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Here's What It Was Like To Fly Business Class To Abu Dhabi On The World's...
I run a non-profit social investment fund, and recently flew to Abu Dhabi, India, and Singapore for both business and personal reasons. I had booked economy, but was upgraded to business, rather...
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Target's Data Breach Nightmare Reveals The Vulnerability Of Traditional...
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Southwest Got 10,000 Applications For 750 Flight Attendant Jobs In Just 2 Hours
Ten thousand people applied for 750 openings to work as flight attendants for Southwest Airlines in just two hours and five minutes, the airline says.Applications were accepted last week, the first...
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PAYMENTS INSIGHTS: Target's Data Breach Nightmare Reveals The Vulnerability...
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The Very First Commercial Flight Took Off 100 Years Ago — It Cost $400 And...
Just a few weeks after marking the 110th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight, the aviation world has another historical moment to celebrate.A century ago today, commercial aviation was...
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13 Airlines That Serve Great Champagne
Just because the confetti is cleaned up, Auld Lang Syne is retired in your iTunes playlist, and your outfit from New Year's Eve is at the dry-cleaners doesn't mean we still can't talk about one of the...
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JetBlue Is Getting Crushed By The Weather, Stopping Nearly All Flights From...
JetBlue is stopping nearly all service into and out of Boston and New York airports until Tuesday morning, it has announced.The area has been slammed by bad weather over the past few days: A snowstorm...
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JetBlue Has Stranded Passengers In Barbados, And There's Little It Can Do To...
With a string of abysmal weather around its biggest airports during the holiday travel season, JetBlue has been dealt a rotten hand this week.After canceling hundreds of flights, the airline has...
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Here's Why Extreme Cold Is Disastrous For Air Travel
Extreme cold in the Midwest and Northeast has led airlines to cancel more than 6,000 U.S. flights over the past two days,Commercial planes are no strangers to extreme cold. Above 37,000 feet, the air...
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6,000 Flights Cancelled In 2 Days As Polar Vortex Freezes US
More than 2,000 flights into, out of, and within the U.S. today have been cancelled as "eye-popping OMG type cold" temperatures batter the nation.Over 4,000 flights were cancelled on Monday.Airports in...
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JetBlue Says Strict New 'Pilot Fatigue Rules' Are Making Travel Delays Even...
The last few days of terrible weather have been tough for the airline industry, especially JetBlue.The airline has cancelled hundreds of flights and stranded passengers in the Caribbean for days.That's...
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12 Steps I Took To Get Upgraded To First Class On My Flight To Dubai
Here are the 12 simple steps I followed to get upgraded to business class on my 15-hour flight from Seattle to Dubai.1. Travel solo.The chances of being upgraded with your friend / mom / lover is a...
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Southwest Pilots Who Landed At The Wrong Airport Explain What Went Wrong
The Southwest Airlines pilots who landed a 737 jet full of passengers at the wrong Missouri airport said they didn't realize their mistake until after they had touched down.The National Transportation...
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I Finally Got To Try Lufthansa's 'Fully Flat Beds'!
The folks at Burda Media were kind enough to fly me over to Munich to give a presentation about digital storytelling at the DLD conference.And they flew me Business Class!That was cool, because I got...
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Nearly 3,000 Flights Cancelled As Frigid Weather Hits The Gulf Coast
Nearly 3,000 U.S. flights have been cancelled today as a rare winter storm is hitting the Gulf Coast, Southeast, and southern Mid-Atlantic.The hardest hit airports are Atlantic Hartsfield (the world's...
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2 Charts Explain Why Flying Is Cheaper But Airlines Are More Profitable Than...
According to new numbers from the Department of Transportation, the average fare charged by U.S. carriers is far below what it was in the 1990s.In constant 2013 dollars, the average third quarter fare...
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Horrible January Weather Led To Cancellation Of Nearly 50,000 US Flights
Bad weather led U.S. airlines to cancel a total of 49,000 flights and delay another 300,000 in January, affecting 30 million passengers and costing hundreds of millions of dollars.Those numbers are...
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Airlines Should Ditch Their Confusing Boarding Passes And Use This Smart...
British graphic designer Peter Smart is no stranger to flying. A year and a half ago, he logged over 2,500 miles on a mission to solve 50 problems in 50 days.Then, within the last two months, he...
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Nearly 20% Of Seats On US Flights Are Empty
It may feel like every flight these days is packed to the gills — and that's certainly the way airlines want it — but nearly 20% of seats on American domestic flights go unfilled.According to newly...
View ArticleA Day In The Life Of A Pilot
Way back when, being an airline pilot meant people thought you were the coolest person in the world. Even today, the life of an airline pilot is still a bit mysterious to most passengers.What exactly...
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