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In 2021 YouTuber Trevor Jacob published a video entitled "I Crashed My Plane" in which it was implied that while flying his single engine prop plane had engine issues and he had to eject himself from the airplane and parachute to safety. It was a wild video that gained more
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In possibly the most out of nowhere announcement, Alaska Airlines has announced on Sunday night that they will acquire Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 Billion in cash. With Alaska's commitment to retaining the brand through the merger, will it be enough to keep the fierce loyalty of Hawaiian Airlines' passengers?
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The second biggest airport in Germany has shutdown due to snow. A large weather system is moving across Switzerland, Germany, and Austria bringing heavy snow falls and poor weather to the area. Munich experienced so much snow that the airport said it couldn't keep up with the snow removal process
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In a misguided attempt to address operational issues and noise concerns, lawmakers in the Netherlands have proposed capping the number of flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. This decision, if implemented, would have severe consequences for the airport, airlines, and the Dutch economy as a whole. While I'm thankful that the
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Hot off of my internal debate on whether I would renew my CLEAR Plus membership that is coming up, my decision has all but been made up as they have now increased the cost per family member to $100, which is an increase of $30 over their previous offer. For
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For as technologically advanced as modern airliners are, most have one a major flaw. If loaded or unloaded incorrectly they can tip on to their tail. Almost every airliner that I know of has a tricycle design for their landing gear, meaning they have one gear at the nose and
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UPDATE: At the pilot's court appearance today it seems like he took mushrooms before boarding the flight and had a psychedelic episode. While his actions are inexcusable it makes more sense that a intentional act of violence. By now it is being widely reported that a jumpseating pilot on a
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Well file this in the didn't expect to see it actually happen box, United is changing up their boarding process and using a method I thought airlines would never use. Instead of boarding from back to front, United has announced for their man boarding process they will now board from
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If you haven't caught it by now FedEx had quite the incident on October 4th. A 757 freighter scheduled from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Memphis, Tennessee had a hydraulic problem after takeoff, the crew elected to return to the airport however their landing gear could not deploy. This resulted in a
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This was not quite the news that I was expecting, since 2022 SAS has been in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then they've being trying to restructure and climb out of it while maintaining their partnerships in tact. Instead today SAS has announce they will
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Alaska Airlines hasn't waited long to jump on the Delta-hating bandwagon. In a move to win over Delta Medallion flyers and try to steal business away from Delta, Alaska is offering exclusive incentives and extended status matches for Medallion flyers. While Alaska Airlines usually offers status match only up to
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By now you've probably seen the Twitter (now called X) tweet by New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks claiming that he spent $78 on what looks to be a hamburger that was picked apart and a drink. This sent the entire aviation community into rage about airport food pricing
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If you haven't been watching the epic tale of the airlines versus Haneda Airport, it is finally reaching its peak. Since the pandemic, airlines have been given "slot wavers" due to depressed demand and slow recovery in the Asian markets for travel and tourism. However Haneda Airport has had enough,
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United just showed off their "new" first class seat, it is modeled on a seat they already retrofitted in their A319's earlier this year. Unfortunately I am not a fan of these new seats, but there are some redeeming perks. There seems to be a growing trend by the major
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One thing that I’ve always liked about earning miles and points is that I feel much better about doing spontaneous trips. My running miles and points balances is like a separate bank for storing my savings until I’m ready to use it. This last weekend I decided that
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Delta has been slowly taking over Seattle as another major hub for the airline. Their wide variety of flights offer a good selection to the US and Asia. While I didn’t take Delta international on this flight they’ve setup Seattle as their Asia hub with many international flights