Now Boarding! » Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en A blog somewhere between earth and sky Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:03:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 British Airways’ Customer Service Using iPads http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/british-airways-customer-service-using-ipads/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/british-airways-customer-service-using-ipads/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:57:26 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=405 British Airways cabin crew are using the latest iPad model to bring a new dimension to customer service in the air.

The iPads enable cabin crew to have prior awareness of customer preferences and a greater understanding of each customer’s previous travel arrangements, allowing them to offer a truly bespoke, personalised service.

The iPad lets crew quickly identify where each customer is seated, who they are travelling with, their Executive Club status and any special meal requests. It gives cabin crew a whole library of information at their fingertips including timetables, safety manuals and customer service updates. It also means any issues can be logged with ground-based colleagues around the network prior to departure so solutions can be delivered while the flight is airborne.

When all the passengers have boarded and just before the doors are shut, cabin crew are currently handed a long scroll of paper, listing up to 337 customers. With the new iPads cabin crew will simply refresh their screen when the doors have closed through wireless 3G networks and they will have a complete list of passengers on board.

Bill Francis, British Airways’ head of inflight customer experience, said: “The iPad is already allowing us to offer a more personalised onboard service, but the possibilities for future development are endless. We’re receiving great feedback from cabin crew and customers already.  It allows the crew to offer the thoughtful service they want to deliver and customers are treated as valued guests.”

The iPad is currently being trialled with 100 cabin crew with the aim to roll it out to all senior crew members across the airline in the coming months.
Don’t steal them :-)

Hat Tip @airlinetrends

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/british-airways-customer-service-using-ipads/feed/ 0 How Airlines across the world are dedicating resources to Social Media http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-across-the-world-are-dedicating-resources-to-social-media/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-across-the-world-are-dedicating-resources-to-social-media/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:21:01 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=398 Nice infographic from SimplyFlying about how 25 airlines around the world are managing their social media presence.
What plans do they have for managing their teams in the future, how large or small are these teams, etc.

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-across-the-world-are-dedicating-resources-to-social-media/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse: Around the world in a solar airplane and in Paris soon. http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/solarimpulse-around-the-world-in-a-solar-airplane-and-in-paris-soon/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/solarimpulse-around-the-world-in-a-solar-airplane-and-in-paris-soon/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:40:01 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=390 Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aeroplane designed to fly day and night without requiring fuel and without producing carbon emissions, demonstrates the enormous potential held by new technologies in terms of energy savings and renewable energy production.

Seven years of intensive work, calculations and tests by a team of 70 people and 80 partners have contributed to producing this revolutionary carbon fibre aeroplane, with a wingspan as wide as that of an Airbus A340 (63.4m) and a weight equivalent to that of an average family car (1 600kg).

It is the largest aeroplane of its weight ever to have been built. The 12,000 solar cells integrated into the wing supply four electric motors (maximum power 10CV each) with renewable energy and charge the 400kg lithium polymer batteries during the day, enabling the aircraft to fly at night.

The Solar Impulse project is supported, among others, by: Solvay, Omega, Deutsche Bank and Schindler as Principal Partners; Bayer Material Science and Altran as Official Partners; EPFL (Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology) as Official Scientific Consultant and Dassault-Aviation as Aviation Consultant.

The solar aeroplane Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg and their team will be in Paris next week as the Paris Air show‘s “Special Guests”.

This will be the first air show appearance made by the revolutionary aeroplane, culmination of a genuine human and technological adventure, which made a historic 26-hour day and night flight without fuel, powered only by solar energy, in July 2010.

From 20 to 26 June, visitors to the show will be able look closely at Solar Impulse on the ground, and each morning, so long as weather conditions are favourable, admire its majestic flying displays whilst marvelling at the silence of its electric motors.

With the participation of Solar Impulse, the Paris Air Show continues its tradition of presenting the most innovative prototypes, which have marked the history of the show for more than 100 years, thereby sharing its passion and dreams with visitors.

Given its 64 metre wingspan (as wide as an Airbus A340), light weight and extremely slow speed, organising flying displays by the Solar Impulse HB-SIA at the Paris Air Show is also a real aviation challenge, which will be faced jointly on a daily basis by teams from both the Show and Solar Impulse.

We’ll be there too!

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/solarimpulse-around-the-world-in-a-solar-airplane-and-in-paris-soon/feed/ 0 How Airlines Use Twitter http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-use-twitter/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-use-twitter/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:59:58 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=383 While some airlines are using Twitter as an extension of their customer service efforts, others are still not listening…

Kudos to Troy Thompson for these stats.

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-airlines-use-twitter/feed/ 1 Poke via In-flight Net http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/poke-via-in-flight-net/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/poke-via-in-flight-net/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:10:40 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=378 Facebook fans are in for a great treat during this month of February, as Gogo Inflight and Ford have teamed up to offer complimentary access to the social media site on our entire fleet of Internet enabled aircraft.

Over 1100 installations on

  • AirTran Airways
  • Alaska Airlines
  • American Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines
  • United Airlines
  • US Airways
  • Virgin America

The company, which says Facebook is its most visited site,  is trying to promote in-flight WiFi because only a small percentage of passengers are logging on. While some flights see more WiFi connections than others (Virgin’s Boston – San Francisco has apparently been nicknamed the ‘nerd bird’ by crew),  TomGuides cites analyst Amy Cravens who estimates that passengers connecting to the Internet while flying are between 7 and 10 percent.

Now you just have to select the Gogo wireless network on your mobile device or laptop, open your browser and click on the Ford/Facebook banner.

Please take your seat, fasten your seatbelts, there’s no turbulence in the cloud, have a great poke!

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/poke-via-in-flight-net/feed/ 1 KLM to add a flight to its schedule following a bet on Twitter. http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/klm-to-add-a-flight-to-its-schedule-following-a-bet-on-twitter/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/klm-to-add-a-flight-to-its-schedule-following-a-bet-on-twitter/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:04:13 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=362 The action was prompted by the American “Spring Break” which this year will coincide with the Ultra Music Festival from 25 to 27 March, in Miami. The bet was a simple one. If the initiators could get enough people to reserve a seat on www.fly2miami.nl before 6 December, KLM would agree to add a non-stop flight from Amsterdam to Miami especially for the Dutch Dance Industry. The flight was filled within five hours and the counter now stands at 351 reservations.

“It became clear to KLM very quickly that the idea of a direct flight to Miami is a popular one among the Dutch Dance Scene. “It’s why we took on the bet!” said Martijn van der Zee, VP E-Commerce at KLM. “We can rightly call it a first – the first time KLM will deploy an aircraft following a request on Twitter. Social media are becoming more and more important to KLM to offer information and service to our customers.”

via
Hat tip @cdeniaud

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/klm-to-add-a-flight-to-its-schedule-following-a-bet-on-twitter/feed/ 1 RFID Baggage Tag for Qantas by TAGSYS http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/rfid-baggage-tag-for-qantas-by-tagsys/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/rfid-baggage-tag-for-qantas-by-tagsys/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:54:19 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=357 Tagsys announced yesterday that Qantas, Australia’s leading airline, has deployed an RFID reusable baggage tag using TAGSYS technology as part of its Next Generation airport check-in system.

The use of RFID will not only help speed baggage check-in and loading, but staff will also be able to use hand-held RFID readers locate baggage quickly in the hold of an airplane if an item has to be offloaded.

“The Qantas Q Bag Tag represents a revolutionary approach to utilizing RFID in airline applications,” says Alain Fanet, CEO of TAGSYS. “By expanding the value proposition of RFID from the point the customer checks their baggage and throughout the handling and sortation process, Qantas has positioned itself on the leading edge of RFID utilization.”

The deployment of a permanent, RFID-based baggage tag is unique in the airline industry. Previous RFID-based baggage tracking solutions relied on wasteful, disposable tags, and focused exclusively on improving the efficiency and accuracy of baggage sortation after the check-in process. The Qantas solution, offers an environmentally friendly reusable tag, which improves the accuracy and speed of after check-in processes, while offering new customer service benefits at the front-end of the process as well.

The baggage tags have been being distributed to Qantas premium frequent flyers. Once the solution is fully deployed, Qantas hopes to eliminate paper baggage tags for all its frequent flyers.

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/rfid-baggage-tag-for-qantas-by-tagsys/feed/ 1 Aviation Infographics http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aviation-infographics/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aviation-infographics/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:09:53 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=350 An infographic illustrating modern aviation and industry figures.

Statistically, you’d therefore 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning, than to be in an airplane victim of a terrorist attack.

Via Now Boarding.fr

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aviation-infographics/feed/ 5 A 737 for the french soccer team: Adieu, now just go? http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/a-737-for-the-soccer-french-team-adieu-now-just-go/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/a-737-for-the-soccer-french-team-adieu-now-just-go/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:49:50 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=337 According to the french magazine Chalenges, if the soccer french team does not qualify for the eighth finals of the worldcup, players will be repatriated in a Boeing 737 from a low cost company, without special facilities.

They embark immediately after the match against South Africa this afternoon, without returning to their hotel or to Pezula Knysna. Adieu, now just go?

The French team arrived in South Africa via a Blue Line A310-300ER .

Great contrast with the Boeing 737  configuration they should take … soon!

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/a-737-for-the-soccer-french-team-adieu-now-just-go/feed/ 7 Air France Summer Wine List http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/air-france-summer-wine-list/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/air-france-summer-wine-list/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:21:18 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=331 Probably more in line with Art de Vivre than the French soccer players’ list, here comes the new Air France Summer Wine List.

Every two months, Olivier Poussier, World’s Best Sommelier in 2000 and wine advisor for Air France, offers a new wine list on board Air France flights. His choice of wines is based on quality criteria as well as factors linked to the special environment in an aircraft cabin.

Photo via

The wines are chosen for their ability to adapt to air transport. As older vintages need time to breathe before drinking, they are not compatible with flight conditions. Younger wines are chosen as they are better adapted to the dry cabin conditions and air pressure. They are recognized as being the best wines from the various French wine-producing regions.

Every year on board its flights, Air France serves its passengers over one million bottles of Champagne. Air France is the only airline to offer all its passengers free Champagne on board its international long-haul flights, even in the Voyageur cabin.

Since June 2009, passengers travelling in the La Première cabin have been enjoying the choice of wines from the Air France collection in new wine glasses. Designed especially for Air France together with Olivier Poussier, they provide a wide surface area for the wine to aerate and enable the flavours to reach their full potential.

Air France cabin crew are given special instructions about wine and how to serve it. They learn how to present the bottle, how to open it, show it to the passenger and the difference between serving wine and Champagne, … essential for optimum wine-tasting.

Enjoy!

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/air-france-summer-wine-list/feed/ 2 New fee: American Airlines to charge to board early http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/new-fee-american-airlines-to-charge-to-board-early/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/new-fee-american-airlines-to-charge-to-board-early/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:27:10 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=324 You were accustomed to be charged for food, baggage … now, here is a new generation of new “Options, Greater Control Over Travel Experiences” : the early boarding fee – if you aren’t yet first class passenger, of course. American Airlines wants you to pay extra to board right after them. But only if you want it. At this time.

The package “Your choice“  from $9 to $19 each way, depending on length of the flight, also includes other services, such as a $75 discount on changes to your itinerary or “standby” for an earlier flight on the day of  departure.

Note: Travelers with special needs or young children will still board early without a fee. Nice from AA.

Isn’t it a neat way to announce “We’ve found of another way to extract money from you.” :-)

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/new-fee-american-airlines-to-charge-to-board-early/feed/ 3 Lufthansa To Raise Ticket Prices http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/lufthansa-to-raise-ticket-prices/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/lufthansa-to-raise-ticket-prices/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:57:07 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=320 German flagship carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s biggest airline by passenger numbers, said yesterday it will raise ticket prices and lower fuel surcharges on June 22.

The ticket price increases will see Lufthansa pass on some of its investment costs to customers, a Lufthansa spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires. Prices will be increased in many markets but not worldwide.

For round-trip tickets within Europe, prices will rise between 10 and 20€, while the increase for long-distance flights will be around 30€ (37 USD), the spokesman said.

Lower fuel costs will also be passed on to customers through a lower fuel surcharge, he said. The surcharge will fall to 21€ a flight within Germany and Europe, down by around 3€. For long-distance hauls, the surcharge will decrease around 5€ to between 77€ and 92€, according to the length of the flight.

Photographie: Caribb

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/lufthansa-to-raise-ticket-prices/feed/ 7 What happens in Vegas goes to Paris. And back. http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/what-happens-in-vegas-goes-to-paris-and-back/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/what-happens-in-vegas-goes-to-paris-and-back/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:18:19 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=313 May 27,   XL Airways France flight 042 touched down in Las Vegas launching new nonstop service from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to McCarran International Airport.

The new service is the first nonstop route from France to Las Vegas and provides greater access to one of Las Vegas’ top sources of overseas visitors. The airline is expected to bring more than 10,000 visitors to Las Vegas this summer.

Operating twice weekly on Sundays and Thursdays, the 354-seat passenger plane will depart from Paris at 3:30 p.m., and arrive in Las Vegas at 6:05 p.m. local time.

The return flight departs Las Vegas at approximately 8:20 p.m. and arrives in Paris the following day at 3:15 p.m.



]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/what-happens-in-vegas-goes-to-paris-and-back/feed/ 3 Aeroport de Paris presents Charles de Gaulle Airport Upgrade http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aeroport-de-paris-presents-charles-de-gaulle-airport-upgrade/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aeroport-de-paris-presents-charles-de-gaulle-airport-upgrade/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:52:29 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=308 As part of its plan to upgrade Charles de Gaulle and generate more retail business, ADP is spending 560 million euros on a new terminal, Satellite 4, to boost total annual capacity by 7.8 million passengers to 80 million. Chief Executive Officer Pierre Graff said he expects 2010 traffic to match the levels recorded last year, when the airport handled 58 million passengers, about 70 percent of its post-expansion capacity.

Due for completion in 2012, the new terminal will feature heated marble floors, fountains, greenery and high-end furniture intended to showcase French design, the 62-year-old Graff, chairman and CEO since 2003, said today.

The company will have spent 1.3 billion euros in more than a decade upgrading terminal 2E, used predominantly by Air France and its SkyTeam alliance partners, and adding the two so-called satellites. EasyJet’s adjacent terminal 2B base, part of the original 1981 building, isn’t due for a revamp until 2015.

No additional construction will be needed for 10 years, Graff said. “In terms of pure capacity needs we could have postponed the new terminal,” he said.

The decision to press ahead reflected tougher competition for stopover passengers from London Heathrow’s two-year-old Terminal 5 and a revamped Madrid airport, the CEO added. “We didn’t really have a choice — even with less traffic we need Satellite 4 to boost our service quality and improve as a hub.”

More at Bloomberg Business Week

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/aeroport-de-paris-presents-charles-de-gaulle-airport-upgrade/feed/ 3 2010 World Airline Award winners http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/2010-world-airline-award-winners/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/2010-world-airline-award-winners/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:42:26 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=303 Asiana Airlines won the prestige Airline of the Year award at the 2010 World Airline Awards, that took place in Hamburg.

Asiana Airlines was named winner of the Airline of the Year 2010 title, ahead of Singapore Airlines (2nd) and Qatar Airways in 3rd place.

Some 40 different airlines from around the world assembled to receive their accolades, which were handed out by Mr Edward Plaisted, Chairman of Skytrax. The award winners are selected by the airline industry’s most important audience, it’s customers.

More than 17.9 million air travellers from over 100 different nationalities took part in the 10 month survey, between July 2009 and April 2010. The awards are respected and recognised around the world for being the only truly global, independent passenger survey of airline standards, and are known as “the Passenger’s Choice”.

Commenting on the Airline of the Year 2010 award received by Asiana Airlines, Mr Plaisted said: “this is a fantastic achievement for Asiana Airlines to be named winner of this top Airline of the Year Award, and Asiana Airlines are clearly meeting and exceeding their customer’s expectations. This award represents a true recognition of the front-line product and service that Asiana Airlines is delivering to it’s customers, and the award slogan of ‘The Passenger’s Choice’ underlines the fact that Asiana Airlines are succeeding in satisfying the hardest critics – their users.”

Asiana Airlines President and CEO, Mr Young-Doo Yoon, said : “We would like to express our most heartfelt appreciation to our customers who voted us for Skytrax 2010 Airline of the Year Award. Asiana Airlines is extremely honored to be recognized as the world’s top airline by our customers and to be awarded our industry’s highly esteemed accolade from Skytrax. To be the winner of the 2010 Airline of the Year Award is even more special and holds greater meaning, as it is ‘The Passenger’s Choice’.”

The final top 10 places in the Airline of the Year were:

1.  Asiana Airlines
2.  Singapore Airlines
3.  Qatar Airways
4.  Cathay Pacific
5.  Air New Zealand
6.  Etihad Airways
7.  Qantas Airways
8.  Emirates
9.  Thai Airways
10. Malaysia Airlines

THE 2010 AWARDS SUMMARY IS LISTED BELOW:

Airline of the Year
WINNER: Asiana Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airline Worldwide
WINNER: Air Asia

Most Improved Airline
WINNER: Garuda Indonesia

Best Regional Airline
WINNER: Dragonair

Best Leisure / Charter Airline
WINNER: Thomson Airways

Best Cabin Staff
WINNER: Singapore Airlines

Best Inflight Entertainment
WINNER: Emirates

Best Airport Services
WINNER: Thai Airways

Best Economy Class
WINNER: Malaysia Airlines

Best Premium Economy Class
WINNER: Qantas

Best Business Class
WINNER: Qatar Airways

Best First Class
WINNER: Etihad Airways

Best Airline : Transatlantic
WINNER: Virgin Atlantic

Best Airline : Transpacific
WINNER: Cathay Pacific

Best Airline : Africa
WINNER: South African Airways

Best Airline : Asia
WINNER: Asiana Airlines

Best Airline : Australia/Pacific
WINNER: Air New Zealand

Best Airline : C America/Caribbean
WINNER: TACA Airlines

Best Airline : China
WINNER: Hainan Airlines

Best Airline : Eastern Europe
WINNER: Malev Hiungarian Airlines

Best Airline : Europe
WINNER: Lufthansa

Best Airline : India/Central Asia
WINNER: Kingfisher Airlines

Best Airline : Middle East
WINNER: Qatar Airways

Best Airline : North America
WINNER: Air Canada

Best Airline : Northern Europe
WINNER: Finnair

Best Airline : South America
WINNER: LAN Airlines

Best Airline : South East Asia
WINNER: Singapore Airlines

Best Airline : Southern Europe
WINNER: Turkish Airlines

Best Airline : Western Europe
WINNER: Lufthansa

Best Airline Alliance
WINNER: Oneworld Alliance

Best Airline Lounge – Business Class
WINNER: Virgin Atlantic

Best Airline Lounge – First Class
WINNER: Thai Airways

Best Airline Seat – Business Class
WINNER: Singapore Airlines

Best Airline Seat – Economy Class
WINNER: Kingfisher Airlines

Best Airline Seat – First Class
WINNER: Etihad Airways

Best Airline Seat – Premium Economy Class
WINNER: Qantas Airways

Best Low-Cost Airline Africa
WINNER: Kulula

Best Low-Cost Airline Asia
WINNER: Air Asia

Best Low-Cost Airline Australia/Pacific
WINNER: Virgin Blue

Best Low-Cost Airline Europe
WINNER: Air Berlin

Best Low-Cost Airline India
WINNER: IndiGo

Best Low-Cost Airline Middle East
WINNER: Air Arabia

Best Low-Cost Airline North America
WINNER: Virgin America

Best Low-Cost Airline South America
WINNER: GOL

Best Onboard Catering – Business Class
WINNER: Qatar Airways

Best Onboard Catering – Economy Class
WINNER: Turkish Airlines

Best Onboard Catering – First Class
WINNER: Etihad Airways

Staff Service Excellence Award – Africa
WINNER: South African Airways

Staff Service Excellence Award – Asia
WINNER: Malaysia Airlines

Staff Service Excellence Award – Australia/Pacific
WINNER: Air New Zealand

Staff Service Excellence Award – C America/Caribbean
WINNER: TACA Airlines

Staff Service Excellence Award – China
WINNER: Hainan Airlines

Staff Service Excellence Award – Europe
WINNER: Swiss Int’l Airlines

Staff Service Excellence Award – India/Central Asia
WINNER: Kingfisher Airlines

Staff Service Excellence Award – Middle East
WINNER: Qatar Airways

Staff Service Excellence Award – North America
WINNER: WestJet

Staff Service Excellence Award – South America
WINNER: LAN Airlines

Via Skytrax WorldAirlineAwards

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/2010-world-airline-award-winners/feed/ 8 Transat A.T. leases two wide-body jets from CIT Aerospace International http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/transat-a-t-leases-two-wide-body-jets-from-cit-aerospace-international/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/transat-a-t-leases-two-wide-body-jets-from-cit-aerospace-international/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:20:58 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=298 Tour operator Transat A.T. Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to lease two Airbus A330 wide-body jets from CIT Aerospace International.

The move is part of a fleet renewal program at the company’s charter airline division Air Transat, under which it is replacing older Airbus A310s.

Air Transat currently operates five of A330s, three more will be in operation by the end of 2010 and another in 2011, bringing the total of A330s to nine.

Terms of the lease were not disclosed.

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/transat-a-t-leases-two-wide-body-jets-from-cit-aerospace-international/feed/ 4 Check before you take off! http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/check-before-you-take-off/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/check-before-you-take-off/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:05:14 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=273 According to Google and Information is Beautiful, chances of actually dying in a plane crash are 11,000,000:1

How to reduce them?

Check the post of Information is Beautiful before you take off.
(Thanks @bduperrin for the info)

  • density of fatal accidents 1942-2009 by final destination
  • fatal accidents by aircraft type
  • ratio of fatal accidents to number of planes in services (the higher the better)
  • survival rate relative to seat position
  • months with the most fatal airlines accidents 1942-2009
  • fatal accidents by airlines
  • bad flights statistically speaking

Have a safe flight, and don’t forget: tweeting #boarding at the airport won’t make your flight safer but surely more interesting :-)

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/check-before-you-take-off/feed/ 3 The parisian metro takes to the skies! http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/the-parisian-metro-takes-to-the-skies/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/the-parisian-metro-takes-to-the-skies/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:58:56 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=268

The RATP (Paris transport system) is included in the entertainment programmes offered by Air France on board its Airbus A380. The maps of each transport network are available for download via the USB socket in each seat of the aircraft.

Air France chose the RATP as a partner to offer its passengers information which can be downloaded and which can help them prepare their trip into Paris and its suburbs by public transport on all bus, metro, train and tram networks.

Don’t waste time figuring it out on arrival, there’s so much to do in Paris :-)

via @AirFranceUS

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/the-parisian-metro-takes-to-the-skies/feed/ 4 [teleport Now!] Air France-KLM meets their shareholders in Second Life http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/teleport-now-air-france-klm-meets-their-shareholders-in-second-life/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/teleport-now-air-france-klm-meets-their-shareholders-in-second-life/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:19 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=263 In honor of Air France’s first Airbus A380, a space dedicated to the aircraft has been created in the Air France-KLM ‘Island in the Sky’ Second Life universe.

A380
Today, November 20, the day of the aircraft’s inaugural flight, visitors to this dedicated space as of 2 pm (CET) will have access to photographs, videos, a scale model and a speciallycreated Freebie.
At the Air France-KLM Island, visitors wishing to learn more about the Group can already access an interactive library containing the Group’s most recent financial publications, 3D information on the Air France-KLM stock price, a Corporate Social Responsibility space, a virtual auditorium, a ‘lounge’ where they can view corporate films, a room with information on the partnership with Alitalia, and the Air France Museum, with scale models and posters from Air France and KLM.
Check out this new space, dedicated to the largest civil aircraft in the world.

Via JeanRem

]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/teleport-now-air-france-klm-meets-their-shareholders-in-second-life/feed/ 3 Air Canada goes to real time http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/air-canada-goes-to-real-time/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/air-canada-goes-to-real-time/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:19:07 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=259 Air CanadaAfter Web signals last month, Air Canada releases today a free BlackBerry App,  kinda personal travel companion  that gives you real-time access to a wide-range of flight information :

MY FLIGHTS
Keep track of all your Air Canada flights from a single location.

MY MESSAGES
A single location for all your Flight Notifications that you have registered to and links to your Electronic Boarding Passes as they become available.

CHECK-IN
Access Air Canada Mobile Check-in to select your seat, retrieve your electronic boarding pass and more.

FIND FLIGHT
Find and track any Air Canada or Jazz flight by flight number or arrival and destination cities. Use your BlackBerry Menu button to add flights to My Flights, sign up to Flight Notification or Check-in.

MORE
Book flights using your Flight Pass, access convenient travels links and more.

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