Germany
Etihad Airways to Add In-Flight Internet and Mobile Phone Service to Widebodies
Etihad Airways will add in-flight entertainment and in-flight Internet and TV to its new Airbus A380, Airbus A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777-ER jets as well as to its current fleet of long-haul, wide-body aircraft, for a total of 100 planes.
Etihad will deploy systems from Panasonic Avionics, including the company’s eX2 and eX3 platforms, over a ten-year period and will use AeroMobile for in-flight telephony. The deal has a list …
European Union Countries Ban X-Ray Scanners At Airports, Adopt New Guidelines for Body Scanners
The European Union adopted new guidelines on the use of body scanners at airport security checkpoints, with an eye towards addressing privacy and safety concerns while deploying newer technologies.
Such scanners are in use in the United States and other countries but their deployment has been controversial both there and in Europe.
The new EU law does not require member states and airports to deploy security scanners but, if and when deployed, …
Der Zauberlehrling, Stuttgart, Germany – Hotel Review
The magic of the Zauberlehrling hotel in Stuttgart became apparent to me when I first e-mailed about a possible reservation. The e-mail reply closed with the phrase “Mit Zaubergrüßen” (With Magical Greetings“).
I had grown up with the tale of the Zauberlehrling or Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Goethe both in terms of the story itself as well as its prominent appearance in Walt Disney’s Fantasia. As a result, as we drove up …
What’s Doing in Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on the river Meuse (“Maas” in Dutch) and is home to over 120,000 people. Known today for the Maastricht Treaty (the Treaty of the European Union, which was signed there in 1992, created the European Union, and led to the single European currency the euro), the city, which directly borders Belgium and is not far from the German border, gets its name from the Latin “Mosae Trajectum”, …
United and Continental to Expand Global Routes
Continental Airlines and United Airlines plan to introduce new international flights later this year, and during the first half of 2012, the merger between the two companies having enabled greater route flexibility from their combined fleets.
Continental plans to begin daily service between Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport and Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 16, 2011, and a second daily flight between Newark Liberty and Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 2, 2012. Continental’s weekly …
Oktoberfest 2011 Opens in Munich, Germany
The 178th Oktobefest opened at the stroke of noon amidst sunny skies today as Bürgermeister (Lord Mayor) Christian Ude tapped the first keg with two blows of his hammer and shouted “O’zapft is“ (it’s tapped), accompanied by a loud 12-gun salute. The mayor, as tradition dictates, gave the first beer to Horst Seehofer, the Ministerpräsident (premier) of Freistaat Bayern (the Free State of Bavaria).
More than six million visitors are expected …
