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As a consumer society we are all used to, and have come to expect, our creature comforts. You will therefore be little surprised to hear that on top of the in flight movies many airlines are already offering, some plan to introduce satellite television.

This would primarily be introduced on domestic flights by certain airlines with the added advantage of being able to send and receive emails through the system as well.

With the introduction of the super jumbos such as the Airbus A380 and the newly launched Boeing 787 dreamliner (a wide bodied take on the super size plane) we can now expect a higher standard of service.

The Airbus A380 allows airlines to make the most of the massive amount of space it has to offer. One airline has added “armchair” style enclosed seating in its business class section and spacious private cabins with the option to have a bed, in which to spend the flight should it be an overnight trip.

Personal 23” screens are offered for the enjoyment of the passengers and even the economy passengers have much more room and a higher level of comfort than they would usually expect on any flight.

Of course with this extra level of comfort comes a higher price and you may find it more difficult to search out the cheap flights we have come to expect as a “price comparing” nation.

Along with the introduction of these super jumbos has simultaneously come the demand for cheaper long haul flights. There are now also several new contenders for the budget long haul market which has seen prices for transatlantic flights drop massively.

The question is; do you pay a substantial amount more to ensure you receive your creature comforts or can you do without them for the length of a 7-8 hour flight to America?

There will always be those who would never consider dropping below business class on any flight they take; where as, some of us are just happy getting to a destination as quickly and as cheaply as possible. The choice really is yours……

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Will the Airbus 380 stay in business or go out.

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FLYING in coach doesn’t have to be a horrific experience. Really. You just have to pay more.

Increasing numbers of airlines have begun to offer slightly better seating in the back of the plane for passengers willing to pay the extra $15 or $100 to sit there. You may not get a seat that’s as plush or as spacious as one in business or first class, of course, but it will still be a step up from the cattle-car experience of standard coach.

“In the past, airlines looked at coach as just one thing” said Chris McGinnis, editor of the Expedia Travel Trendwatch. “A coach seat is a coach seat is a coach seat. But in recent years, they’ve come to the conclusion that some coach seats are better than others.”

Thus, Virgin America, which started flying in August, charges $15 for a bulkhead seat on short-haul flights, like San Francisco to Las Vegas, and $25 for longer flights, like New York to Los Angeles; Northwest charges you $15 to reserve some of its better seats on domestic flights, like those in the exit rows; Air Tran sells exit row seats for an extra $20 each way; no-frills Spirit Airlines has what it calls Big Front Seats that cost upward of $30 extra per one-way flight and give you as much as six extra inches of room over a standard seat; and the once strictly egalitarian Southwest Airlines now allows those who have higher-priced tickets (mostly business travelers who book at the last minute) advance boarding and the option to choose the best seats.

An even better option is to book one of the so-called premium economy seats, a feature inaugurated by Virgin Atlantic in 1992 and now being offered in some form by a number of airlines, including United Airlines.

Called Economy Plus by United, the program features at least 36 seats on each flight that offer up to five extra inches of seat pitch (the distance between your seat and the one in front of you) over the standard coach seat. There’s a catch, though: If you’re not a high-ranking frequent flier, you have to pay a membership fee of $349 a year to qualify for one of these seats, and then it is available only on a first-come-first-served basis. (The airline says that on some flights, if premium seats are available, regular passengers may be offered the chance to upgrade, either online or at airport kiosks when they check in, for $25 or $30 one way.) United also offers a “p.s.” service on its nonstop flights between Kennedy Airport and the Los Angeles International and San Francisco airports, in which all 72 seats in a reconfigured coach cabin offer 34 inches of pitch and 17 inches of seat width, at economy-class prices that are competitive with other airlines’.

Premium economy is more commonly found on foreign carriers, and is often an excellent option for those dreaded long-haul corporate travel flights across the ocean.

For instance, starting next month, all six of Virgin’s flights between London’s Heathrow Airport and New York will feature 62 new premium economy seats with 38 inches of legroom (compared with 31 in coach), lumbar support in seat backs that inflate and deflate at the touch of a button, meal service on china with stainless steel cutlery, fresh fruit any time during the flight and a predeparture glass of Champagne. The lowest round-trip economy fare for a flight in early December from Newark to Heathrow was $588 in a recent search at www.virgin-atlantic.com. A premium economy class seat cost $1,428; business class or “Upper Class,” $8,371.

Among the other airlines that offer seating in a kind of middle ground between coach and business are Scandinavian Airlines, Air New Zealand, All Nippon, BMI and British Airways, with Qantas planning to do so beginning in April. Benefits include from five to seven extra inches of legroom as well as priority check-ins and better onboard amenities.

But even if you fly standard coach, picking the right airline to fly and — most important — doing some seat research before you book your ticket can go a long way toward making your flight a more comfortable one. One of the best Web tools for this is www.seatguru.com, on which you can find practically every plane flown by most major airlines, with a detailed map of the cabin showing which seats are best and which are to be avoided at all costs. Here, based on advice gleaned from that Web site, as well as Seatexpert.com and Skytrax, a research firm that ranks airline quality, are some recommendations of which airlines to fly on three popular routes:

New York to Paris: Take the Air France flight out of Newark, which uses an Airbus 330 on that route, with its 2-4-2 coach configuration. Not only are your chances of getting stuck in a middle seat reduced, but the 32 inches of seat pitch and 18 inches of seat width are also among the roomiest on offer. (And you get French cooking.) Avoid Continental’s one-aisle 757, which has three seats on each side on that same route, with its Scrooge-like offerings of 31 inches of seat pitch, 17.2 inches of width and the one-out-of-three chance of being stuck in a middle seat.

Miami to London: Five airlines sell tickets on this nonstop route on a regular basis: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American and Singapore and Continental (the last two on a code share with Virgin). Here is where the seatguru chart can come in handy. British Airways seems to offer slightly less room than the others (a pitch of 31 inches versus 32 by its competitors), yet the configuration of this 747-400 plane offers only up to 6 of what seatguru defines as “poor” seats in coach, compared with 16 or so for American and 11 for Virgin, on their Boeing 777 and Airbus A340-600, respectively. But if in-flight entertainment matters more to you, then Virgin might be your choice, with individual TV screens at each seat and video-on-demand rolling out across the fleet.

San Francisco to Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and United all fly the same plane, a 747-400, on this route, with a 3-4-3 seating configuration in coach. (American also sells it as a code share with Cathay Pacific.) United was offering the lowest round-trip ticket over Christmas (in recent online searches, $2,077 versus $3,074 on Cathay and a whopping $5,327 on Singapore), perhaps because it offers just 31 inches of seat pitch and 17 inches of width to the others’ 32 and 17.2 inches. United’s international economy class is also given a lower three-star ranking by Skytrax, compared with four stars for both Singapore and Cathay Pacific, which tend to offer better food, entertainment and overall service. Your best bet might be to fly Cathay Pacific if you can snag the second-to-last window seat at the back of the plane, where the seating Web sites point out that the curvature of the fuselage leaves enough room for just two seats in those rows and a lot more elbow room for those window seat passengers. Cathay Pacific also just revamped its economy class cabin with new seats that are designed to allow passengers to recline without intruding on customers seated behind them and that have nine-inch TV monitors in the seat back.

Make the most out of your corporate travel experience by making it a comfortable one.

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MORE than 170 passengers were evacuated from an Australian Jetstar flight after an engine briefly caught fire after landing, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.

Some 173 travellers were hurried off the Airbus A320 plane without their cabin baggage when flames broke out after the journey from Brisbane to Newcastle, north of Sydney.

Nobody was hurt in the evacuation or fire, which lasted just a few seconds, a spokesman for the budget carrier said.

“It’s clearly untoward - that’s not meant to occur,” the spokesman said.

“We still need to get to the bottom of this. The aircraft was grounded last night and it will undergo an engine change,” he added.

“We’re in discussions with the manufacturer why this occurred - it’s a bit unusual.”

The incident comes just four months after a cockpit fire forced a Jetstar A330-200 to make an emergency landing on the Pacific island of Guam in June.

The blaze was one of a series of mishaps involving Airbus aircraft, including the Air France A330-200 which went down in mysterious circumstances over the Atlantic on May 31, killing all 228 on board.

In a related development, a worried Iranian airline pilot yesterday asked passengers to start praying after his plane was hit by a technical glitch, highlighting once again the notorious record of Tehran’s aircraft.

The Aseman Airlines Boeing plane had taken off from Tehran airport after a six-hour delay, but had to return following a technical fault, the ISNA news agency quoted a passenger as recounting.

“The plane took off at 0015 in the morning and had to land back in Tehran after 45 minutes,” the passenger said.

“The pilot told the passengers ‘the plane is facing a technical problem and has to return. So, please pray.’”

Iran has been under years of international sanctions hampering its ability to buy modern planes from major manufacturers, such as Boeing and Airbus, or spare parts, and has suffered a number of air disasters over the past decade.

Its civil and military fleet is made up of ancient aircraft in very poor condition due to their age, and lack of maintenance.

In July, it suffered one of its worst air disasters when a Caspian Airlines plane, a Russian Tupolev 154, crashed near Qazvin, northwest of Tehran, killing all 168 people on board.

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All Airlines Operating in India.

Soaring high in the sky, the aviation industry in India has grown exponentially over the years. With a sustained momentum, it is expected to further grow manifold. With the Indian economy flourishing, income levels rising, the Indian traveler does not have to look too far, as timesaving and wallet friendly travel is now made available. As lifestyles become busier and the pay checks become heftier, the Indian traveler will not compromise on quality, convenience or time. Catering to the rising demands, many new players have entered the aviation arena, embarking on fresh ideas and innovative schemes.

There was a time, when air travel was exclusively the privilege of the wealthy, all which is now changing. The aviation industry has evolved over the years, and air travel privileges are now made available to the common Indian traveler, with affordable fare structures, an array of airlines to choose from, widely covered sectors as well as exquisite services. This has been made possible by the arrival of new airlines in the aviation industry, which started the trend of budget airlines in India, a concept adopted from the west, although it took some time for it to glide along the Indian skies. Now that it has, there is no looking back, as the aviation sector is rapidly expanding its wings spanning the nation, as the Indian tarmac becomes haven to a host of domestic airlines operating in India.

Till early nineties the airline sector was the monopoly of Government owned Indian Airlines and Air India and other private carriers were not allowed to operate in India. There was no competition at all and therefore the industry did not see much growth till the early nineties. With the entry of private players in early nineties the whole experience of airline travel and hospitality changed. With the genesis of Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines a revolution in the airline industry had started and with the entry of more private players, the air travel has reached to the common man. It was Air Deccan that revolutionized air travel in 2003, by offering fierce competition to the other airlines. It almost slashed its air fares equaling to the current train fares, so air travel is within the reach of the common man. Other airlines followed suit, thus imparting a refreshing flexibility and affordability for the Indian traveler. Captain G R Gopinath MD Air Deccan quips, “We are the Udipi hotel in airline industry”.

A spillover effect on the Indian aviation industry has been created, so as the aviators keep their engines revved up, the Indian skies provide expeditious commutation to the Indian traveler.

Below is a brief preview of the domestic airlines operating in India:

INDIAN

Formerly named Indian Airlines, this airline has firmly established itself as a premier domestic flyer, and has been in existence since 1953. It is completely owned by the Government of India and is among India’s second largest airline. In totality, it covers 76 destinations, i.e. 58 in India and 18 abroad. According to reports as of January 2005, it employs an average of 19,600 employees. It serves its customers with a number of call centers in all the major cities. Its toll free number (1800 180 1407) is easily accessible from any part of the country, providing customers and travel agents with flight information, arrival and departure details, reservations, promotional schemes, tele check-in, and telephonic booking.

Online booking is also made available, and passengers can book their tickets just 2 hours prior to the flight departure. Take a print of an e-ticket while booking, and a maximum of 5 seats comprising of 3 adults, 2 children and one infant can be booked in this fashion.  Bookings can also be made using the following bank accounts: Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of India and Kotak Mahindra Bank. For overseas passengers, new and revised USD fares are offered.

Currently, Indian owns a fleet of 70 aircrafts (3 wide bodied airbus A300s, 47 fly-by-wire airbus A320s, 3 Airbus A319s, 11 Boeing 737s, 2 Dornier Do-228 aircraft and 4 ATR-42). Another fleet of 43 new aircrafts comprising of 19 A319s, 4 A320s & 21 A321 are expected to be inducted soon. Indian offers an average of 35,000 seats per day and is planning to expand its destinations even further.

Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan are the international sectors that India currently covers.

It is also planning to cover Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa in the coming future as it has finalized the lease of two of its A-330-200 jets.

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Could this be a GOOD omen for the future, maybe a precursor of things to come in 2009? I’m talking about the miracle on the Hudson river. How does one HUGE BIRD get taken out by several smaller birds? More to the point, how does one glide a non-gliding craft into a river without getting anyone killed? A miracle? Why not! 

As Sullenbergers’ detress calls came out the followed has been reported.

A person briefed on Sullenberger’s radio communications said the pilot considered emergency landings at two airports after his plane suffered a double bird strike, but twice told air controllers he was unable to make them. He told controllers he planned to go into the river, instead. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

Air traffic controllers first gave Sullenberger directions to return to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, but he replied, “unable.” Then he saw the Teterboro airstrip in the northern New Jersey suburbs, got clearance to go there, but then again responded, “unable.” He then said he was going into the river. It was not immediately clear when the engine broke off, but such scenarios can happen in bird strikes.

If the engine takes in a very large bird - or several birds at once - they could break several fan blades, causing an imbalance in the engine’s rotation and severe vibrations, said Kevin Poormon, who tests the ability of aircraft engines to withstand bird strikes.

Federal investigators said the left engine of the US Airways jetliner that ditched into the Hudson River was missing Friday as reports emerged that the pilot who safely landed the aircraft had considered an emergency landing at two airports. Police divers were using sonar to find the engine, which was believed to be in the water. “Once we get the flight data recorder it will give us the radar so we can figure out where the engine separated from the plane,” said NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson.

The pilot, Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III, was in good spirits and showing no outward signs of stress from the ordeal, a pilots union official said. As investigators scoured the wreckage of the Airbus A320, many of the 155 people aboard recounted survivor stories and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. And in a moments notice the life of Sully Sullenberger III has now been changed forever- and ever.

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