Several days ago, Katie mentioned a new application from Virgin Atlantic called "Flying Without Fear". I'm always on the lookout for new and innovative travel apps, so I took this one for a spin.
The first thing you notice in the application is how well it is designed - ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadling app review - Virgin Atlantic Flying Without Fear (iPhone/iPod Touch)
Several days ago, Katie mentioned a new application from Virgin Atlantic called "Flying Without Fear". I'm always on the lookout for new and innovative travel apps, so I took this one for a spin.
The first thing you notice in the application is how well it is designed - ...Eight months in a Swedish prison for drunk Ryanair passenger
Back in June, a drunk Ryanair passenger started to freak out, and attempted to open the aircraft door in the middle of a flight from Riga to London.
The man had finished an entire liter of vodka and a couple of beers, and it took two professional boxers to get him away ...Financial trouble at British Airways could lead to strike
Anyone following the travel news knows the airlines are in trouble. Well, it appears some airlines may be in more trouble than expected. British Airways announced that in the first half of its 2009 financial year it suffered a loss of £292 million ($485 million). In ...Galley Gossip: Advice for the employees of US Airways
Heather,
Yesterday the flight attendants got terrible news at US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I've never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started ...Travel professionals: stop going the extra mile
It sounds counterintuitive, right? Normally, customers expect that extra effort, and we complain constantly that we don't get it enough. What we sometimes don't understand, though, is that the extra effort is at the root of many of the customer service problems we encounter. ...Method for quieting child on plane: Works better without the vomit
Too bad Pamela Root, the latest woman to be kicked off a plane with her child because of her child's behavior, didn't have Lisa Belkin's method of calming down a screaming toddler. Not the whole method though, just part of it. The whole version is gross. And yes, it is ...Husband and wife team steals 1,000 bags
If you were to steal 1,000 pieces of luggage, where would you keep it all? Wherever they shoved the bags, Keith Wilson King and Stacy Lynne Legg-King saw the police pull them out of their house one-by-one and stack them in the yard. The duo had been pinching luggage from the ...When a pilot loses his license - the nasty letter from the FAA
When two Northwest Airlines pilots were screwing around on their laptop computers and overshot Minneapolis airport, most people knew these guys wouldn't be flying any time soon.
Aviation news web site Jetwhine.com managed to snag a copy of the letter the FAA sent to ...Corporate executive not welcome in the United Airlines first class cabin
The United Airlines bad news machine has been working overtime lately - first they were mocked in the "United breaks guitars" video clip, then they screwed up with that same passenger when they lost his luggage.
Today's bad news comes from Dulles airport, where a bald man ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 11.4.09
This is the best day of the week, in my opinion: You're in a midweek groove, but the weekend is in sight. That's a perfect metaphor for how I'm feeling this week in life, too. I'm past the midpoint of many things in life, but the end is nigh! We have a whole lot of great ...Are the economics of Twitter airfares worth it?
More and more budget-travel tipsters are pointing towards Twitter, Facebook and social media outlets as the source for wild cheap airfares these days. And it's true, in a way. By subscribing to the pundit feeds online it's possible to get the inside scoop on a few good ...Southwest apologies to deplaned mom
Pamela Root, who was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight Friday, will receive another chance to fly on the airline. She and her son were removed from a San Jose-bound plane when her two-year-old son wouldn't stop screaming "Go! Plane! Go!" and "I want Daddy!"
In ...Two years in jail for pointing a laser at a plane
The "sport" of pointing a laser pointer at a plane is not new - many people have been arrested for the stupid stunt.
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People love to complain about the dismal state of air travel these days. Whether it's the stomach-churning airline food (and there's so little of it!), the complete lack of leg room, or the fact that your luggage was for some reason routed through Honolulu, we've come to ...British Airways flight greeted by hazmat team after 6 passengers faint
Here is a sight you don't want to be greeted by when you land at your destination - upon landing at London Heathrow, an ambulance hazmat team boarded the aircraft to check on the condition of six passengers who had fainted during the flight. It probably isn't too uncommon ...Online travel agencies still making money in today's travel market
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There's still money in the travel business; you just have to look in the right places. In the United States, the online ...Mom and kid booted from plane, demand apology and compensation
It's easy for passengers to grow annoyed with kids on planes. There's nothing worse than hearing a scream and knowing you're about to be part of a captive audience for several hours. Yet, flight crews usually show a lot more tolerance. Hey, they're on the plane to earn a ...Free Wi-Fi tomorrow on Delta Airlines - for a good cause!
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Tomorrow, October 31st, Delta Airlines and Gogo are offering free Wi-Fi on all their flights.During the sign-in procedure, simply ...United just can't win with Canadian singer
Canadian singer-songwriter Dave Carroll flew United again, and it just didn't work out. Carroll made the headlines when he released a YouTube video explaining his experience with United, which broke his guitar when he changed planes at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
In his first ...Free Gogo inflight Internet for first timers on Airtran
AirTran is one of two airlines in the world with fleet-wide Internet access. The service is provided by the Gogo inflight service, and normally sells for as low as $5.95 (on flights up to an hour and a half). If you have never used the service, you can get your first ...
