Press Release: ANA wins ATW’s Airline of the Year 2018 award
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and only 5-Star airline, was today named “Airline of the Year” by Air Transport ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: LAX
JAL first class delivers understated luxury
LAX to Tokyo is one of my favourite routes to fly in first class, and on a recent booking burning many well-earned frequent flyer miles, I t... Continue Reading
Airport workers who tie safety to a living wage meet with some success
At their peak in 1954, unions represented 34.8% of all US wage and salary workers. In January of 2017 that number hovered somewhere around 1... Continue Reading
How to survive the world’s longest flight
With equal parts excitement and trepidation I said yes to the invitation from United Airlines to fly on the carrier’s inaugural flight from ... Continue Reading
Flying with kids: The Camaraderie of Coach
Anyone who tells you that flying with kids in coach is easy is either fibbing or has never done it. Because no matter how much you prepare o... Continue Reading
Safe Airports Campaign launched at FLL following January shooting
In 2016 the Pew Research Center survey “The State of American Jobs” found that 54% of US workers believe it is essential for the... Continue Reading
Food with a view: American opens new Flagship First Dining at JFK
At New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, American Airlines has opened its first ‘Flagship First Dining’ restaurant, ... Continue Reading
United’s 787 Fauxlaris shows glimmers of promise through dark spots
With ongoing seat production delays affecting deliveries of the United Boeing 777-300ER fleet and its new Polaris hard product, and the time... Continue Reading
DHS cabin computers ban will hurt ME3 disproportionately
Intentionally or unintentionally, the indefinite ban on carrying laptop and tablet computers into aircraft cabins that the US Department of ... Continue Reading
The good and the not so good of LA area airport shifts
Some think of Los Angeles in terms of palm trees and beaches and boardwalks. For me it is just a mess of interstates and airports. And those... Continue Reading
Denver International chief Kim Day celebrates inclusion in her field
Kim Day, the CEO of Denver International Airport, says she has the best job in America. Why? “It is a wonderfully diverse job. Every day I l... Continue Reading
With 787-9, Aeromexico can go full Pacific Rim in business
Aeromexico’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is so new that the airline doesn’t even have information on its website. But I revealed last week that ... Continue Reading
Asiana A380 smoke-alert incident begs questions
Aviation-industry insiders, including commercial pilots and aviation safety experts, are puzzled why the pilots of an Asiana Airlines Airbus... Continue Reading
Why the new ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital is revolutionary
The first time I toured ORBIS International’s third generation Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) in 2013 it was little more than a stripped do... Continue Reading
Qatar Airways goes Hollywood but dresses down LAX
LOS ANGELES: Qatar Airways’ press conference this week to announce the luxury purveyor’s expansion into Los Angeles, held at the... Continue Reading
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