.S....
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London to Sydney in 4 hours? Just maybe...
Does anyone really believe that's possible: UK to Australia between breakfast and lunch? Apparently the British government considers it worth some money to find out; it's invested £60 million ($92.2 million) in grants to a company...
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Delta adds a Second Flight to Iceland
Skógafoss, Iceland- Photo by DrFumblefinger Delta is the only U.S. airline that goes to Iceland and they fly...
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Culinary Extravaganza that is "Made in Mumbai"!
Apart from serving some of the best street food in India, Mumbai also has a world of swanky dining options where you can indulge in the finest cuisines from across the globe. The city has a lot on its platter- from Chinese to Italian, Tex-Mex to Japanese, almost every cuisine is available here. Take a look: Arola A first of its kind in bar in Mumbai, Arola in JW Marriott is a haven for those who love Spanish food to the core. The dishes here are prepared by the Michelin chef, Sergi Arola and...
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Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania (Where Gumbo was #253)
The solution to last week's travel puzzle was the Fight 93 Memorial, which commemorates a plane crash on September 11, 2001. George G shares photos and memories of his visit.
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August 10, 2018: Trans-Canada Airlines, Museum of Flight
DrFumblefinger was drawn to this old Trans-Canada Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation aircraft sitting in the Airpark at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
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Flight Attendants: Bring back the old rules on electronics
A lawsuit filed by the Association of Flight Attendants (CWA) is asking to have FAA rules permitting gate-to-gate use of electronics overturned, claiming that devices distract passengers from hearing safety announcements, and could become dangerous...
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Take-off delays for O'Hare expansion?
A plan to end gate shortages and ease flight delays at Chicago's O'Hare needs to win approval from current airline tenants.
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JetBlue, AA first with Cuba flights, and fares as low as $99!
JetBlue and American will be the first to start regular commercial flights to Cuba, with JetBlue kicking off August 31st. Both airlines are running sales.
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Feb. 9, 2017: Swissair Memorial, Peggy's Cove, NS
Ottoman visits the Swissair Memorial Site, which honors the victims of the 1998 crash, and those who risked their lives in rescue and recovery operations.
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Why I Love Gran Canaria
My favourite destination when it comes to travel has to be Gran Canaria . I’ve been there a number of times now and each time, it’s gotten better. Each time I’ve visited, I’ve stayed at a hotel near Playa del Cura - and when I say near, I mean near! It’s a five minute walk to the beach and it’s heaven. Why do I love this part of the Canary Islands so much? Read on for my personal Gran Canaria travel guide ! Easy Flights I’m not a fan of flying. I hate it. But I don’t let that stop me from...
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AA Plans to Squeeeeeze More Seats into 737s and MD80s
American Airlines will go into its new merger with a plan that may merge your knees with the seatback...it's announced to its flight attendants that it will begin squeezing more rows into its narrow-body MD-80 and 737 fleets. The FAs got the word...
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New Android App Puts Inflight Tracker in Your Hand
For those of us who compulsively follow the flight map (when available) instead of the movie, or who want to watch the movie and still check where we are, there's a new tool: the Flight Map app from Makro. It depends on downloading data about flights...
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Flight Map App: I tried it out...
A recent news post on Travelgumbo mentioned Flight Map , an Android app that can give you a live flight map display on your phone, even in "airplane mode," with the cellular radio features turned off. It works by combining known information on...
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Free Flights Everywhere: Is this the best employee benefit ever?
American Airlines, now with 100,000 employees from both AA and USAir, has rolled out a new version of free travel for employees: anywhere, anytime there's a seat in coach. Includes registered family members and parents as well. With a newly-merged...
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Free In-Flight Wireless for Samsung Tablet Buyers
Two companies with a lot to gain from it are offering free inflight wireless for a year: GoGo, which supplies the wireless service to nearly all U.S. airlines is partnered with Samsung, and the free service goes to purchasers of new Samsung...
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100 Years of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
Samantha shares memories and pictures of the centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight.
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Germany may be no-fly zone Wednesday
Strikes by ground-staff unions may delay and cancel flights across Germany Wednesday. Frankfurt is the focus, but other major cities will be affected.
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Runway delays grow at U.S. airports
The time between pushback from the gate and actually flying is getting longer at U.S. airports; for the first nine months of this year, it averaged over 23.5 minutes, according to the Associated Press. That's almost a minute longer than last...
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Airberlin Offers Some Round Trip Fares to Germany Under $500 from Miami
The Flight Deal website posted a Round Trip Airfare Sale from Miami to Germany on airberlin. Here's a couple of examples of the sale. $482.66 Round Trip Airfare from Miami to Stuttgart on Orbitz...
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Gate announcements: Gone with the future
You may not even have noticed, but those long strings of gate and connection announcements just before landing have quietly ended.
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Rocket flights to nowhere available for booking on Kayak
The space-age equivalent of the old cruise to nowhere—sail out into international waters and return—is now available for booking on Kayak.com, at prices ranging from £63-80,000 for a 40-minute trip from Curacao to Curacao. The flights are being offered by XCor, one of several companies competing for rich space tourists. Passengers, one per flight, will take off horizontally, go vertical on rocket power to about 40 miles up and then glide down in a 'slow' sightseeing...
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The first 727 comes home to stay
The first Boeing 727 has made its final flight, landing at Seattle's Museum of Flight at Boeing Field
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June 8, 2016: Dockweiler State Beach and Park, CA
Samantha loves the beaches of Southern California, including beautiful Dockweiler State Beach and Park.
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U.S. picks airlines for Cuba flights; no Havana yet
U.S. parcels out the first commercial route approvals for flying to Cuba, but the big plum, Havana, won't come until later.
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Condor plans to fly to New Orleans next summer
New Orleans gets a trans-Atlantic flight next summer.
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The Next Big Thing in Travel Guide From UK To Accra
This small city of Ghana by the sea is so high on vibrancy, historical site, super rich culture, unique dance, and natural beauty that tourist from all across the globe flock to Accra. The amazing city endeavor plenty of things to do, attraction and amazing wildlife, because of this tourists can’t refrain themselves from visiting Accra. The busy modern city welcomes you to enjoy delicious smell of food coming from streets and the glorious beach waits to cool you down. You can explore...
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Re: Flight Attendants favorite foods
Some of those are clearly front-of-the-plane choices! In economy, I've taken to describing the meals as sharing an important characteristic with school lunches: Everyone complains, but they're really not bad at all. Just recently, though, we had upgrades on Qatar that put us in a different food world. A la carte meals, nicely-plated and served (no plasticware!) and it may have spoiled me.
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I've spent a few flights at the front of the plane, and they clearly care to do a decent job with food up there. But if you're paying a thousand dollars extra for that seat (not counting upgrades), you're better of using that money to buy a bunch of great meals on your vacation in my humble opinion. I've had some pretty bad airline food at the back of the plane, PHeymont. On a recent flight from Amsterdam, the food was so bad my wife and I couldn't eat it (we keep some Protein bars at hand...
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Re: Flight Attendants favorite foods
On a BA flight from London to San Francisco I got bumped to first class. The flight assistant gave me a menu to choose my dinner. "The smoked salmon looks tempting - but didn't we just have that on sandwiches from the buffet ?" "I'm awfully sorry sir" he replied " If you complain to the senior flight attendant he will get you a refund on part of your ticket price" "If I complained young man - I would get thrown back in cattle class" I did ask him to refill my Champagne glass without asking...
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Re: Flight Attendants favorite foods
I know the round part on the right is meant to be a meat patty, but have you ANY idea what the red-and-yellow part on the left is? Originally Posted by DrFumblefinger: There's an interesting website that documents airline food that's worth a food. airlinemeals.net . The following photo is one of the economy choices they share.
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I was thinking that thing to the left might be cheese on a tomato....but it dawned on me that it might be some sort of prehistoric egg....
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If I am given a choice on the airline website, I choose whatever special meal I can get. And It's usually good and served first .
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
What the graph doesn't show is the huge dip that occurred after 9-11. And with this trend and less planes flying, no wonder the airlines think we're a captive audience.
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
The dip turns out to not be as huge as some of us imagined. At the end of 2003, DOT estimated the loss at 7.1%, and by the end of 2004 the figure was higher than before 9/11. I've gone back to DOT figures for emplanements (which means a passenger getting on a plane) and extracted these numbers from the month-by-month numbers for international and domestic passengers. Note that the numbers in this table are a bit lower than the figures cited above, for one reason: This is a count of people...
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
After 9-11 reports in the news claimed that demand for flights to the US from the UK had dropped dramatically. In March the following year I needed to be in Maryland. I tried to book a direct flight to any airport in the American north east. Any time - any date - any week before Mid- March The earliest time I could book 2 seats to fly over was in June ! Many flights had been cancelled and prices - for those still operating - had risen suddenly. After contacting many UK travel agents for help...
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
I believe...but haven't time for full research just now...that there was a greater drop in capacity than in demand. That results in low availability and high prices. And if you look at the numbers above, you'll note that the drop in numbers for international is much less sharp, proportionally, than in the domestic...hence Garry's experience.
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Re: Palm Springs Air Museum, California (Where Gumbo was #104)
And I thought that GarryF had snagged the first date with Miss Angela.... I am distraught!! I just love the nose-art on these planes. To have so many fly-able planes too what a collection!! Thanks Dr.F a great piece.
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Re: Palm Springs Air Museum, California (Where Gumbo was #104)
Another simple photo that inspires lots of chat. I too was wondering who first caught Miss Angela's eye. But then ... gentlemen never kiss and tell ! Love the artwork, something the stuffy Brits would never allow ! The USAF had a base at Burtonwood UK. Close to Liverpool where I now live. The aircraft would fly almost non-stop. New crew and re-load. Not even stopping the engines. (Tales from my Dad) The hundreds of American personnel would hit the bars in Liverpool on R+R. The local men...
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Re: Culinary Extravaganza that is "Made in Mumbai"!
Do you have any recommendations regarding good INDIAN food in Mumbai (- preferably not in an international hotel)? Or is street food the best option?
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Re: Feb. 9, 2017: Swissair Memorial, Peggy's Cove, NS
I remember this crash. They've set up a very nice memorial and in a most beautiful and restful type place.
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Re: The Next Big Thing in Travel Guide From UK To Accra
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Re: The first 727 comes home to stay
My first commercial flight was on a 727, and back then sitting in the economy cabin was quite a treat! I'm glad this jet made its way home to one of the greatest plane museums in the world.
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Fear of Flying: Does it Make Sense?
Samantha shares some thoughts on the fear of flying, and whether she thinks it's justified, or just plain silly.