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Travel tidbits from United, Alaska, SEA & R2D2

08/06/25

Tech glitch hits United Airlines Wednesday night Big headaches Wednesday night for United Airlines and its passengers due to a major system outage that led to widespread delays and ground stops across the country. The airline said the issue was related to a technology glitch. The issue was resolved late in the evening, but it →

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Plane paradise for Pokémon Fans

06/27/23

More Pokeman characters are taking to the skies thanks to the Pokémon Company’s “Pokémon Air Adventures” partnership with a variety of airlines to decorate planes with Pokémon characters – inside and out. All Nippon Airways (ANA) launched a Pikachu Jet NH on June 4, 2023 and will be launching a second Pokémon themed plane, the →

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ANA’s 1st A380 looks like a turtle

12/14/18

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is celebrating the rollout of its first Airbus A380 from the Airbus Paintshop in Hamburg, Germany. And the plane is pretty darn cute. The new plane sports a paint job featuring the Hawaiian green sea turtle, known as “Honu.” The turtle not only makes a cute livery, it has special meaning: →

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Painted planes: a sea turtle for ANA; Bad Badtz-Maru for Eva Air

03/07/17

Two fun new painted planes to look for in the skies: ANA's A380 painted like a sea turtle and EVA Air's newest plane with a Sanrio character. →

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ANA’s app for anxious airline passengers

12/11/14

Anxious about flying? ANA (All Nippon Airways) has an app for you. Released just in time for the holidays, when people find flying even more stressful than usual, the ‘ANA Takeoff Mode’ app offers fliers a simple, distracting puzzle (users must maneuver a ball on screen to collect points), along with relaxing music. Designed to →

New favorite airline amenity: ANA aroma cards

10/21/10

I’m joining ANA – All Nippon Airways – in Tokyo for two days (yes, just two days!) for the opening of the new International Terminal at Haneda Airport. I’ll have lots to share shortly about the planetarium and other intriguing amenities at this new terminal, but in the meantime I wanted to share my favorite →

Ladies-only lavs on All Nippon Airways

02/24/10

When I toured one of Boeing’s test 787 Dreamliner planes recently, I was pleased to see that the lavatories feature touchless faucets and flushers, as well as a nifty feature that automatically puts down the toilet seat lid. (Photo by Jerome Tso) And back in November, 2009, I was intrigued by the news from ANA →

(ANA) All Nippon Airways’ flush-before-you-fly program.

10/09/09

I was pretty sure the story about ANA (All Nippon Airways) asking passengers to pee before boarding – to help lighten the airplane’s, uh, load – was an offhand joke that went viral. Especially when I couldn’t find anything about the campaign on the airline’s Web site. But that was just because I can’t read →

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