TAP Air Portugal is a Lisbon-based airline that has its roots in 1946 when it operated its first flight from Lisbon to Madrid. Now, it serves more than 80 destinations in more than 30 countries throughout Europe, Africa, North America and South America. TAP operates direct flights from Humb...
B-LQA, a brand new A350-900, is the centre of attention today, providing a memorable backdrop for a fortunate group of VIPs assembled to welcome the new aircraft. This group includes nine of the airline’s most frequent flyers and their companions, who are being thanked fo...
By total area, Beijing Daxing International Airport is the sixth-largest in the world. However, PKX tops the charts by another metric: terminal size. All told, its terminal space is 7.5 million square feet (696,773 square meters). It has a star-shaped design to aid some inter-airline con...
To be useful, that predictive model is then deployed—either in a production IT environment feeding a real-time transactional or IT system such as an e-commerce site or to an embedded device—a sensor, a controller, or a smart system in the real-world such as an autonomous vehicle. Applyi...
American is the dominant carrier at its home airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, and also operates hubs in Charlotte, Chicago-O’Hare, Los Angeles, Miami, New York (LaGuardia and JFK), Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington-National. Today, the airline operates thousands of flights every day, serving ...
A merchant category code (MCC) is a four-digit number that credit card companies and other financial institutions use to classify a business by the type of goods or services it provides. They’re also used to set interchange rates, determine rewards points for customers in loyalty programmes, ...
Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) is an old international trade term indicating that the seller is responsible for the safe delivery of goods to a named destination, paying all transportation expenses, and assuming all risks during transport. Once the goods arrive at the agreed-upon location, the buyer...
Similarly, Orlando uses the code MCO, not because it serves flights to Mickey Mouse’s door-step, but from it’s origins as McCoy Air Force Base prior to becoming the gateway to the happiest place on earth. Frustration here is evidenced by people informally referring to MCO as OIA instead...
What is Awkward Cargo? The term Awkward Cargo refers to items that are difficult to handle, transport, or store due to their size, shape, weight, or other unusual characteristics. This type of cargo poses unique challenges in logistics and shipping, requiring specialized equipment, handling ...
When Nutt does fly today, she marvels at how different the traveling experience is, and how the role of a flight attendant has developed. “Back in the day, there was the image of glamor – that played a major role in air transportation back in the ’60s and ‘70s and before,” she...