Monthly Archives: December 2009

British Airways crew dig the hole even deeper

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on December 20, 2009. Filed under Industry musings. Tagged , , . View Comments.
British Airways
Its hard to look anywhere these days without hearing about the British Airways strike. I was very reluctant to write yet another post about something that’s been covered to death in both mainstream media as well as in the blogesphere, but now that the strike as been called off I feel I can add my [...]

Do we expect too much from low cost airlines?

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on December 13, 2009. Filed under Industry musings, Travel Media. Tagged , , . View Comments.
jetstar
It seems low cost carrier Jetstar has been in the media quite a bit in the past few weeks. The stories have mainly revolved around Jetstars policies and their implementation without exception to circumstance. The first issue involved wheelchairs and their use within the airport. If you haven’t had a chance to read the story [...]

Project Wander reviews Vtravelled.com, Virgins travel community

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on December 9, 2009. Filed under Industry musings, Technology, Travel Media. Tagged , , , . View Comments.
vtravelled
Just when you thought there couldn’t be another trip planing tool on the market, out comes Virgin with VTravelled.com.To be fair, VTravelled is more than just a trip organizer; the site has articles, photos and destination tips all submitted by fellow users (VTravellers). The first thing you will notice about the site is the design, [...]

“Plane Stupid” offer aviation industry nothing but complaints

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on December 3, 2009. Filed under EcoTourism, Industry musings, Travel Media. Tagged , , , . View Comments.
planes
PlaneStupid.com, a UK website with the tagline, “Bringing the aviation industry back down to earth” caught my eye the other day with their new ad. The ad (See below) features hundreds of polar bears falling violently to earth; an attempt to give passengers a physical representation of their greenhouse gas production per flight. This is [...]

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