cloudtravelWanderlust and heavenly advice for travelers.Unsanitary at any Altitude - How Clean is the Aircraft- November 21, 2007 There was a moment when it hit me hard about the cleanliness of aircraft. Three smartly dressed airline employees boarded my flight, chatting amiably with the working crew. They stored their gear neatly and professionally before taking up a three-seat row. Then, before pushback, each of them in unison pulled out sanitizing cloths, pulled down each tray table and began to work it over, back and front. Record flight delays and crowded airplanes are causing more commercial aircraft to remain in...http://cloudtravel.typepad.com/cloudtravel/2007/11/unsanitary-at-a.html Business Class Seating Begins to Rival First Class- November 7, 2007 United Airlines announced its international business-class airline seats. Revamped seats will recline to a 180-degree, 6-foot, 4-inch bed not unlike first-class transatlantic seat. The new "lie-flat" seats will be available in planes as early as this fall, making it the first domestic airline to take the leap. Domestic carriers began souping up their business-class offering in 2006. Back then American Airline offered a mostly reclining seat that wasn't quite the space hog of usual...http://cloudtravel.typepad.com/cloudtravel/2007/11/business-class-.html |