British Businessman Flies with 2-Year Old Daughter’s Passport

No, you can’t bring water on the plane but a grown man can successfully fly to Amsterdam with the passport of a 2-year old girl.  A British businessman mistakenly took his daughter’s passport with him on a recent trip to the Netherlands and managed to get through 2 passport checks at London’s Luton airport and board the plane.  In fact, he brought up the error to passport control in Amsterdam.  The airline he flew, EasyJet, will likely face a fine.

Etihad Airways Prefers Guests to Passengers

Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, is the world’s leading new airline and currently offers flights for Guests and cargo to more than 40 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. At its core, Etihad Airways continues to seek new ways in which to expand its services and provide innovative benefits for its Guests. An interesting bit of semantics, but the right idea these days. When was the last time that an airline treated you as a guest?

Kelleher, 75, Has No Plans to Retire

Southwest Airlines Co. co-founder Herbert D. Kelleher has passed the mandatory retirement age but his board has granted him an exemption. Who wouldn’t? Kelleher is a legend in the airline industry with a track record in financial performance second to none. Let’s hope that Herb is around to witness even more airlines following his formula for success.

Hacked Airline Seats

A recent posting of how to hack a Southwest Airlines Boarding pass is described as “nothing more than advocating stealing a seat that doesn’t belong to you”. Airline consultant Nick Bredimus has created an interesting page on the consequences of hacking. Computer hacking is a serious crime. Hacking is just a modern-day equivalent of vandalism or shoplifting – taking or defacing something that doesn’t belong to you.

A Former Sabre Geek

At first I that British Phenom, Harry Potter, had some tie to Sabre with the blog “A Former Sabre Geek“. Sorry, that’s Gary Potter. It is not clear from the blog title whether Potter used to be a geek or used to be with Sabre. In any case, he has some interesting links and some posts that are on the topics we all love best, Airlines and GDSs. It is also not clear yet from reading whether Potter holds any grudges against his former employer, but many of their alums do. Suggest you read a few posts and draw your own conculsions.