Question 1: What’s new with airberlin this year out of the U.S.?

Answer:

airberlin, Germany’s second largest airline strives to provide an extensive global route network for its flight guests in addition to convenience and flexibility by increasing efficiency in all areas of its operations. Berlin and Dusseldorf serve as the focal point of this route expansion and this year it strengthens its presence in the U.S. by offering additional service to Berlin from Chicago and New York. As of May 2014 airberlin operates ten weekly flights from John F. Kennedy airport to each of its main German hubs in Berlin and Dusseldorf. It has also increased service from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from five weekly flights to a daily connection to Berlin.

The airline operates from a total of five U.S. gateways that include: Chicago, Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami and New York (JFK). Through its code share agreement with its oneworld® alliance partner American Airlines, airberlin also offers numerous connections from about 60 cities throughout North America to its five U.S. gateways. This provides additional convenience and seamless connectivity for all airberlin flight guests.

Question 2: Has airberlin made any changes in its flight service?

Answer:

New this year airberlin will equip the first aircraft with on-board Wi-Fi. This service will then be rolled out gradually over almost the whole airberlin fleet. In addition airberlin has completed a full refurbishment of its long-haul fleet offering guests optimum comfort in both economy and business class alike. The new airberlin business class configuration offers even more privacy providing direct aisle access from every seat. Each seat completely reclines into lie-flat beds and feature a power plug, a USB port, a 15-inch personal monitor and a massage function. Guests will enjoy state of the art on demand entertainment systems and comfortable seating in both economy and business class. In-flight service includes free beverage service throughout the entire flight and a selection of hot and cold meals.

Question 3: What does airberlin do differently from other airlines?

Answer:

One of the most important aspects of airberlin’s company philosophy has been the contributions made towards fuel effiency and developing measures that truly impact the aviation industry in the area of eco-efficiency. airberlin is working tirelessly to reduce its fuel consumption for the sake of the environment. airberlin has developed a comprehensive fuel efficiency program put together by airberlin experts, the airline is continually improving all the processes involved in flying and developing potential new areas of savings. airberlin’s team of experts has now come up with about 60 measures which offer potential savings. These concern areas such as flight planning, weight reduction, modernization of aircraft and flight operations. Through all the measures implemented last year, airberlin reduced its CO2 emissions by a total of more than 70,000 tons. That corresponds to around 4,700 flights from Munich to Palma de Mallorca. In the interim, airberlin aims to reduce its fuel consumption to 3 litres per 100 passenger kilometres. With its commitment to environmental efficiency, airberlin has received numerous awards over the past few years. In 2013 airberlin won the award, “Silver Eco-Airline of the Year” presented by the US industry magazine Air Transport World.

For more information on airberlin or to book a flight visit www.airberlin.com, or contact the call center at 1-866-266-5588 or your travel agent.

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I’m about to embark on a roller coaster ride from Los Angeles to New York –> to Virginia –> to a funeral service then –> back to New York and –> back to Los Angeles. At the time of this writing, I am finalizing my flight itinerary. I’m hoping I get the quickest ride at the cheapest rate.

I can see myself sitting in the airplane. I gaze at my fellow travelers and I imagine price tags dangling on people’s faces. This gentleman with the suit — he got his full thousand dollar ticket through his company. This lady with the 3 excited kids — they got a family discount. That scrawny kid with the backpack wearing a wide super grin — I bet he knew how to work the system and only paid a $20 ticket. Different fare prices yet here we are — all breathing the same air, watching the same in-flight videos and arriving on the same plane.

Some super sensitive whinny types (and there are a lot of them nowadays) would say “there’s a little injustice going on here, we need transparency!” Really? Sometimes, If JUSTICE is all you’re after then you may need to check your motives and need to understood the word GRACE. GRACE dictates that even if you have the right to demand something, you give it up because you’re the better person. GRACE says “I value our relationship too much to get into a fight with you.”

Sometimes justice isn’t the best solution to the ails of society. What if a weirdo programmer, with a warped sense of social justice, develops an App to “improve” travel data transparency so that passengers will be treated fairly according to how much they paid for the flight. Imagine the havoc if passengers really wore their ticket prices on their faces.

Excuse me, Mr. Window Seat passenger, can we switch places? My $250 ticket trumps your $125. I have more rights to sit over there.

Excuse me, Miss, I know you’re about to burst but my $50 gets me to go to the toilet ahead of your $45 ticket.

Excuse me, Madam, but you and your boys need to wait till all the passengers have boarded the plane because you got your tickets for free.

No food for you, Sir. You only paid for this bottle of water.

Awww, you poor thing with the wheelchair. I’m afraid you’re going to have to start walking; but, to show that I’m on your side, I’ll help you pray for a miracle.

Yup! Equality, justice, transparency … the “good” things people demand may not be the solution. In a marraige, it isn’t 50-50. Each spouse should give a 100% and try to out-give the other. When in doubt about who/what is right or wrong, let’s consider the alternative — GRACE.

“Honey! May I do the dishes again today?”

TGIF people!

If I Die First

Contributed by Tom of Pasadena, CA

TGIF Videos

Bad Lip Reading
Sent by Mike of New York

I might have sent this earlier but when Mike sent this video I started laughing again so I’m hoping you’ll find it funny as well. It’s political in nature but both sides are treated equally bad.

WATCH

Parting Shot

Thanks to Don of Kelowna, B.C. who provided this photo

Religious Grounds

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