Air Travel – Fusion Nepal

Air Travel American Airlines Boeing Cancellations southwest

Flight on Southwest or American? Make sure it wasn’t on a Boeing 737 Max.

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

The FAA may have just messed up your travel plans.

On Wednesday, the agency announced that it’s grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 airplanes after two fatal crashes in the last five months. The two airlines with the most Boeing 737 Max 8 planes? Southwest with 34 and American Airlines with 24.

The Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday prompted the groundings. Just a few months before in October, the same type of plane crashed in Indonesia.

As President Donald Trump made the announcement Wednesday, more than a dozen flights on the affected planes were mid-trip. They will be allowed to land at their final destinations, but once on the ground they have been ordered to stay there as part of the temporary grounding order. Read more…

More about Air Travel, Boeing, American Airlines, Southwest, and Cancellations

Air Travel Airbnb Andrew Swain Blackbird California ceo Chief Operating Officer Ebay Francoise Brougher Google Lyft new enterprise associates pilot Pinterest Songs tahoe TC Transportation Vice President

Flight-hailing startup Blackbird raises $10 million to replace driving with flying

sudshr47 March 12, 2019

The origin story of Blackbird, a startup that links travelers to planes and commercial pilots through an app, didn’t begin with air travel. It was prompted by car sickness. Blackbird CEO and founder Rudd Davis, who was getting his pilot’s license at the time, asked his flight instructor if he would fly his family to […]

Air Travel Airbus Aircraft Asset Management Atomico Audi Aviation Banking brazil Co-founder Daimler electric aircraft Embraer executive finance head Lilium London niklas zennstrom Obvious Ventures paris Series A Skype TC Tencent Uber Vice President Volocopter

Electric flying taxi service Lilium poaches key hires from Audi, Airbus

sudshr47 November 8, 2018

Lilium, the developer of a new, electric, vertical take-off and landing vehicle for a novel flying taxi service, has poached some pretty big former executives from Airbus and Audi as it builds out its technology and gets ready to bring its service to market. Mirko Reuter, the former head of automated driving at Audi, has […]

Air Travel Airplane Tech

This flight-sharing service is like Uber Pool for private planes

sudshr47 August 15, 2018 Startups

No shoes were removed, no toiletries put into separate clear bags, and there was no need to arrive two hours before the flight.

As part of flight-sharing app Blackbird’s media flight, we walked right onto the tarmac to the door of our plane at the small but busy San Carlos Airport. San Francisco International is just 10 miles away, but this tiny airport would end up being much more efficient for a quick jaunt down the California coast.

We then climbed aboard a Pilatus PC-12, a pretty luxurious single-engine turboprop plane. For startup Blackbird’s newest service, dubbed Hitch, passengers fly on smaller private airplanes, splitting the cost of travel (that’s oil and fuel costs and any airport and rental fees) with the pilot and any passengers. We were flying fewer than 100 miles south and back for a day trip to show how smooth and simple this could all be, if only people could accept flying as a normal — instead of extravagant — travel option. Read more…

More about Startups, Airplane, Air Travel, Tech, and Startups

Air Travel Airbus Aircraft Aston Martin Audi carsharing commuting Dubai EHang Los Angeles rolls-royce TC Texas transport Uber university of texas utah Vtol

UberAIR to take flight with help from UT Austin and U.S. Army Research Labs

sudshr47 August 9, 2018

After three months of discussions, Uber Elevate has selected The University of Texas at Austin as its partner alongside the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop new rotor technology for vehicles that the company will use in its uberAIR flying taxi network. The news is the latest step in Uber’s plans to get demonstration flights […]

Air Travel Apps And Software Lyft Ride Hailing Apps Southwest Airlines

Lyft rides ordered through the Southwest app won’t earn you miles, sorry

sudshr47 July 27, 2018

Southwest and ride-hailing app Lyft inked a deal last month, but after the airline put out an email Friday about the partnership, people seemed confused about what it entails.

Instead of a mile-earning opportunity, the partnership just means you can order Lyft rides in the Southwest mobile app — if you keep location services on.

So @SouthwestAir and @lyft have a partnership does this mean my Lyft rides earn me Southwest points?!? CC: @AskLyft

— Robert Sirchia (@robertsirc) July 27, 2018

Southwest partnered with Lyft, how lit now I get skymiles from delta and rapid rewards w SW!!

— Gwen Stacy (@thotpagnemami) July 27, 2018 Read more…

More about Air Travel, Lyft, Ride Hailing Apps, Apps And Software, and Southwest Airlines

Air Travel Lifestyle Mashable Shopping Transportation travel

How to find the best price for international flights

sudshr47 July 13, 2018

Pinning down the exact right time to buy a flight is a complex science, or maybe it’s more like an art form: An elegant combination of planning ahead, sensing the trends, and knowing the ideal time, day, and alignment of the planets to hit “buy.” Or is it more like gambling?

The truth is that the right time to get those tickets varies greatly depending on a number of factors. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some tips, tricks and general know-how that won’t make it easier.

1. Search in “private mode.”

As with most flight-buying strategies, there is some controversy as to whether using incognito mode to search for flights is actually an effective money-saving tactic. But if there’s a chance there’s validity to it, why not give it a shot, right? The theory is that online travel agencies and booking sites (like Expedia, Hotwire, or Kayak) use cookies to track your search history, and therefore might jack up the price on tickets they know you’re planning to buy. Research on the subject has been largely inconclusive, but a large part of buying plane tickets is knowing you’ve done everything possible to keep costs down. Read more…

More about Travel, Air Travel, Mashable Shopping, Lifestyle, and Transportation

Air Travel Boeing Hypersonic Hypersonic Aircraft Mach 5

Boeing’s hypersonic concept jet could fly from NYC to London in 2 hours. Eventually, that is.

sudshr47 June 27, 2018

A passenger jet flying at hypersonic speeds could revolutionize air travel by cutting down a transatlantic flight from New York to London from seven hours to two.

Er, theoretically, that is.

Boeing is still trying to figure out how any of this will all actually happen, but the aircraft manufacturing company does have its eye on a launch date. If the company has its way, it’ll get these hypersonic jets in the air in about 20 to 30 years from now — which, coincidentally, is about as long as every layover in Chicago O’Hare feels.

Boeing’s fast-flying plane “debuted” at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Atlanta on Wednesday. It’s the latest development of a vision that the company’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg first shared with the world back in February. Read more…

More about Air Travel, Boeing, Hypersonic Aircraft, Hypersonic, and Mach 5

Air Travel Airplanes Jetblue Seats Tech

JetBlue subtly renovates its A320 planes with wider, plushier seats, bigger hi-def TVs

sudshr47 May 2, 2018

JetBlue’s Airbus A320 has a new look — and while it’s not flashy or super badass, passengers should appreciate some upgraded features with better seats and more in-flight tech options.

JetBlue’s first restyled plane went into service Wednesday on a flight from Boston to Bermuda. That flight saw some of the new features that will eventually make it onto the aircrafts in the coming years. In the seating department JetBlue’s making these and more changes:

wider seats at 18 inches
cushier cushions
adjustable headrests
contoured seat backs
two plugs on every seat Read more…

More about Jetblue, Air Travel, Airplanes, Seats, and Tech

Air Travel American Airlines Delta Airlines Movies United Airlines

The best movies coming to your flights in May

sudshr47 May 1, 2018

Flying sucks. Lucky for us, lots of airplanes come with in-flight entertainment to keep us all distracted.
Movies come and go from all the major airlines and it may keep you at ease to know what exactly is going to be offered on your upcoming flight….

Air Travel Electric Plane Mena Middle East Wright Electric

Aircraft startup Wright Electric wants to use electric planes for flights in the Middle East

sudshr47 April 16, 2018

Electric aircraft startup Wright Electric aims to carry passengers on battery-powered flights within the next 20 years. Now, business travelers in the Middle East may soon be able to partake in the company’s aggressive flight plans.

Flight support company Jetex recently announced a new partnership with Los Angeles-based Wright Electric. The companies have committed to flying electric private planes on short 300-mile or shorter trips from cities like Dubai, Muscat, Malaga, and Casablanca — all on a single charge.

The only catch: The first such flight may be as far as 10 years away.

More about Air Travel, Middle East, Mena, Wright Electric, and Electric Plane

Air Travel Aircraft Nasa Science Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-Plane is designed to fly at supersonic speeds without the sonic boom

sudshr47 April 3, 2018

NASA wants to prove that it can fly a plane faster than the speed of sound without blasting American neighborhoods below with sonic booms.
Previously, commercial supersonic travel had been limited to the Atlantic Ocean, where people wouldn’t be…

Fusion Nepal

Category: Air Travel