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Sunday Video #58

Dan Webb — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:32:39 +0000

You’ve probably heard about the looming BA strike, and I really liked how the airline posted a video from CEO Willie Walsh about it, though it’s gotten less views that I would have expected. Anyway, it’s nice to see BA get ahead of this thing social media-wise:

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(Very Belated) Sunday Video #57

Dan Webb — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:14:25 +0000

I noticed I forgot to post a video on Sunday while I was trying to fix my laptop…so I’m posting it now! Here’s Continental’s most recent safety video for the 737-800/900 series, recently updated with new CEO Jeff Smisek. On a side note, who knew that Continental had an official YouTube channel?

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Anyway, expect a more substantial blog post later today on Republic’s CSeries order.

Sunday Video #56

Dan Webb — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:12:29 +0000

AirTran recently released this interesting video on their new themed planes on their official YouTube channel. Which makes me wonder – who knew that AirTran was even on YouTube?!

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Anyway, apparently AirTran takes its football seriously – CEO Bob Fornaro, whose airline sponsors the Colts, has entered a bet with Dave Barger, CEO of Jets-sponsor JetBlue.

Sunday Video #55

Dan Webb — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:37:42 +0000

The Rick Mercer Report had a hilarious segment on the new security procedures in place for Canadians flying to the United States:

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Sunday Video #54

Dan Webb — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:04:59 +0000

Air New Zealand unveiled some new uniforms last week that are to be introduced next year, and they’re already gotten some bad press. I noticed the following in Air New Zealand’s press release about them:

The collection has varying levels of formality, especially for cabin crew, one that provides a more formal look when travelling through airports and welcoming customers onboard, changing to a more casual and friendly style once in the air.

That line immediately made me think of this old Braniff ad – enjoy!

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(Late) Sunday Video #53

Dan Webb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:24:38 +0000

Somehow, I completely forgot to post a video yesterday! Anyway, some staff at Lisbon airport found a creative way to spread some Christmas cheer – take a look!

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Found via Flying with Fish.

Sunday Video #52

Dan Webb — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:20:38 +0000

I haven’t posted a safety video in awhile, so here’s one from Northwest from 1987:

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Sunday Video #51

Dan Webb — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:17:13 +0000

The 787 was undergoing taxi tests yesterday, and David Parker Brown has a great video of the high speed taxi test, where the aircraft’s nose gear was lifted off the ground. The 787 reached a speed of 150 mph during the test. It is scheduled to fly on Tuesday at 10 AM Pacific Time.

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Sunday Video #50

Dan Webb — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:55 +0000

Here’s a cool video of a Korean 747 being repainted into a special livery. Hat tip to my friend Chris!

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Sunday Video #49

Dan Webb — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:10:29 +0000

Well, I blogged about Virgin Atlantic’s new Gatwick lounge, and I noticed they also uploaded a YouTube video about it, so I figured it would be worth posting:

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