Thursday, March 27, 2008

A380 Grounded Again

Yet another Singapore Airlines A380 was grounded for the third time again this week due to fuel pump problems. The Aircraft was grounded in Sydney just before it was scheduled to depart for Singapore. Passengers were delayed by six hours and and were put on two replacement 747-400's.

Is there something wrong with the A380?

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Emirates To Offer Shower On Board A380

Reported in The Sunday Times, UAE airline Emirates said they will offer a shower room for First Class passengers that will "compare with Dubai's 7 star hotel, Burj Al Arab, in Dubai" The aircraft will carry an extra tonne of water to feed the shower.
Available on flights from Dubai to New York from October 1st, when EK recieve their first A380, they hope.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

United 757-200 Quick Take-off and Climb

Check out this video from airliners.net of this United 757-200's quick departure out of San Diego Airport.

Impressive.

Woman Sues American Airlines Over Mile-High Incident



A woman passenger on board an American Airlines flight is suing the American carrier for US$200,000 after a male passenger proceded to ejaculate over her hair while she was sleeping.

Her attempts to call attention from the flight attendants over the situation failed to impress her. However the man was arrested by airport police after arrival in Los Angeles.

'The Golden Days' of Air New Zealand

Remember The 'Good Old Days' of air travel?
Air New Zealand DC-10-30 landing at LAX.

Sadly this aircraft along with 275 passengers and crew were lost in Antarctica in 1979 operating as TE901 on a sightseeing flight.







Air New Zealand DC-8-50 landing at AKL.

Air New Zealand's New Cabin Rethink?

There has been roumer that Air New Zealand's multi million dollar new business, Premium Pacific Economy and Economy classes may be changed later this year as the company awaits the delivery of Boeing's new baby the 787.

Sources say (although not official) that more passengers are considering paying that little bit more for extra legroom in Premium Economy rather than the standard old Economy or 'cattle' class.

Air New Zealand removed 8 Business class suites from its 747-400 aircraft to make way for the expanding Premier cabin.

The decision on the new 787 Dreamliner configuration will no doubt be decided in earnest.