Updated to include comment from Honeywell. Imagine you are playing on your iPad or using your smart phone whilst seated in an aircraft that is barrelling down the runway at 130-155 knots. Suddenly the takeoff is aborted, and the aircraft comes to a screeching halt. Your iPad, as well as the personal electronic devices (PEDs) [...]
April 23, 2012
Back in 2008 US carriers led by American Airlines began charging passengers fees for checked bags in rapid-fire progression. The charges were a survival mechanism adopted by the industry as record fuel prices skyrocketed to nearly USD 147 per barrel. But when fuel prices receded in 2009 and 2010 the bag fees remained intact, along [...]
September 12, 2012
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