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A Look At How Different Airlines Board Their Planes | airlinereporter.com A Look At How Different Airlines Board Their Planes | airlinereporter.com

Boarding an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 at Burbank. Image by Colin Cook. It used to be that most major airlines shared commonalities in the way they boarded passengers. However it seems that each airline has so their own boarding processes that its hard to keep up. Sure, the way an airline boards likely wont sway a decision on which airline to fly, I wanted to put together a list of how some of the major airlines operate their boarding process. As ...

Third Anniversary of the 2010 Haiti Airlift

By Richard Sante Three years ago this February General Aviation woke up in a chilly morning to an unprecedented challenge the aftermath of the 2010, magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Like never before or ever since, GA spontaneously morphed into an international task force in response to the horrific disaster that befell the tiny, poorest neighbor in our hemisphere. On short notice private pilots and aircraft operators from every GA community na ...

Long Island's Parrish Art Museum Features Works by Malcom Morley Heavily Influenced by Aviation

By S. Mark Rhodes Flight of Icarus (1995) - Collection Timothy Egert Long IslandsvenerableParrish Art Museum has recently opened in a striking new location on the Islands East end andits inaugural exhibit features thework of renowned,British-born artist Malcom Morley.This is particularly fitting since Mr. Morley has lived and worked on Long Island for almost 30 years. Mr. Morleys work in this particular exhibit (titled Malcom Morley Painting, Pap ...

Lufthansa opens tender for 100 narrowbodies, eight widebodies

Boeing and Airbus are now entering into discussions with Lufthansa to claim newly-authorised orders for eight widebody aircraft and 100 single-aisle aircraft, the German flag carrier says today. Lufthansa's supervisory board in a meeting earlier today cleared the company's executives to begin the negotiations with the airframers. Lufthansa currently operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing widebodies and narrowbodies, but plans to phase out a fleet of ...

Corporate Jets Corporate Jets

Celebrity Travel On Monday November 30, Britney Spears, Rihanna, David Beckham, Jennifer Aniston, Orlando Bloom, Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson were all photographed at LAX inside hours of one another, and we were stunned that every single superstar chose to fly commercial for the Thanksgiving getaway weekend. With the economic climate in the toilet, even celebs tend to be feeling the financial burn in terms of lux getaways as well as business jo ...

Air Transport World Announces 2013 Airline Industry Achievement Awards

Browse Home News Releases Air Transport World Announces 2013 Airline Industry Achievement Awards - All Nippon Airways Named 2013 Airline of the Year New York, NY February 15, 2013 PRNewswire - Air Transport World, the leading source of news, information and insight to the global commercial air transport industry, today announced the selection of All Nippon Airways (9202 JP) as its Airline of the Year for 2013 as part of the ATW 39th Airline Indus ...

Southwest Airlines Launches Movies On Demand

- Majority of Fleet Now Equipped With Variety of Inflight Entertainment Options Dallas, TX February 19, 2013 PRNewswire - Southwest Airlines (NYSE LUV ) announced today that movies on demand are now available on all WiFi-equipped Southwest aircraft for only $5 per movie, per device. The airline also announced an upgrade to their television package. In 2012, Southwest became the only airline in the world to stream live television directly to Custo ...

American Airlines and US Airways To Create A Premier Global Carrier – The New American Airlines

Browse Home News Releases American Airlines and US Airways To Create A Premier Global Carrier The New American Airlines - Customers to Benefit from an Expanded Global Network and Investment in New Aircraft, Technology, Products, and Services - Combined Company to Enhance oneworld Alliance, Offering a Seamless Global Network - Will Improve Loyalty Benefits by Expanding Member Opportunities to Earn and Redeem Miles - Combination Provides Path to Im ...

JetBlue Airways Introduces Mobile Boarding Passes with Refreshed App

Browse Home News Releases JetBlue Airways Introduces Mobile Boarding Passes with Refreshed App - - Customers can now download boarding passes on their smartphones Newly refreshed 2.0 app offers ability to book using TrueBlue points, and view flight schedules, terminal maps, and more New York, NY February 13, 2013 PRNewswire JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq JBLU ), the digitally-minded airline, makes traveling even easier with the introduction of mobile bo ...

News and Updates - FAA's Safety Management System Earns Recognition

February 19-The FAA's implementation of a proactive safety management system earned the agency a prestigious global award this week. IHS Jane's, a group of international magazines that covers air traffic control, aviation security and other topics, gave the FAA its ATC Award for Service Provision at a Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) event. Through its safety management system, the FAA can identify precursors to risk rather than ...