How do you determine which aircraft to use for a particular flight months in advance? On a daily basis, that’s actually one of the most challenging tasks we face in the Network Planning department. Fortunately, we rely on a set of data to help us determine where to fly our 346 mainline and regional aircraft….
“Air Canada now has to revise its denied boarding compensation regime by September 18, 2013, to reflect the following compensation provisions: Less than 2 hour delay = 50% of the base amount Between 2 and less than 6 hour delay = 100% of the base amount 6 hour delay or more = 200% of the…
I had sent an e-mail to service @ topbonus.de asking them whether they would match my Air Canada Super Elite status. They asked for a copy of the Air Canada status card, I sent it, and they responded: “If you confirm the statusmatch now, your Gold status will be valid until 30.09.2013 and if you…
This is related to the previous post ‘You just flew across country in four hours. Shut it.’, Air Canada pilot tweets ‘I had to sit on the runway for 40 minutes.’ Oh my god, really? What happened then, did you fly through the air like a bird, incredibly? Did you soar into the clouds, impossibly?…
This is the tweet that elicited the somehow angry response. Air Canada’s authorized Twitter account replied, asking for the passenger’s flight number. Air Canada pilot Yannick Charland tweeted back, “It’s a red alert. Ground staff not allowed to work due to lightning in the area. You just flew across the country in four hours. Shut…
A former pilot who runs a forensic animation company has recreated the crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco Airport on July 6 in a detailed animation that shows what might have happened and what should have happened. You can read more about the reconstruction in the ‘About’ of the video on youtube.
One of my colleagues gave me the code that he’d got from a Starbucks. I realized that it would be a ‘waste’ on me as I have not been flying at all this year an no plans to fly any soon. From the back of the card ‘Valid only on Canadian iTunes Store. Requires iTunes…
International Lease Finance Corporation ordered the most 74 (ILFC is a leasing company the leases planes to airlines). As of June 2013, the two largest airline orders are by All Nippon Airways (66) and United Airlines (65). Source Wikipedia Twitter @curbexcitement
It has been blogged about already but I would like to be on my blog as well perhaps for the simple reason to find it easily later. This is an open letter to Caribbean airline LIAT, written by Arthur Hicks, which Richard Branson re-published on his blog. Dear LIAT, May I say how considerate it…
“On June 27, 2013, Aeroplan cancelled implementation of the Seven-year mileage redemption policy. Prior to this cancellation, miles unredeemed seven years following their accumulation date would have been removed from your account. We are pleased to inform you that miles will not be removed from your account as long as you stay active in the program…