After Nearly Seven Years, Air Canada Returns to New York JFK
East Midtown Manhattan Skyline from the East River, New York City, United States The last time Air Canada (in any form) flew to New York City’s…
Brussels Airlines Starts Receiving Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Teaming up with Finland’s NESTE, Belgium’s Brussels Airlines is now the second major European carrier — after Amsterdam-based KLM — to start using Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF to fill…
Language Lunes: Let’s Get Muddy
This week’s episode of Language Lunes takes us to Mexico, the home of albures. Albures are mischievous idioms which I believe help make Mexican Spanish that much more amusing to…
What is a Flight Information Region (FIR), and Why Did Qatar Want One?
As of September 2022, Qatar is the latest country to get its own flight information region (FIR). What the heck is a flight information region? Briefly, the International Civil Aviation…
Top Five Unexpected Visits of 2022
To follow up the earlier post on my top five meals of 2022, I thought, food is great and all, but where the heck was I when eating? Why did…
My Top Five Meals of 2022
First of all, Happy 2023! Mexico, Turkey, Japan, AND Georgia for good measure– how am I going to make a “top five meals of 2022” list when I was in…