This past spring I was doing some work in the US Virgin Islands and had a Saturday free to do some exploring. So I jumped on a ferry and headed out to Jost Van Dyke, one of the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Jost Van Dyke is a small (3.4 square miles, or 9 sq. km.), remote […]
Archive for November, 2007
On Location in: Jost Van Dyke
Published by November 30th, 2007 in British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, US Virgin Islands and United Kingdom. 2 CommentsCheaper to Bring the Wife than the Mistress: $170 vs. $934 for Two Tickets
Published by November 29th, 2007 in Air France, Airlines, Cheap tickets, Discount travel, Europe, France, Marseille, Paris, Senior travel and Student travel. 2 CommentsYesterday, my wife was looking for a flight from Marseille (MRS) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). While helping her with this and exploring Air France’s web pages, I came upon two fascinating discoveries: tremendous price differences based on whether or not you’re traveling with family and some fare discrepancies between the airline’s US and […]
There was an interesting article in today’s Independent on the world’s worst airports. It first cites a new Foreign Policy Magazine survey, whose top five choices are: Dakar (DAK), Senegal; New Delhi (DEL), India; Mineralnye Vody (MRV), Russia; Baghdad International (SDA), Iraq; and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). The article’s author summarizes these five thusly:
Starting […]
OceanAir: The Next Hot Brazilian Airline?
Published by November 27th, 2007 in Airbus, Aircraft, Airlines, B787, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Gol, Los Angeles, OceanAir, Sao Paulo, South America, TAM, USA and Varig. 0 CommentsLook out for OceanAir to become the new fast-growing airline out of Brazil. TAM and Gol, now the first and second largest carriers in Brazil, respectively, dominate the market, having benefited substantially from the demise of the once-great Varig. Varig was the first airline in Brazil, and until recently, its largest carrier before facing massive […]
Airport Access in NYC: The Rail Experience
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Airport access, Airports, JFK, LaGuardia, New York City, Newark, Rail and USA. 0 CommentsThe “train to the plane” is something that New Yorkers have talked about, dreamt about, and even tried various partial approximations of for years. And although New York City is further along than she has ever been on this issue, it leaves much to be desired. I should first qualify the term “train to the […]
Airport Express, Gare du Nord, 6:59am
Published by November 25th, 2007 in Airport access, Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Photos and Rail. 0 CommentsWhat could be a slower news day than a Sunday on a four-day weekend? So I thought I’d post a photo today—shot at Gare du Nord—or Noord Station—or North Station, in Downtown Brussels–while waiting for the 6:59am Airport Express to BRU. Like most European cities, Brussels enjoys fast and frequent rail service between its main […]
Continental’s “Through-Flight Service”
Published by November 24th, 2007 in Airlines, Aviation Policy, Cleveland, Continental Airlines, Flight numbering, Newark and Shanghai. 1 CommentI wrote yesterday of KLM’s use of a single number for both directions of a flight (AMS-DAR and DAR-AMS) and wanted to note that I’ve seen other strange flight number issues, though none as profound as the KLM experience. Continental Airlines Flight 90 operates from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tel Aviv (TLV) with a […]
Same Flight Number in Both Directions
Published by November 23rd, 2007 in Africa, Airlines, Dar es Salaam, Flight numbering, KLM, Photos, Sudan and Tanzania. 2 CommentsI recently flew KLM Amsterdam (AMS)-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (DAR) and noticed my itinerary had the same flight number for both legs, that is AMS-DAR is KL567 and DAR-AMS is KL567. I called American Express travel, from whom I bought the ticket, and the agent couldn’t explain why. I had thought that perhaps there was […]
Have a great Thanksgiving dinner and for those who have traveled, hopefully you’ve had good experiences. Please add a comment if there’s a topic you’d like to share.
Real-time ATC Status of US Airports
Published by November 21st, 2007 in Air traffic control, Airports, Holidays and USA. 0 CommentsWelcome to the busiest travel day of the year. Though I love traveling, I am happy to say that I am not traveling today, but will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in New York, a mere five hours or so from Plymouth Plantation, the site of that famous meal in 1621 between the Pilgrims and the […]
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