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I flew Air India only once - Frankfurt to Chicago, on August 29th 2005. It was a horrible flight: the plane literally stunk, the service was ridiculous, and I felt like we were being treated like cattle. But one single experience usually is not enough to place an airline on my very personal black list, so I dropped the issue for lack of further data. Today, though, the data -although not first hand- has arrived. An important input, which I read on today’s online version of the italian newspap

We got two good news items this week for Canadians who travel to Panama regularly like myself. The first one was that Continental Airlines is joining Star Alliance. This means that will be able to buy connecting flights between Air Canada and Continental, opening up many new possibilities for flying to Panama. This also means that we will finally be able to collect or use Aeroplan points to travel to Panama, given that I have nearly 1 million Aeroplan points, this is great news for me. Now it

It happens. Often.      Why? We just secured an interview with Ori Brafman, co-author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (Doubleday Business, 2008), to discuss our Dark Side (well, he calls it "different hidden forces" and "psychological undercurrents"). While reading some reviews about his book, I particularly enjoyed finding, after the usual impressive long collection of endorsements, this "disclaimer": *DISCLAIMER: If you decide to buy this book because of these endor

You Can Now Fly Between Mainland China and Taiwan I figured I’d go for two Asia stories in a row, especially after I saw this one in the news yesterday. It looks like Mainland China and Taiwan have finally come to an agreement to allow flights between the two countries. This is long overdue, to say the least. I’m guessing that many of you don’t know the deal here, so let me explain. It’s no surprise, of course, that Mainland China and Taiwan aren’t exactly the best of friends. I won’t get

Creeping Shariah Filed under: Religion, Islam, Absurd or Outrageous — Toni @ 7:05 am Europe is slowly bowing to the law of Shariah, allowing Muslims to drive their culture and laws. It’s happening in the U.S. on so many different levels. Just think about this one, a passenger is moved on a KLM flight because the Muslim woman sitting next to him complains that he isn’t a relative so he can’t be seated next to her! Man sitting next to woman causes crisis – Vatan A crisis broke out when a

With today’s slowly diminishing energy resources, people have already been getting more and more concerned and therefore are conducting researches especially on biofuel. Algae are looked at these days as something that might just save humanity from this predicament. Though the chances for the plant to really move from test tubes to barrels are slim, there are definitely a lot of good reasons why it should be put to real rest. First, algae thrives in fresh water, salt water or sewage and it do

pbo31 via FlickrDutch airline company KLM is now offering return flights to China for €499, following similar moves by competitors Finair and Lufthansa, supporting my earlier assumption that visa problems are hurtining international travel to China. The price drop comes at the time when oil prices are on records' heights, suggesting rather higher prices than lower ones. Chinese airlines have already started to reduce their flights, US airlines have delayed the expansion of their new flights to C

The High Price of “Free” Trade Written by JollyRoger on June 2, 2008 – 9:31 am - What has over 3 decades of “free” trade gotten us? For the US, the answer is easy; we’ve got a gutted commons. We don’t make most of the consumer goods we buy these days, meaning that even if you want to “buy American,” you can’t do it anymore. Thanks to patriotic corporations like Mao-Mart, even manufacturers that wanted to hang on in America were forced to relocate their operations to China, or face going out

Worried about the impact of rising oil prices on your holiday travel? Well, here's an interesting new idea. The French-Dutch airline AirFrance-KLM has reportedly entered an agreement with Dutch technology company, AlgaeLink, to explore the development of jet fuel from algae oil. AlgaeLink says it is cultivating algae in the Netherlands and Spain. It hopes to start delivering algae-derived oil to KLM by the end of 2008. It's not a wierd as it may seem. Another New Zealand company, Aquaflo

In these times when everyone (rightly) bitches about the state of the domestic civil aviation industry, calls to bring back the glory days of airline regulation grow louder and louder. As bad as things have gotten, it's hard to see it happening, but who knows? What did airline regulation bring us that was good? Higher prices, yes, but sustained profitability too! Oh and because there were very few opportunities to compete, companies competed on whose stewardesses dressed the sexiest. But ever

Friends, Fun and Fashion: Sex and the City Movie Review - Film Crunch New York Magazine Friends, Fun and Fashion: Sex and the City Movie Review Film Crunch, WA - 19 hours ago The tickets to the show were sitting securely in my purse. I could almost feel an electric buzz in the air as I thought to myself, in just a few hours I’ll … Sex, the city and our local gals The Times NY women make "Sex and the City" opening-night scene Reuters 'Sex and the City' hits the Port Portsmouth Herald News

Before I get into t the posts about Uganda, I figured I’d say a few things about the flight here. My flight was fairly uneventful as flights go. No real problems at all, just a lot of sitting in the same seat for about 24 hours punctuated by brief stints in various airports. For those not familiar with the Dicker philosophy of flying, my family tends to get to the airport with enough time to go back to the house, unpack the suitcase, watch the previous night’s Daily Show rerun, have breakfast