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28/12/2009 – Dear Secretary Napolitano Can You Tell Me How The System Worked? In the wake of the Christmas Day terrorist attempted on Delta Air Lines Flight 253 (NW253), operated by Northwest Airlines by Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab I have been closely watching the statements by Secretary Janet Napolitano of the US Department of [...]

27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 Following the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on Delta Air Lines Flight 253, operated by Northwest Airlines, from Amsterdam to Detroit, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a series of security measures in reaction to the incident. Earlier today I wrote [...]

27/12/2009 – Northwest Airlines Flight 253 : Myths & Facts There are many myths regarding Delta Air Lines Flight 253 (NW253), Operated by Northwest Airlines and the events of the day that lead to Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab igniting an incendiary device on-board the flight, on the 25th of December. While it is difficult [...]

26/12/2009 – US Travel Security Changes That Do Little To Provide Any Security As of today new security procedures are in place for all international flights headed to the United States…but due these new procedures offer us any additional security? On Christmas Day 23 year old Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly set off an [...]

25/12/2009 -TAP Air Portugal’s Staff Flash Mob Spreads Holiday Cheer Can the ‘Holiday Spirit’ transform an airport from a vast impersonal space into a vibrant and humanized travel experience? It would seem that the the staff of TAP Air Portugal and Aeroports de Portugal at Lisbon Portela Airport managed to catch their passengers by surprise [...]

25/12/2009 – A Red & Blue DC-10 Arrived Wrapped In UPS Brown Its Christmas Day, and while today might not be ‘my holiday,’ it seems like a good time to write about what I received this year, just before starting work on KLM’s Blog…considering I only had one item on my Holiday Gift List, which [...]

24/12/2009 – iPhone App Of The Week : PreFlight What is the Number 1 travel question I get from my Mom? “Is there a delay?” OK granted, my Mom is probably not the primary readership of Flying With Fish, she certainly isn’t the target audience of Flying With Fish and my Mom does not have [...]

24/12/2008 – Live Santa Satellite Tracking…clear the air space…Santa is on his way It is that time of the year again, ChristmasEve. Tonight is the night when the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) stops tracking aircraft, satellites and everything else in the sky to focus on one single target…Santa Clause and his team of [...]

22/12/2009 – Free Custom Luggage Tags from KLM While I am working with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to build their blog I do not plan on producing much day-to-day cross over posts. I’d like to keep the content separate…however how can I resist cross posting the free luggage tag offer? If you travel you probably [...]

22/12/2009 – Flying With Fish Builds blog.KLM.com Over the past few days I have been distracted from Flying With Fish to undertake the creation of an entirely new blog.   This new blog is not mine…well it is mine for the next few weeks…the blog is that of the largest airline in Europe and the fifth [...]