Let there be low cost

Japans airline CEO

2015-02-12T00:49:00.001-08:00

Old, yet not old-fashioned.

Pilots are sleeping

2015-01-24T16:32:00.002-08:00

Controlled ‘napping’ which is agreed with the second pilot is a practice which is tolerated by some airlines. While this practice can provide relief in exceptional situations when fatigue suddenly strikes, it is also regarded as an emergency measure.

One study shows that sleeping can improve some performance:

The NASA Nap (25.8 minutes): In 1995, NASA researchers published the results of a study that examined the beneficial effects of in-flight naps on 747 pilots. Their findings, which appeared the Journal of Sleep Research, showed that pilots allotted a 40-minute nap window "demonstrated vigilance performance improvements from 16% in median reaction time to 34% in lapses compared to the No-Rest Group." The pilots who had napped also experienced dramatically fewer instances of micro-sleep* (34, versus 120 in the non-napping group) during the last 90 minutes of their test flights. On average, napping pilots fell asleep in 5.6 minutes and slept for 25.8 minutes.

Best U.S. Airline

2015-01-20T08:40:00.000-08:00

By @CNTraveler’s 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards, the Best U.S. Airline is:

Thanks for voting us “Best U.S. Airline” in @CNTraveler’s 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards for the seventh year in a row!

A photo posted by Virgin America (@virginamerica) on Oct 21, 2014 at 1:01pm PDT

Discussion worth watching: Who invented aircraft first?

2015-01-15T00:56:00.001-08:00

Who invented aircraft first?

Recently on Quora started interesting discussion about invention of an aircraft. While is commonly known that Wright brothers were first to fly, in mentioned article it has been stated that Santos Dumont actually did it first.

First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.

"First flight2" by John T. Daniels - Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Conclusion is that the Wrights were the first to put all three elements (lift, power, control) together. Read the rest in the address above.

WORST QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FLIGHT ATTENDANT

2014-12-14T01:03:00.002-08:00

There are no worst questions!

Go ahead and ask whatever you want!

They are paid to do their job, which usually means - be polite!

More women in history of flying

2014-04-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

Read complete article on Buzzfeed

How An Ohio Housewife Flew Around The World, Made History, And Was Then Forgotten

From same, upper link..

It is not hard to be...

2012-09-13T10:52:00.002-07:00

...nice and understandable.

Adventure generator for spontaneous people

2012-08-06T12:08:00.001-07:00

Do you want to know in which way you can fly cheap? And you are living in Europe (for now)? Drungli could be interesting adress for you. It is a web app developed by people who are active at Couchsurfing, with an aim to find low-cost flights in Europe. The idea is to go wider with flights database, so it is a matter of time when the whole world will be included. If you want to be up to date with their project, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

There is one more service, similar to this one - Adioso. Check them.

Safe flights folks!

Jat has to go bankrupt

2012-05-19T00:52:00.004-07:00

If is true that in Jat has been accidentally discovered two robberies, then this company where obviously there is no any kind of serious control should go bankrupt. This time I will turn this post on fun, inspired by comments on news. Here you go the funniest:

1.This is injustice!
Ceca (Serbian folk star) stole 5 million euros, returned 1.5m and everything is alright, but from these women (from the article) to seek back a mere €200,000 the entire amount!?
Justice for the treasurer from Podgorica!

2. A phone call:
- Hello.
- Hello, we are calling from Jat. Would you be so kind to return us money you stole?
- Weeeeeeell, no.
- Oh, so be it. Have a pleasant day. Goodbye.

3. And how it was discovered accidentally that there has been loss?
Jat's employee went to take the dog for a walk during a break for lunch, when he observed the strange behavior of his pet and saw that the he was holding a sheet of paper that says "there is a loss in treasury".

4. Tragedy! They stole almost half of million, and DC-10 has been sold for one million in 2005. "Eeeej, bre!", they stole half of an airplane and no one noticed!

5. Employee of Jat stole a whole fleet!
Employee of Jat stole a plane by plane throughout a year. Theft was discovered accidentally by cleaning women when she did not find the plane that was supposed to clean up before the flight.
The worker was identified, notified, and so far he returns wheels. It is expected to return the wing until the end of the year.

6. First, they saw that someone stole 480 000 euros, and then the one that stole, received 280 000 euros charges, moved to another job and was given a warning before dismissal, and disappeared, and the other cashier returned 80,000 and will 120,000 euros if get a loan on favorable terms? What is the JAT - Disneyland! And next time I go flying should I expect Donald Duck in the cockpit, and instead of flight attendants - Mini and Pat?

Inflight magazines

2012-05-15T07:53:00.000-07:00

Just few minutes ago a friend of mine sent me a link where is a list of 10 best airlines in the world, together with their inflight magazines which they offer online, free of charge. You can check the "Inflight magazini" blogpost from Rangiraj.me!. Although is written in Serbian, it is easy to figure out where to click and check how they looks like. My favorite is iFly from KLM. See the others:

1. Qatar Airways - ORYX
2. Singapore Airlines - SILVERKRIS
3. Asiana Airlines - /
4. Cathay Pacific Airways - /
5. Thai Airways International - /
6. Etihad Airways - Aspire and Etihad-inflight
7. Air New Zealand - /
8. Qantas Airways - QANTAS
9. Turkish Airlines - Skylife
10. Emirates - Open Skies

Warplanes

2012-03-08T00:22:00.001-08:00

Model warplanes from the World War I to these days. Check 'em out! Borbeni avioni

Your Journey Into Space Starts Here

2012-03-01T14:28:00.000-08:00

I guess, the video everyone should see:

Saw it here: Junior Flyer

The world's heaviest aircraft

2012-02-24T05:11:00.000-08:00

Wiki

#PapirniAvionUp

2012-02-24T04:16:00.002-08:00

Nice initiative if you like to play with paper planes and have fun. #PapirniAvionUp

Lost America

2012-02-13T14:38:00.001-08:00

While I still out of my focus...

...take a look on the work of photographer Troy Paiva and his Lost America - Night Photography of the Abandoned West. Beautiful. My favorites are those from aircraft's graveyards.

And from photographer Kevin Balluff we have photo session on Flickr - airplane graveyard.

Quick shot of laugh

2012-01-28T16:01:00.001-08:00

Airline meals

2012-01-27T22:35:00.000-08:00

What to expect from airlines when it comes to food and drink.

Plant fuels that could power a jet

2012-01-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

Bilal Bomani runs NASA’s Greenlab research facility, where he is developing the next generation of biofuels.
TED

easyJet now charging for visa electron

2012-01-16T14:21:00.000-08:00

EASYJET INTRODUCES ADMINISTRATION FEE

"easyJet has made booking flights with the airline even more transparent. The airline is replacing its booking fee with an administration fee of £9 which will be included in all advertising, displayed as part of a full and final flight price at the first stage of the booking process and will be applied to all bookings regardless of payment method and how many flights are made.

Whilst passengers using a credit card will pay an additional fee to cover handling costs, easyJet will not charge passengers for handling debit card payments. The administration fee is charged on all bookings and contributes to the airline’s administrative costs.

easyJet charges per booking rather than per person because the overwhelming majority of its customers book multiple flights or flights with multiple passengers. Other airlines charge per person per flight which means that a family of four would be charged £48 rather than the £9 they would pay on easyJet.
These changes have been made in order to address the concerns raised by consumer bodies and regulators across the European Union whilst retaining a simple, transparent and consistent booking process for all passengers regardless of nationality."

From easyJet.com

And it happened

2012-01-16T04:02:00.001-08:00

I just checked prices for dates for which I already bought tickets, and they are 50 Euros lower each. I still think that it is not fer from Jat to offer tickets cheaper than they were just a week ago. Specially because they are not low cost/low fare company. It shows how their management have no idea how to run company, and in order to get more money from government (by leveling up statistics) they are doing this.

If they lowered for 10 Euros, I would understand. Even if they lowered for 20. But, more then 50 is not fer.

Exploring Bing and its maps

2012-01-14T18:46:00.000-08:00

It is one terminal of Logan, airport in Boston. I am hoping that view of Belgrade airport will be fixed, because it's not working well.

This view is available if you hit Bird eye on Bing maps.

Play it! Enjoy! Expect more...

Women's Rights Petition

2012-01-14T13:09:00.000-08:00

Or "Ryanair: stop selling your staff".

From the link:

"I'm a member of an airline Cabin Crew and what's more I love my job. My work colleagues, many of whom are male, work hard with me to ensure the safety of our passengers. Safety is our number one priority, not the brand of our underwear.

Ryanair need to have these types of adverts banned.

We have come a long way from seeing women purely in a sexual way as opposed to a professional way. No other profession would get away with depicting women in this way.

In the new Pan Am series, Christina Ricci says to a customer with wandering hands, "I'm not included in the price of your ticket".

Thanks to Serbia Travel Club for info.

Does Jat airways preparing respond on Turkish low prices

2012-01-13T01:47:00.000-08:00

Just a few minutes ago I found information which says that Jat will start offering return tickets for many destinations for only 99 Euros. It might be their respond on recent Turkish promotion "return flights: Belgrade - Istanbul for 99 Euros", which I mentioned in this post Cheap tickets for Istanbul.

This is good news, without any doubt. But, what makes me angry (if information is true) is that it is not first promotion Jat had in last few months, including at least one month which has been now included in this promotion. That means, if you want to buy tickets for Istanbul now, you will have to pay from 170 up to 200 Euros if your trip date is in February. What will happen in next few days when promotion starts? Tickets will be cheaper? Does Jat changed its strategy and become low cost?

Expect more information soon if this promotion happen.

Update: it is official - promotion will be from 16th January. Expect comment when I checked for prices.

When will be next Red Bull Air Race?

2012-01-12T00:21:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately, there will be no Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2012, extending a one-year break for the 2011 season. The reasons given at the time were for restructuring of the events including improvements to safety.

Renewed concept and calendar will be introduced in 2013.

Official site
YouTube channel
FB
FB Red Bull Air Race should happen
Wiki

Moments of thinking

2012-01-10T14:25:00.000-08:00

1. Yesterday, I joked on my favorite forum Klub Putnika Srbije (Serbia Travel Club), how we were waiting for MasterCard Prepaid too long to be introduced in Serbia, that when it happens Ryanair closed the deal with MasterCard. In same way I see the moment when Serbia supposed to join European Union - when that moment happens, EU will fall apart.

In 2011. Ryanair introduced new deal with MasterCard, now offering branded prepaid card called Cash Passport with which customers are able to avoid additional fees while buying Ryanair's tickets. The thing making me sad in some way is that card is for UK citizens only.

Anyway, recently UniCredit Bank start offering MasterCard Prepaid, but since we can not use it to avoid additional fees on Ryanair's tickets, I don't see the point of getting one. It could be good idea for some present, dough.

2. Just to remind on one update I made recently: Swedish pilot flies commercial aircrafts all around Europe for 13 years without a LICENSE! Which regulation EU Commission will prepare to prevent happening the same in the future? (sarcasm)