LAN Airlines has become the latest carrier to receive delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline has received the first of the 32 aircraft it has ordered at a ceremony at Boeing HQ near Seattle. The airline has configured
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Flying Etiquette 101
Some of us are blessed with fantastic seatmates when flying. I however have the worst luck and always seem to end up next to the nose-picking bogan with an odour problem. It got me thinking. Maybe some of these classless acts need to
Editorial: Flamboyant Cabin Crew – Yay or Nay?
Flamboyant cabin crew. We’ve all met them and most of us have formed an opinion about them. Those who have the strongest opinions usually travel in the premium cabins, where customer expectations of crew are higher and where cabin crew
Plane Porn: Qatar’s sexy 787 at Farnborough
Check out this video from the 2012 Farnborough Air Show where Qatar’s new 787 is put through its paces. It really is incredible to see an aircraft pushed to its limits and Qatar’s 787 is quite the sight. Qatar also
Airlines of the Middle East: Qatar Airways
The past decade has heralded a transformation in air travel – the rise of Middle Eastern airlines has been an extraordinary story of rapid growth and expansion. Many of these airlines have revolutionised in-flight service and defined “best in class”
Grotty flying habits: Feet in the cabin (Photos)
Sitting in one spot for 16 hours can be excruciatingly hideous especially if your flying in economy. Your body contorts to angles that you may have not thought possible. You do what you need to do to get a few
Whingers of the week
In this new weekly column, we bring you the internet’s top whingers of the week. Find out what’s pissed off travellers here on FlymeFunky…. AA is the worst I won’t get into my story in detail, all I can say
Whingers of the Week
In this new weekly column, we bring you the internet’s top whingers of the week. Find out what’s pissed off travellers here on FlymeFunky…. Mel to Syd @ 7:00am on Saturday – JASA. Well this was my most eventful flight
Funky Sleeps: Aircraft Hotels
For most travellers an aircraft is just a way to get to a destination. When a aircraft gets retired it’s sent to a desert graveyard to be stripped down or await a call back to service. Some aircraft however get a
Cabin details released for Qatar Airways new 787 Dreamliner
Qatar Airways have released details on the redesigned Business and Economy seats that will be available on the airlines new 787′s due to arrive this year – in fact Qatar will receive five of the Dreamliner aircraft in 2012. The
Japan Airlines to receive first 787 Dreamliner
Japan Airlines (JAL) announced yesterday that they are scheduled to take official delivery of their first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on Sunday, with a delivery ceremony and departure from Seattle the following day. JAL has announced the first flight will be
