United Airlines offer its own monthly and annualsubscription plansstarting at $49 that provide access across its multiple Wi-Fi providers. Passengers can opt for a North and Central America subscription or a global subscription. iPass Subscriptions iPass provides access to millions of Wi-Fi hotspots ...
Before each flight, the flight crew reviews safety measures with passengers. Photo courtesy Southwest Airlines Co. To deal with all of these duties, a flight attendant must possess certain abilities and personality traits. Airlines look for friendly people who can memorize a lot of information and...
American Airlines also seems to be testing out free Wi-Fi on many of its aircraft that are equipped with Viasat — as part of an ongoing trial, passengers who opt to watch a sponsored video can access 30 minutes of Wi-Fi free of charge. Other U.S.-based carriers, such as Alaska Airl...
New Zealand is a relatively small country and getting around is easy, with some form of public transport going to many destinations, though sometimes limited to one service per day. There are still some places that are hard to access, yet all of these can be reached with will, flexibility ...
That means you can trade-up on four individual one-way flights, or could take a trip with a partner, colleague or even your boss and upgrade both of you to more comfortable surroundings in business class for the return journey. For two passengers taking a return trip together, you’d use...
Gross Vehicle Weight or GVW, is the car’s curb weight plus passengers, optional or extra equipment, and cargo. This may also be called total weight. Payload: Payload is related to the vehicle’s GVW and means the maximum amount of weight that the car can safely hold in addition to the...
We argue that in many respects, the current designs fall short of best practice and have the potential to confuse the driver. This can lead to a mismatch between the operation of the automation in the light of the current external situation and the driver’s awareness of how well the ...
Well, luckily, that giant cloud of white smoke on the launch pad is not actually smoke at all, it is almost entirely a giant cloud of steam. That is because many rockets and their launch pads utilize a water deluge/sound suppression system to not only keep the launch pad intact, but al...
The airline world may be an ever-changing industry with airlines coming and going, but nothing has affected the Japanese aviation market more than the development of low-cost carriers. While incredibly prevalent today, many forget is how recent of a phen