Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The top 20 safest Airlines 2014
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| Photo: Air New Zealand |
1. Air New Zealand, index: 0,007
2. Cathay Pacific Airways, 0,008
3. Finnair, 0,010
4. Emirates, 0,010
5. Eva Air, 0,010
6. British Airways, 0,011
7. Tap Portugal, 0,012
8. Etihad Airways, 0,012
9. Air Canada, 0,012
10. Qantas, 0,013
11. Qatar Airways, 0,013
12. All Nippon Airways, 0,015
13. Virgin Atlantic Airways, 0,015
14. Hainan Airlines, 0,015
15. Virgin Australia, 0,015
16. Jetblue Airlines, 0,015
17. KLM, 0,015
18. Lufthansa, 0,016
19. Shenzhen Airlines, 0,018
20. Easyjet, 0,018
Source: JACDEC.
Cathay Pacific Airways best Airline 2014
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| Photo: Cathay Pacific Airways |
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| Photo: Cathay Pacific Airways |
The Skytrax awards are based on a survey of 18.85 million airline passengers from around the world.
Passengers from more than 160 countries participated in the latest survey, which covered 245 airlines worldwide.
Cathay becomes the first airline to win the award four times, having previously taken the title in 2003, 2005 and 2009.
Garuda Indonesia took out the award for the best cabin crew, ahead of Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines.
Singapore Airlines won the award for best first class cabin, Qatar for best business class and Korea's Asiana for best economy class cabin.
Among budget airlines, AirAsia and offshoot AirAsia X took out the top two spots, with Jetstar ranked fourth best.
The awards are not without controversy.
Etihad Airways announced it would withdraw from the awards, citing unhappiness with Skytrax's rating system.
World's top 10 airlines
1. Cathay Pacific Airways
2. Qatar Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Emirates
5. Turkish Airlines
6. ANA All Nippon Airways
7. Garuda Indonesia
8. Asiana Airlines
9. Etihad Airways
10. Lufthansa
Best inflight entertainment
1. Emirates
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Turkish Airlines
4. Qantas
5. Cathay Pacific Airways
6. Virgin Atlantic
7. Qatar Airways
8. Air New Zealand
9. Virgin Australia
10. Etihad Airways
Best cabin crew
1. Garuda Indonesia
2. Cathay Pacific
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Asiana Airlines
5. Malaysia Airlines
6. Qatar Airways
7. EVA Air
8. ANA All Nippon Airways
9. Thai Airways
10. Hainan Airlines
Source: worldairlineawards.com
Friday, August 29, 2014
Volcanic Eruption on Iceland 20140829
The Icelandic Meteorological office issuad a Warning this morning 2014.08.29 that a fissure eruption has started north of Dynjujökull.
Vedurstofa Islands, the Icelandic Meteorological office, also raised the Aviation colour code for the Bardarbunga Volcano from Orange to Red.
The Aviation colour code for the Askja Volcano has also been raised to Yellow.
An eruption started in Holuhraun north of Dyngjujökull at around 00:02. Seismic tremor was observed on all seismic stations and the web camera installed in the area by Mila has showed pictures of the eruption. It is a small fissure eruption and at 02:40 AM the activity appears to have decreased.
Soure: Icelandic Meteorological office
Vedurstofa Islands, the Icelandic Meteorological office, also raised the Aviation colour code for the Bardarbunga Volcano from Orange to Red.
The Aviation colour code for the Askja Volcano has also been raised to Yellow.
An eruption started in Holuhraun north of Dyngjujökull at around 00:02. Seismic tremor was observed on all seismic stations and the web camera installed in the area by Mila has showed pictures of the eruption. It is a small fissure eruption and at 02:40 AM the activity appears to have decreased.
Soure: Icelandic Meteorological office
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Police Called After In-Flight Fight
The Police were Called after Fliers Fight Over Seat Recline.
Airline passengers have come to expect the ability to recline their seat a few inches.
When one passenger was denied that last Sunday, it led to a heated argument and the unscheduled landing of their plane.
The incident led to that the plane had to be brought down just halfway to its destination.
The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender,
a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining.
United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver was diverted to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The plane then continued to Denver without the unruly passengers, arriving 1 hour and 38 minutes late.
The Federal Aviation Administration can impose a civil fine of up to $25,000 for passengers who are unruly. In this case, no arrest was made.
The fight started when the male passenger used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining. A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him.
Source: AP / ABC News
Airline passengers have come to expect the ability to recline their seat a few inches.
When one passenger was denied that last Sunday, it led to a heated argument and the unscheduled landing of their plane.
The incident led to that the plane had to be brought down just halfway to its destination.
The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender,
a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining.
United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver was diverted to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The plane then continued to Denver without the unruly passengers, arriving 1 hour and 38 minutes late.
The Federal Aviation Administration can impose a civil fine of up to $25,000 for passengers who are unruly. In this case, no arrest was made.
The fight started when the male passenger used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining. A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him.
Source: AP / ABC News
Thursday, August 21, 2014
New Volcano Threatens Europe
Millions of us was effected by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in April 2010.
Ash spread across Europe and caused aviation authorities to close large areas of the European airspace for over six days. We were taken by surprice by the events, and we remember it with horror!
The International Air Transport Association IATA, estimated that airlines lost more than $1.7 billion in revenue during the crisis.
Since then, there has been “significant progress” in the European approach to volcanic ash eruptions, according to Eurocontrol. Aviation authority officials now say that it is highly unlikely that a new eruption will cause the same amount of problems.
The approach is more coordinated now and “recognizes that decisions to perform flights in airborne Volcanic Ash should be made by the airlines, based on the conclusions of their safety risk assessment.
A lot of research has been done since 2010.
New Volcano Threatens Europe
On August 18, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) raised the color code of the Bárðarbunga (Bardarbunga) volcano in central-southwest Iceland to orange. This is the second highest alert level, indicating that the volcano “shows heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption. The Bardarbunga volcano, last erupted in 1910.
The agency said its monitoring network had detected 2,600 earthquakes since the onset of an “earthquake swarm” in the Bárðarbunga caldera, an area of collapsed land, that started two days earlier.
Several of the seismic events measured larger than magnitude 3 on the Richter scale.
The activity is still going on. On 2014.08.20 the alert level was 4/5 on the scale.
A new eruption might not cauce the same disrution as in 2010, but it can still cause a lot of problems for the airlines.
Sources:
Aviation International News
Icelandic Meteorological Office
YLE
Ash spread across Europe and caused aviation authorities to close large areas of the European airspace for over six days. We were taken by surprice by the events, and we remember it with horror!
The International Air Transport Association IATA, estimated that airlines lost more than $1.7 billion in revenue during the crisis.
Since then, there has been “significant progress” in the European approach to volcanic ash eruptions, according to Eurocontrol. Aviation authority officials now say that it is highly unlikely that a new eruption will cause the same amount of problems.
The approach is more coordinated now and “recognizes that decisions to perform flights in airborne Volcanic Ash should be made by the airlines, based on the conclusions of their safety risk assessment.
A lot of research has been done since 2010.
New Volcano Threatens Europe
On August 18, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) raised the color code of the Bárðarbunga (Bardarbunga) volcano in central-southwest Iceland to orange. This is the second highest alert level, indicating that the volcano “shows heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption. The Bardarbunga volcano, last erupted in 1910.
The agency said its monitoring network had detected 2,600 earthquakes since the onset of an “earthquake swarm” in the Bárðarbunga caldera, an area of collapsed land, that started two days earlier.
Several of the seismic events measured larger than magnitude 3 on the Richter scale.
The activity is still going on. On 2014.08.20 the alert level was 4/5 on the scale.
A new eruption might not cauce the same disrution as in 2010, but it can still cause a lot of problems for the airlines.
Sources:
Aviation International News
Icelandic Meteorological Office
YLE
Monday, August 18, 2014
Do you want to sleep
Do you want to sleep
Perhaps this is the solution for all passengers that want to take a nap aboard.
Two Designstudents created "the b-tourist band" to make your trip more comfortable.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Most flown passengers per connection
Most flown passengers per connection
Seven of the ten most frequented air connections in the world are lines in Asia and the number of passengers is continuing to rise. South Korea, China, Japan and South Africa is on the top ten list.
Jeju – Seoul, 10,1 million passengers per year
Sapporo – Tokyo, 8,2 million passengers per year
Rio – Sao Paolo, 7,7 million passengers per year
Beijing – Shanghai, 7,2 million passengers per year
Melbourne – Sydney, 6,9 million passengers per year
Osaka – Tokyo, 6,7 million passengers per year
Fukuoka – Tokyo, 6,6 million passengers per year
Hong Kong – Taipei, 5,5 million passengers per year
Okinawa – Tokyo, 4,5 million passengers per year
Cape Town – Johannesburg, 4,4 million passengers per year
Seven of the ten most frequented air connections in the world are lines in Asia and the number of passengers is continuing to rise. South Korea, China, Japan and South Africa is on the top ten list.
Jeju – Seoul, 10,1 million passengers per year
Sapporo – Tokyo, 8,2 million passengers per year
Rio – Sao Paolo, 7,7 million passengers per year
Beijing – Shanghai, 7,2 million passengers per year
Melbourne – Sydney, 6,9 million passengers per year
Osaka – Tokyo, 6,7 million passengers per year
Fukuoka – Tokyo, 6,6 million passengers per year
Hong Kong – Taipei, 5,5 million passengers per year
Okinawa – Tokyo, 4,5 million passengers per year
Cape Town – Johannesburg, 4,4 million passengers per year
Monday, August 12, 2013
Ryanair pilots safety survey
According to UK Channel 4 Dispatches, they have been given access to a survey of Ryanair pilots that reveals deep rooted concerns about passenger safety.
The survey was commissioned by The Ryanair Pilot Group, following a memo from Ryanair management saying that pilots who took part in a safety petition might be liable to dismissal.
Over 1,000 of the airline’s captains and first officers responded:
· More than 8 out of 10 (88.8%) said Ryanair didn’t have an open and transparent safety culture
· Two thirds (67.4%) of pilots questioned said they didn’t feel comfortable raising safety related issues through Ryanair’s own internal systems
· More than 90 per cent (93.6%) of pilots that responded, believe that the Irish Aviation Authority and its European counterpart, should investigate the impact of Ryanair’s employment practices on safety.
An anonymous pilot says: “About 70 per cent of our pilots if not more are on a contract, they get paid only if they fly.”
“So that’s the first pressure. I need to fly in order to make a living.”
In April this year several hundred pilots signed a petition, calling on Irish and European safety regulators to urgently examine the impact of Ryanair’s employment terms on flight safety.
The response from Ryanair’s management was swift - a memo was sent out.
It stated: “Any Ryanair pilot who participates in this so-called safety petition will be guilty of gross misconduct and will be liable for dismissal.”
O’Leary told Bloomberg News:
- “We will fire any pilot who signs up to some kind of trade union they’re trying to trade union circular petition about safety.”
An anonymous pilot says:
- “As a pilot it is really difficult to talk to them and the tone used… is really unusual for an airline. It’s usually threats and bullying. That doesn’t bring a very peaceful atmosphere.”
Source:
Channel 4 Dispatches
The survey was commissioned by The Ryanair Pilot Group, following a memo from Ryanair management saying that pilots who took part in a safety petition might be liable to dismissal.
Over 1,000 of the airline’s captains and first officers responded:
· More than 8 out of 10 (88.8%) said Ryanair didn’t have an open and transparent safety culture
· Two thirds (67.4%) of pilots questioned said they didn’t feel comfortable raising safety related issues through Ryanair’s own internal systems
· More than 90 per cent (93.6%) of pilots that responded, believe that the Irish Aviation Authority and its European counterpart, should investigate the impact of Ryanair’s employment practices on safety.
An anonymous pilot says: “About 70 per cent of our pilots if not more are on a contract, they get paid only if they fly.”
“So that’s the first pressure. I need to fly in order to make a living.”
In April this year several hundred pilots signed a petition, calling on Irish and European safety regulators to urgently examine the impact of Ryanair’s employment terms on flight safety.
The response from Ryanair’s management was swift - a memo was sent out.
It stated: “Any Ryanair pilot who participates in this so-called safety petition will be guilty of gross misconduct and will be liable for dismissal.”
O’Leary told Bloomberg News:
- “We will fire any pilot who signs up to some kind of trade union they’re trying to trade union circular petition about safety.”
An anonymous pilot says:
- “As a pilot it is really difficult to talk to them and the tone used… is really unusual for an airline. It’s usually threats and bullying. That doesn’t bring a very peaceful atmosphere.”
Source:
Channel 4 Dispatches
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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