Yesterday, when told by air traffic control that he was to land at Shamshabad, the new airport in Bangalore, India, the city to which he was destined as pilot of a KLM flight from Amsterdam, carrying 243 passengers, he apparently said, “What’s that?” Instead of going to the unheard-of airport, as the original Bangalore airport […]
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Shamshabad? What’s that?
Published by March 24th, 2008 in Airlines, Boeing, India, KLM, Security, TSA and US Airways. 0 CommentsNew York Times Travel Show
Published by March 2nd, 2008 in Africa, Airlines, Asia, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Cruises, Europe, General, Mediterranean, Mexico, Pacific Islands, Rail, South America and USA. 0 CommentsYesterday, I went to the New York Travel Show, where a few hundreds booths displayed the travel wonders from all corners of the globe. Arranged geographically in aisles, you can travel from India to Korea to Estonia to St. Maarten as you move across the room. As usual (its an annual event), it was a […]
Air India to Join Star Alliance
Published by December 15th, 2007 in Air India, Airlines, Alliances, India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Lufthansa, Oneworld, SkyTeam, Star Alliance and United Airlines. 0 CommentsFor all you loyal Star Alliance passengers, you should be happy to learn that the Star Alliance just voted to invite Air India. Air India is the largest carrier in India’s booming economy, and recently just completed its merger with Indian Airlines, the then-largest domestic carrier. With the Star Alliance being the largest of […]
Flying the Fifth Freedom: Cheaper or More Expensive?
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Africa, Air New Zealand, Airlines, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asia, Auckland, Australia, Aviation Policy, Bangkok, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Cheap tickets, China, Continental Airlines, Dakar, Delta Airlines, Discount travel, Emirates, Europe, Heathrow, Hong Kong, JFK, Japan, Japan Airlines, Johannesburg, LAN Airlines, London, Los Angeles, Manila, New York City, New Zealand, Northwest Airlines, Palau, Philippines, Sao Paulo, Senegal, South Africa, Sydney, TAM, Thailand, Tokyo, USA, United Kingdom and Virgin Atlantic. 0 CommentsGenerally, airlines carrying passengers between two countries are the flag airlines of either the origin or destination country, such as a US or Mexican airline carrying passengers between the United States and Mexico. But, as we discussed in our post on Monday, some airlines have Fifth Freedom rights to fly and carry passengers between two […]
The Fifth Freedom
Published by December 10th, 2007 in Africa, Airlines, Asia, Australia, Aviation Policy, Bilateral agreements, Canada, Europe, Middle East, New Zealand, South America and USA. 0 CommentsOne of my particular areas of interest in airlines and travel is international aviation policy. Today, I would like to talk about the Fifth Freedom, an interesting exchange between nations in the world in international aviation.
International aviation policy includes, what is referred to as, nine ‘freedoms’ of the air. These freedoms regulate commercial aviation activities […]
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 […]
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