We’ll be hearing about this in March if it actually happens (“The giveaway is set to start in April if it receives final government approval in March.”): Japan may give away 10,000 flights.
Over in Australia, Jetstar Airlines is being investigated because of claims that a pilot was text-messaging while landing a plane, and because they were distracted they were forced to abort a landing attempt at an airport in Singapore.
Read the article, Pilot ‘texting during landing’, here.
Had a bad time flying on Air Nippon? Something go wrong traveling on this Japanese airline? Share your story of woe here.
This video’s a simulation of world-wide air traffic patterns over 24 hours:
(via MapRoom)
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