Weekly Roundup Friday 19 April 2013
Good morning Today is day 94 of the 787’s grounding. The rumor mills are starting to obligingly circulate the story that FAA approval for the 787 to be returned to service is expected next week. […]
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Weekly Roundup Friday 12 April 2013
Good morning From the sublime to the ridiculous. Last week’s lovely picture of a Boeing 314 flying boat has been replaced this week by Sir Richard Branson’s latest publicity stunt – the revealing of his
Rechargeable Batteries – Now A Viable Alternative for All Battery Applications
If you’re still buying single-use batteries, one or two at a time (or even several dozen at a time), and throwing them away as each one is depleted, you’re still living way back in the
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Weekly Roundup Friday 5 April 2013
Good morning Today is day 80 of the 787 grounding. Will we get to 100 days? Boeing has become strangely coy on when it expects the plane to return to service, although it seems likely
Growing Support for Weight Based Fares
The Travel Insider has just released the results of its updated Weight Based Fare survey. Earlier, in June 2008, a survey of Travel Insider readers showed little or no support for the concept of charging
Weekly Roundup Friday 29 March 2013
Good morning Today is day 73 of the 787 grounding. Boeing conducted a test flight this week, and being as how the short two hour flight saw the plane safely return back to Paine Field
Single Supplement Scourge Can Not Escape Unavoidable Arithmetical Logic
Every so often, a travel writer/journalist who is contracted to write a regular column on travel topics finds themselves short of creative ideas and staring at a deadline. So they reach back into their pile
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Nearly Last Chance for This Year’s Christmas Cruise
This is a quick note, out of the usual Friday schedule, to ensure you don’t miss out on this year’s wonderful Christmas Markets Cruise opportunity – our special 40% discount is due to expire on
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Weekly Roundup Friday 22 March 2013
Good morning Welcome to spring, a spring which saw almost a snowfall here in the Seattle area on Thursday, after a snow-less winter. But I’m once more pushing my mower around the lawn on a
The Future of High End Smartphones 2013 – 2014
Last week saw the announcement of market leader Samsung’s new high-end Galaxy S4 phone (analyzed here), due to go on sale at the end of April. In the short while prior to that, both HTC
Boeing’s Bizarre (Non)Testing Schedule for the 787 Battery
Imagine you are Michael P Huerta, head of the FAA. Boeing comes to you and says ‘Well, we don’t yet know what caused the two battery fires that we earlier promised you were impossible and
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Weekly Roundup Friday 15 March 2013
Good morning Today is day 59 of the 787 grounding. But this week saw the FAA give Boeing approval to proceed to test and confirm the validity of its ‘fire box’ fix; assuming nothing untoward
