Emirates Unveils New Spacious 777-200LR Business Class Cabin!

Emirates has finally decided to unveil a business class cabin, which can compete with its Middle Eastern rivals on its 777-200 LR aircraft according to a press release and tweet by the airline: Emirates unveils a more spacious Business Class cabin on its @BoeingAirplanes 777-200LR fleet with seats in a …

United 777 Engine Cover Ripped Off Mid-Flight!

There’s some scary footage of an engine cover (nacelle) falling apart on an United 777 today from San Francisco – Honolulu. The incident occurred 45 minutes before the arrival of the aircraft into Honolulu at which point the airport received a distress signal from the aircraft. Twitter is full of …

SPG/Marriott Devaluation w/ 21% of Marriott hotels going up!

So you’ve probably heard by now that SPG and Marriott just announced their 2018 hotel category changes. At SPG, 8% of hotels are moving up a category, while 7% are moving down, but at Marriott 21% are moving up, while only 5% will be coming down. These changes are in …

How long do airlines take to respond on Twitter?

An interesting study was just posted regarding how long airlines take to respond on Twitter. With the new tech savvy breed of travelers, airlines not only have to provide good customer service at the airport kiosks, but also online through social media. It comes as no surprise that the bigger …

“World’s Most Useless Airport” Gets Commercial Service

This is an interesting bit of information: the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, most notably Napoleon’s final place of exile, has finally seen its first commercial flight. The plane was an Airlink Embraer E190 from Johannesburg, South Africa, which made a stop in Windhoek, Namibia. Previously the island …