Wizz Air об одесском аэропорте: Полоса настолько плохая, что мы меняли колеса каждый день

Before canceling the flights to/ from Odessa, Wizz Air thought of releasing the arriving passengers and their luggage by one cooperative parachute.
Wow, what a brilliant idea for avoiding the questionable condition of the runway! However, they had to discard it as no similar solution for departing passengers. Unfortunately, parachutes function downward only.
Oh boy! It seems that low cost carriers do not like bumpy runways.

Date: 04 September 2009 commenting on http://korrespondent.net/

Украинским авиакомпаниям могут запретить полеты в ЕС

The European Union went on with its plan and adopted the regulation despite the pressure exerted by both International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
With about 4,000 airline operators from all parts of the word which are included in the legislative act, there is a little chance to find exceptions. If the big players are already included in the list, what would be the case for Ukrainian air operators? Simple logic, isn’t it?
Putting aside the interests of individual countries and air operators, and downplaying the possibility that the European Commission is somehow frantic about the environment, we have to look at the environmental issues from a global perspective. After all, Mother Nature needs and requires some serious measures to be taken to guarantee its survival.

Date: 31 August 2009 commenting on http://korrespondent.net/

Minimum Equipment List (MEL)

The MEL practice is to facilitate the operation of aircraft. That facility is not supposed to be abused by aircraft operators, especially those who are involved in commercial carriage of passengers.
As (Fix the jet Gerry) put it, the aircraft has to be grounded if anyone of the crew votes against applying the MEL advantage.
Since the traveling public will not be involved in those technical issues, the aircraft flying under MEL condition should not have passengers on board.


Date: 11 September 2009 commenting on http://www.delray-aviation.org/

High flying tweets

The list contains some distinguished names (in no particular order) in the airline/ aviation blogging despite the fact that the list might be mistakenly interpreted as public relations advertorial.
It has been said that websites are promoted by blogs, and blogs are promoted through micro-blogging (Twitter). However, the article shows that blogging could be used to promote the Twitter’s micro-blogging channel.
Well, social media is a continuous interaction back and forth using all available channels.


Date: 02 September 2009 commenting on http://simpliflying.com/

Delta’s partnership with Virgin Blue causes pain for United in Australia

It is a knockout for United Airlines to lose the code-sharing agreement with Virgin Blue which they began together in 2002 and expanded it on April 2004.
Without enough economy-class passengers, the operation of United Airlines’ Boeing 747 between Australia and the west coast of USA would be mainly for emitting more carbon dioxide. Considering the attitude of United Airlines toward Dave Carroll, the Airline would be hostile to both its passengers as well as the environment.

Published at http://www.bnet.com/

Airline brands to look out for and those that can rest in peace beyond 2009

For now, I can confirm two airlines which are about to rest in peace:
The first is Air India due its current bloated pattern of operation. I have commented on an article discussing the situation of Air India. The second is United Airlines. The credit goes to its lousy operational policy and to the demonstration managed by Dave Carroll (http://bit.ly/MndAp & http://bit.ly/22NURU).


Date: 19 August 2009 commenting on http://simpliflying.com/

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Date: 22 August 2009 commenting on http://www.elearningbuzz.com/