Gambia Bird Airlines selects airRM as its revenue management system

I wrote almost a year ago about my worries for Gambia Bird having a possible schedule disruption resulting from depending on one aircraft to serve the carrier’s entire network.
Now, the airline acquired one more A319. Thus, there are fewer worries about possible schedule disruption, even with the increase the airline’s network of destinations.
The decision of the airline to acquire an automated revenue management system is a commendable step into the future for the fledgling national airline of Gambia. I am thinking that the airline got a good deal from the Revenue Management Systems Inc because of being the vendor’s first customer in Africa.
Date: 13 October 2013 commenting on http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/

Broken toilets, other glitches ground Japan Airlines Dreamliner

Those things are happening as if we have no other aircraft type commercially operating nowadays. It is one more episode of B787 and its endless course of headache-causing operation.

Turning back two hours after departure is an operational loss but almost a must. I can not imagine that flight continuing the trip to Tokyo with a fuselage-long queue of passengers who are waiting to use the only one functioning toilet available on-board.

The name given to B787, Dreamliner, is not realistic anymore. What about nightmare-liner, as a realistic alternative?
Date: 13 October 2013 commenting on http://abcnews.go.com/

The best way to find a cheap airplane ticket according to two guys who set fares

The Oscar goes to revenue management systems.
Those systems can not beaten by a non-specialized article.
The revenue systems are mostly influenced by the buying behaviors of passengers. The reaction of the revenue system could be either accepted or rejected by the revenue analyst controlling the flight.
So, any advice is somehow useless as long as passengers can not unify their buying behavior toward a specific flight.  
Date: 26 September 2013 commenting on http://www.businessweek.com/

NJ Senate OKs bill banning some laser pointers

Thumbs up for New Jersey Senate!
The fine of US$ 500 may be enough for the first offense. However, the fine of US$ 1,000 for subsequent offenses is not strong enough to deter those careless individuals.
The fine is supposed to be doubled progressively without limitations. Thus, the fine for the second offense would be US$ 1,000, and the fine for the third offense would be US$ 2,000, and so on.
The result of using those laser beams could be catastrophic and as such should be the penalty. Fair enough?
Date: 21 August 2013 commenting on http://www.fortmilltimes.com/

Class action petition sent to Aeroflot

Established and operating most of its lifespan under the Soviet umbrella, Aeroflot still lacks some skills needed for offering appropriate customer services.
Despite the fact that the flight delay was beyond the control of Aeroflot, the airline was supposed to offer its passengers a timely update about the situation as well as on-site proper compensation.
Welcome to the era of doing business the customers' way, not the providers' way.
Date: 12 August 2013 commenting on http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

Civil Aviation awaits the approval of the Cabinet to start the project of aero-city

Are you serious about (مساحة 220 ألف فدان حول مطار القاهرة)?
Do you know the equivalent of that huge area if converted into square meters?
The feddan is about 4,200 square meters.
Thus, 220,000 feddans will be equal to about 924,000,000 (220,000 X 4,200), which is equivalent to 924 square kilometers.
So, we are talking here about a circle which has a radius of more than 17 kilometers.
Date: 09 August 2013 commenting on http://www.alborsanews.com/

Proposed quota on foreign pilots splits government

What could be the reason for placing a maximum limit on the number of foreign pilots to be hired yearly by various Russian airlines?
Hiring foreign pilots will not negatively affect employment chances of Russian pilots because of the current shortage of pilots suffered by the Russian airline industry.

It is inaccurate to say that hiring foreign pilots would lower the safety level as pilots allover the world are generally complying with the same ICAO stipulations.
Date: 08 August 2013 commenting on http://www.themoscowtimes.com/