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A tasty tour of airline history, in 7 courses

02/23/26

150 curious and adventurous foodies and avgeeks gathered at Loyal Legion Beer Hall in Portland International Airport (PDX) over the weekend for a tasty event billed as “The Greatest Airline Meals of the 20th Century.“ Many of the diners had flown across country for the evening and had tickets booked to fly home the next →

airline food

Leap Year Flight Deal + Eclipse Flight Contest

02/28/24

How to see the eclipse from a Southwest Airlines flight Much of the United States will be able to see a total or partial eclipse on April 8, 2024. But wouldn’t it be great to see the eclipse from the air? Some lucky ducks will get that opportunity. Including the winners of a “Solarbration” sweepstakes →

Contests

Qantas has a fun new safety video

02/25/20

Qantas Airways is celebrating its 100th anniversary with some classic throwback action. First up is this new in-flight safety video featuring ‘80s mullets, ‘70s moustaches, 1940s flying boats and 1920s propeller aircraft. The safety video briefing features modern-day Qantas crew members in carefully recreated historical settings onboard aircraft and in airport terminals. Qantas has also put together an →

Think your last flight was long? Check out this Qantas flight

10/20/19

The next time you feel antsy on a long flight, think about how much longer your flight could be. Qantas just took a big step closer to creating a regular non-stop commercial flight that will last 20 hours. Over the weekend, Qantas operated a special flight from New York to Sydney that spent 19 hours →

Airlines

Face it: Sydney Airport & Qantas testing facial recognition

07/05/18

Sydney Airport and Qantas Airways are jumping on the facial recognition bandwagon. →

Bioemetrics

Qantas surveying passengers about sleeping bunks and exercise zones

06/26/18

Qantas is asking about 12,000 of its frequent flyers to take a surey about some of the features and amenities they might like on planned ultra-long haul flights. Sleeping bunks and exercise zones sound great. But a creche? I had to look that up. →

Flights

Sydney, Australia is full of clowns

05/29/18

Turns out Sydney, Australia is full of clowns. →

Fun Stuff

Greetings from Sydney, Australia

05/28/18

Greetings from Sydney, Australia. Sharing from snaps from the Vivid Sydney festival underway. →

Events

Fun new flights!

03/26/18

Three new flights kicked off over the weekend that I wish I'd been on. One was a historic flight from Perth, Australia to London that lasted over 17 hours. →

Flights

New safety video for Qantas + preview of PDX new gates

02/02/18

Happy Friday. Here are two short videos to start off the weekend, including a pretty new safety video from Qantas. →

Safety videos

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