Best search term so far!
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged asia, humor on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Asian Airlines do they have delays
Ah, that magical Shangri-La where the airlines always fly on time.
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
Do you want a Bluth-style stair car?
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged humor on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
This may not be policy-related, but if you’re a fan of Arrested Development, you may have wanted to buy your very own mobile airstairs. Now you can, at the equipment auction from a defunct airline to be held in Fort Wayne later this month. A word of warning: watch out for low bridges. And hop-ons. [...]
Reindeer gas must be pretty damaging to the atmosphere. . . .
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged environment, humor on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Via Things with Wings:
An unprecedented luxury airliner
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged aerospace, humor on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
So the A380 flew for the first time in commercial service, yippee. I just can’t get all the excited about the overdone Airbus-Boeing rivalry hype and the endless back-and-forth in the mainstream media about how every setback/leap forward means that Airbus/Boeing’s business plan is great/terrible. But I can get excited about this:
Safety concerns have been [...]
SUX to be Sioux (City)
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged airports, humor on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
After years of trying to get the FAA to change its airport’s three-letter code, Sioux City, Iowa, has embraced its memorable identifier.
The code, used by pilots and airports worldwide and printed on tickets and luggage tags, will be used on T-shirts and caps sporting the airport’s new slogan, “FLY SUX.” It also forms the address [...]
“I’ll never be the same, now let’s fly this plane!”
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged humor on September 9, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s not real, but it’s real funny.
Well, that’s one approach to airline safety
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged asia, humor, safety on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
“Officials at Nepal’s state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday,” according to Reuters.
The plane is now back in service.
Travel-size holy water
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged budget airlines, europe, humor, security, travel on August 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Airport security restrictions apparently apply to vials of holy water received from Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites, the AP reports. Several pilgrims returning to Rome from Our Lady of Lourdes in France had their holy water confiscated if it was in bottles that exceeded EU airline safety limits. The travelers were flying on the just-launched, Vatican-backed, [...]
Airline security . . . looking good
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged airports, humor, security, usa on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
From Aero-News.Net:
The Transportation Security Administration thinks it has found the answer to some of the agency’s biggest problems . . . including its failure to retain personnel, persistent equipment troubles, missing hard drives containing personal data, and security breaches.
Why, new uniforms, of course.
Make sure those deck chairs are arranged neatly, folks. . . .
Airline analysts abhor consumer-friendly competition
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged asia, competition, humor on August 7, 2007 | No Comments »
While writing the post below, I was amused by a quotation in one of the linked articles:
While American airlines have been focusing more on international service and already are on the PR offensive in an attempt to win the extra routes to China, Chinese carriers are equating strength with domestic market share. They commonly launch [...]
