Cheap Airline Tickets

Airline news site AirlineExplorer.com has a short but useful story on how to find cheap airline tickets this summer.

Aimed primarily at the air travel market in the USA, there are tips that will still apply to folks shopping for airline tickets in Europe or Asia.

Pay careful attention to the tips about when in the holiday season to travel and what day of the week, along with time of day, to shop ready to buy when looking for travel bargains.

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AirlineExplorer.com Re-Launches

AirlineExplorer.com, an airline news site first launched in 2005, has been re-launched. From airline fleet news to food and service reviews, the site will offer stunning exclusive photography and video productions covering the global airline industry.

The site also has a brand new Facebook Fan page which the publisher hopes you'll "like" to help kick-off this new feature. Coming soon watch for video profiles of the world's great airlines and airliners.

If you've got a hot tip or a tale about air travel or airport security (good or bad), AirlineExplorer.com wants to hear from you. The publisher will also share deals on flights, rewards and tips on upcoming fare increases to help you explore your world in the most comfort for the best price.

Visit AirlineExplorer.com today to catch the latest and like their Facebook page.

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Ryanair Pay To Pee Is Back

Ryanair honcho Michael O'Leary is telling the media that pay toilet's are back on the agenda despite admitting that the last time the subject came up it was nothing more than a cheap publicity stunt.

I've not seen it but published reports state that Ryanair's in-flight magazine claims the pay to pee scheme could allow the airline to cut fares by 5%. Utter nonsense!

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Spring Airlines Wants Passengers To Stand

Oh what a world. Trade magazine Flight International is reporting that China's Spring Airlines has asked Airbus if they can develop a solution that will essentially create a "standing" airline seat.

The goal, unsurprisingly, is to increase aircraft capacity on Spring's fleet of Airbus A320s. The motivation, questionably, is that "We want to have it so more people can afford to fly," says Zhang Wuan, as quoted by Flight.

The approach involves something like a bar stool with a belt. Questions remain if such a system can be certificated. I don't believe in censorship but I hope this story is kept from the eyes of US air carriers like United Airlines.

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TWA Flight 800 Pictures

The sad anniversary of TWA Flight 800 is approaching on July 17. The tragic crash occurred in 1996 when an aging Boeing 747 literally exploded shortly after take-off from New York.

There is still much controversy surrounding the cause of the plane crash but no doubt that this picture is an unusual bit of history. We have a bunch of pictures of the plane that became TWA Flight 800 shortly before the crash and they are available as royalty free stock photography.

Verticals, horizontals, facing the camera, turning away, all taken at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as the aircraft approached to take off. The shots reveal an aging jumbo jet with wrinkles and missing paint.

View our album of TWA Flight 800 Pictures.

The high definition pictures are available for immediate digital download.

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US Airways Hudson Crash Customers Dunked By AIG

The New York Times is reporting that passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549, the Airbus that crashed in the Hudson River, are getting soaked again, so to speak, by the airline's insurance firm, AIG (American International Group). Yes, the same AIG that has been drinking from the teat of the American taxpayer.

Apparently hiding behind a contractual loophole (the absence of a finding of liability due to negligence), AIG has thus far, according to the Times, failed to do what is right. Instead they have been playing hardball with the folks who had already endured the trauma of a Hudson River water landing in a decidedly un-seaplane-like Airbus.

It should be noted that the airline itself, without legal obligation, immediately paid each passenger $5,000.00 for short term needs.

On the other hand, perhaps another yet tangential example of the "core values" behind AIG is illustrated by the trial underway of former Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenburg. He is accused of improperly taking some $4.3 billion. Just writing about those people makes me feel like I should take a shower.

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Airline Ryanair Serious About Pay To Pee Scheme

That's right, the empty vessel at the head of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary has told the Guardian (and more than a few others) that he is absolutely serious about charging his passengers for a bit of sanitary relief. It is a Pay To Piss scheme and from this writer's vantage point, it ought to be flushed down the bog along with O'Leary's tenure at the airline.

It takes a special kind of selfish, greedy, heartless and unconscious, uh, person, to even seriously consider such a plan, let alone take steps to implement it. Or is it all publicity stunt? If so, the electrons allocated here were suckered in.

But I think not. He claims to have had Boeing working on several aspects of this ranging from how to process payments for the poop to changes in interior seating if you pull some of the heads (bogs, toilets, water closets) out. Yes, he has gleefully pointed out that if you pull toilets you can fit more seats.

Dibs on bringing the first bog roll on board the first converted pay toilet plane with his portrait imprinted on each sheet!

Bog Roll = Toilet Paper

Oh what a world, eh?

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