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Month: December 2022

Travel Agency

Travel Agency

Travel AgentA Raleigh, North Carolina, tv information program celebrated National Travel Agent Day by making the case for the value journey agents provide over do-it-yourself travel websites.

Traveling is as private and individual as anything else involving choice. Luckily, as talked about earlier than, there’s something for everyone. Regardless of taste, preferences and finances, there may be normally a option to get to the place you want to go that can make a vacation particularly memorable. But, there’s a new kid on the block and that new child is the internet (World Wide Web). You might say that the use of the web to rearrange travel services is a special type of travel agent, or journey agency relying in your view. Wilson opened her phase by stating how there are dozens and dozens” of websites that consumers can visit, from packaged excursions to luxury travel. If you’ll be able to name … Read more

It’s All Travel) : AirlineReporter

It’s All Travel) : AirlineReporter

A young kiddo wearing a santa hat and rides an airplane rocking horse and poses next to a christmas tree topped with a captain's hat.
An enthusiastic Jr. AvGeek is ready for the holidays – Photo: JL Johnson

Every year I’m told that folks like me are hard to shop for. This is surprising since a big part of the whole “AvGeek thing” is travel. So if you’re in a rush, or you’ve been sent this article by the plane nerd in your family, it’s quite simple: Travel.

Travel is the best gift you can give an AvGeek. That’s it. But don’t take it just from me. Numerous studies conclude that money spent on experiences has a bigger impact on happiness than money spent on physical things.

“Create memories, not clutter.”

Marie Kondo (probably, sounds like something she’d say)

Before folks run to the comments, travel doesn’t have to be expensive. With a gift card of whatever value to someone’s airline of choice, or a contribution towards an experience (like those below), I am

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Air France Returns to Newark

Air France Returns to Newark

This past week, after a decade-long pause, Air France returned to Newark Liberty International Airport. The service is operated by a Boeing 777-200ER, a staple of the airline’s long-haul fleet. Passengers and higher-ups from both the airline and airport celebrated the occasion with plenty of fanfare, including speeches, a ribbon cutting, and cake.

Air France already operates multiple flights into New York through JFK, so the focus here is really on the parts of the tri-state area — like New Jersey and Staten Island — that are closer to Newark. As someone who grew up in central Jersey I can attest to that convenience advantage. Newark’s outdated terminals catch flak from some travelers, but like LaGuardia and JFK, EWR already launched a massive project to improve its ground game.

Air France 777

JFK is a SkyTeam stronghold thanks to Delta, but Newark has fewer connections with Air

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Alaska Airlines to the MAX!

Alaska Airlines to the MAX!

Yay 737 Max! Boo gate with bad view.

When I fly for personal reasons, I will often think of a possible story angle before my flight. Sometimes I find one, sometimes I do not. During a recent trip from Seattle (SEA) to Houston (IAH), I flew on an Alaska Airlines 737. I thought what possible story angle could I come up with that could be unique when I am flying another Alaska 737 out of Seattle? I figured that this would just be a flight that I would enjoy and no story to be told (which is not always a bad thing).

As I sat at the gate, waiting to board, I looked at my flight details. Yes, I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I did not take a closer look at what aircraft I was flying on earlier, but that allowed me to have a nice little

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Exclusive: PlaneSpotting in Casablanca with Royal Air Maroc

Exclusive: PlaneSpotting in Casablanca with Royal Air Maroc

Three Royal Air Maroc Boeings caught while PlaneSpotting in Casablanca. Note the Mohammad V Airport sign in the background.
Three Royal Air Maroc Boeings caught while PlaneSpotting in Casablanca. Note the Mohammed V Airport sign atop the terminal in the background.




Last month I found myself with a full-day layover in Casablanca, Morocco. I was on my way to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to cover Royal Air Maroc’s oneworld celebration. My flight from JFK arrived mid-morning and the ABJ flight wouldn’t depart until late evening. Armed with this knowledge, I had a jam-packed, prearranged agenda which included PlaneSpotting in Casablanca. For a relatively small airline like RAM, this was a chance to see all of the airline’s fleet types in the same place at the same time. Exciting!




PlaneSpotting in Casablanca, up close and air-side




A RAM 787-9.
CN-RGY, the 787-9 which brought me to Casablanca from New York




They take

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