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Re: The international waters thread

March 28th, 2017, 6:05 am

A Startup’s Plan To Cut Air Freight Costs In Half With 777-Size Drones
the plan is to save money by flying slower and lower than commercial jets (20,000 feet rather than 30,000 feet) using flying boats which take off and land at ports
“Air cargo is all about speed at high price,” he says. “Ocean freight is longer transit times at lower pricing. And with certain goods—be it perishables, or goods that are looking for that middle ground—that idea of middle price for middle transit times is that sweet spot.”
 
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Re: The international waters thread

April 2nd, 2017, 12:57 pm

Shortest international flight cancelled
 8 minutes long over Lake Constance as it flew between Altenrhein in Switzerland and Friedrichshafen in southern Germany
Austrian-based airline People's Viennaline launched the twice a week service in November, but said demand was too low to continue. In March, only 2,300 hopped over the lake
I don't get this
twice a week would be what 9 flights in march, so 2,300 people would be 256 people per flight
Even if the 2,300 is the total from both directions, that's still 128 people per flight.
 
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Re: The international waters thread

April 20th, 2017, 3:48 pm

Russia's Aeroflot airline accused of 'sex discrimination'

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I thought it was going to be like the hooters thing with a bunch of men suing them because they only hire female flight attendants. Not so............
Russia's flagship carrier Aeroflot is fighting a legal battle with several of its female flight attendants who say it favours slim and attractive cabin crew.
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The company argues that every extra kilogram of weight forces Aeroflot to spend more on fuel.
Its application form for would-be flight attendants requires details of height, weight and clothing size.
Staff have to meet a minimum height requirement because they need to store hand luggage in the overhead lockers, Aeroflot says.
 
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Re: The international waters thread

April 22nd, 2017, 10:05 am

another bumping story
'Appalling': Woman bumped from Air Canada flight misses $10,000 Galapagos cruise
this is Air Canada at its worst
On April 1, Russell checked in shortly after 8 a.m. for her 10:55 a.m. Air Canada flight.
Her plans started unravelling about two hours later when she spoke with an Air Canada agent at the boarding gate. Russell says the agent informed her that the Miami flight was overbooked and that she wasn't getting on board because she didn't have a valid ticket.
Russell was dumbfounded because Air Canada had already issued her a boarding pass and checked her luggage for a $25 fee.
"It was extremely upsetting," she said. "The woman could not have been more rude, hostile. In all my years of travelling, I have never had a travel person treat me so badly."
checks in almost 3 hours early, given a boarding pass, then they bump her at the gate and lie to her about what has happened.
She believes if Air Canada had informed her at check-in that she was being bumped, she would probably have had time to book another flight.
"The series of errors that they made, their lack of apology, their disinterest in helping me is appalling," she said.
 
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Re: The international waters thread

April 29th, 2017, 9:26 am

Australia’s Jetstar Ranked World’s Worst Airline
they're described as a low-cost airline owned by quantas, and fly domestically in Australia, to NZ, Asia, and Hawaii
I'm not sure how much credence you can put on this as the survey sampled passengers from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, so probably not representative of global sentiment
 
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May 3rd, 2017, 10:51 pm

 
 
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May 20th, 2017, 10:05 am

 
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June 11th, 2017, 10:39 am

Three men detained after pilot diverts flight over concerns of 'suspicious talk

Three men have been detained in Germany after their EasyJet flight from Ljubljana, Slovenia to London was diverted to Cologne.

Ljubljana... the j's are pronounced as i's? or something else?
 
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June 11th, 2017, 10:45 am

Three men detained after pilot diverts flight over concerns of 'suspicious talk

Three men have been detained in Germany after their EasyJet flight from Ljubljana, Slovenia to London was diverted to Cologne.

Ljubljana... the j's are pronounced as i's? or something else?
 
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Re: The international waters thread

June 11th, 2017, 10:50 am

thanks, so the first j is silent and the second one is pronounced as an i
 
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June 11th, 2017, 11:24 am

 
 
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July 9th, 2017, 5:55 am

passengers to clear US immigration at UK airports?

if you've ever flown from say toronto to the US, you'll have experienced this already
 
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July 9th, 2017, 11:32 am

passengers to clear US immigration at UK airports?

if you've ever flown from say toronto to the US, you'll have experienced this already
Or cleared UK customs in Calais for the chunnel train.