Walking and driving tours for cell phones, produced by VisualTravelTours, are now available on Amazon.com. Families that travel together, but with different types of mobile devices, can now take a walking tour at the same time, and/or at their own pace. The narrated tours have images throughout, a map to print before you go, and [...]
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Air Canada Passenger Wakes up in the Hangar
Ed mentioned this story to me yesterday and although I’m not shocked at Air Canada’s failure to notice a passenger left on board an aircraft, I am shocked by their failure to properly compensate. In a nutshell, Mr. Lines, a passenger who had traveled from Heathrow to Vancouver was left sleeping in his seat after [...]
Traveling to the U.S. from Canada?
I’m heading down to #asw (Affiliate Summit) in Las Vegas on Saturday and after checking both the Air Canada and sites, realized that my wheeled laptop case would not be accepted as carry-on luggage — they would demand that it be checked. Right. I’ve seen how baggage handlers launch bags (and guitars) onto the conveyor [...]
Enhanced In-Flight Security Measures
Here is the text of a new security directive from the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Transportation Security Administration issued on Christmas Day. Subject: Security Directive Number: SD 1544-09-06 Date: December 25, 2009 EXPIRATION: 0200Z on December 30, 2009 This Security Directive (SD) must be implemented immediately. The measures contained in this SD are in [...]
New U.S. Federal Rule Limits Tarmac Delays
Have you ever suffered a ground delay in an airplane for hours on end? Well, a new U.S. federal ruling will soon limit the amount of time that airlines can hold their passengers captive before steep penalties are levied against them for the abuse. The December 21, 2009 press release from the D.O.T. reads as [...]
Fly Delta for Inflight Wi-Fi Access
On the Delta blog, Chris mentions that by the end of the summer more than 300 Wi-Fi-equipped Delta aircraft will be flying border-to-border and coast-to-coast. Currently 139 aircraft (or nearly half of Delta’s domestic fleet) are equipped with Gogo inflight internet, including the entire MD-88 fleet. Service is offered in both first and economy class [...]
US Airways 1549: Heroes on the Hudson River
As an ex-air traffic controller (aviation professional and enthusiast for more than 30 years), I think the media were very slow this afternoon to acknowledge the crew of US Airways 1549. It was at least an hour before I heard any mention of the miraculous feat pulled off by the pilots. Airplanes weren’t designed to [...]
