OPINION: Stop Comparing Boeing Starliner Astronauts to Airline Passengers Stranded on Holiday

Photo by Bob Hines/NASA – flickr.com, Public Domain A misconception has been circulating in news and on social media for weeks that the NASA astronauts who flew the Boeing Starliner -named Calypso- to the International Space Station are “stranded in space”. It’s easy to make comparisons with airline passengers stranded mid-itinerary in unfamiliar airport terminals.…

Indigo’s female passenger seat indicator!

Indigo makes it to CNN with its option to let female passengers know which all seats are taken by other female passengers. I first saw this in a tweet by Khabri Lal. Image is taken from the tweet Below is what I have understood from the news #1 The option to see which seat is…

WizzAir India launch: expectations, initial thoughts

WizzAir is a popular low cost airline in Europe. I’ve flown this airline from Athens to Budapest in 2023, Athens to Tirana in 2024. WizzAir flies to Middle East from Europe, so we do get cheap flights to Athens and Budapest from Abu Dabhi. It was possible to fly to Europe from India for about…

Kochi to Da Nang, Vietnam- 15k return, Aug 2024

Cheap tickets are available for Vietnam on VietJet Air COK-DAD, 15-16k return BOM-DAD, 17-18k return August is off season for Vietnam. Expect fair bit of rain- this is the main reason why tickets are cheap. You can check for other destinations . Vietjet is decent low cost airline based on Vietnam and they are operating flights…

On each Air India flight, 2-3 passengers lose their checked bag!

Recently a report listed Air India as the world’s worst airline when it comes to losing passenger’s checked in bags. Air India loses as many as 33000+ bags every month across its network. I was trying to calculate how many flights Air India operates per day. This information is NOT readily available online, so I…