Looks like United is beginning to advertise in MLB stadiums, particularly in hub cities. With JetBlue and Virgin America serving the hub at ORD, and the competition at LAX is just as strong, ballparks may be an untapped resource of future customers:
In 1990, just eight city-pairs and 59 frequencies connected Japan and China. Tokyo Narita with its single runway dominated traffic flows in a highly regulated North Asia. Korea’s airlines were in disarray or too small to register. China was yet to deliver on its promise and Northwest Airlines and the 747 ruled the North Pacific routes into Asia through Japan.
Every summer, I try and get to one of their shows. I’m never disappointed.
The Oakland (OAK) VOR has been out of service for quite awhile, most recently extended to 31OCT10. This is an interesting backstory of why the VOR was taken out of service, and what they are doing to fix it.
OAK is also used for certain procedures at SFO, notably an engine-out procedure to remain clear of terrain in IMC. Most large airplanes are now equipped with VNAV and LNAV systems that do not require a specific navaid to be received. In the past, a VOR closure like OAK would then change the engine-out profile. Now, with the level of navigation performance onboard, that no longer is necessary.
Friday, United and Continental officially merged as single carrier. Now, there is a long way to go before they operate as a single certificate, which includes merging crews, manuals, procedures and many non-customer items that support a safe operation. Here’s a couple of photos I took of the new color scheme.
Occasionally, even the big 767 and 777 airplanes will use this route if they have certain radios that are inoperative. Also note that this route is a non-ETOPS route, which means that an adequate airport is within 60 minutes of the airplane at all times. I’d love to make a multi-stop flight across the Atlantic like this. Maybe one day if my airline starts taking Airbus deliveries again.
Just when airport security had prepared for all threats, now it’s a zoom lens?? Utterly unbelievable.
Notably absent are US mountain airports and those with extreme weather.
http://weburbanist.com/2010/07/11/enjoy-your-fright-the-worlds-10-scariest-airports/
Former Northwest Airlines Capt. John Hansen flew the airline’s Boeing 747 route from Detroit to Toyko for years. In 2002, the plane tried to kill him and 400 passengers. This is the never-before published story of how he saved them.
Hansen told the story in a 2006 court hearing, and the version below is his own words edited from the transcript. After taking off from Detroit in October 2002 and reaching the halfway point over the Bering Sea, Hansen and his co-pilot were retiring to the crew bunk while the other two officers took over for the remainder of the trip:
