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Airline Report: News Round-Up, Birthday Edition

January 26, 2007 at 9:45 AM | 2 Comments

· Silverjet, the all-business class transatlantic carrier that serves Newark and London-Luton (as opposed to JFK and London-Stansted), took off yesterday. Firsthand opinions will probably star rolling in next week. For now you can check out some multimedia goodness, including a video tour of a Silverjet cabin, here--the plane innards debut at the 3:00 minute mark in the video.

· Sky Express, Russia's "first budget airline," is set to make its inaugural flight on Monday. Sky Express, the venture of KrasAir director Boris Abramovich, currently flies two 737s out of its hub at Moscow-Vnukovo.

· Lufthansa is offering a mileage bonus to doctors who fly with them. Just in case their notoriously lousy economy seats make you sick.

· An Air New Zealand passenger was the first to narc out Jaguar Distribution (an airline movie distributor) for censoring the word "god" out of The Queen. If you watch "opinion news," you'll probably be hearing about this well into the weekend.

Related Stories:
· Luton linked to the USA by new service [Luton Today]
· First Budget Airline Takes to the Skies [Moscow Times]
· Airline targets flying doctors [icLiverpool]
· Censoring God in Airline Movies? [Cinematical]

Jay-Z

Chinese Officials Shut Down Jay-Z

October 12, 2006 at 8:55 AM | 0 Comments

Chinese officials gave a little smack down to supa-star Jay-Z, cancelling his planned concert in Shanghai at the end of the month.

Citing his lyrics as "too vulgar," they dropped his Oct. 23 gig at the Hongkou Stadium without further comment. Hope J can get a refund on his plane tickets. We're a bit mystified, because if we remember correctly, didn't they just let the Black Eyed Peas and Rolling Stones take the stage there? What, humps and lady lumps aren't vulgar? Interesting.

[Photo: Koku]

Related Stories:
· China cancels Jay-Z concert in Shanghai [TMZ]
· Jay-Z Show Canceled: Too 'vulgar' for China? [Shanghaiist]

China

Cambodian Food Banned in China

September 18, 2006 at 9:05 AM | 0 Comments

Phnom Penh food blog, Phnomenon, has joined the long list of stuff that just got cooler after you learned The Man didn't want you near it. As reported on the morning of September 12 (presumably local time), Phnomenon.com has been banned in mainland China, via the Chinese firewall. Sweet!

Perhaps it was the talk of delicious pork sukiyaki at Ohan that pushed government folks' jealousy over the edge. Or was it the abundance of steamed corn vendors? We may never know, but what's actually surprising is that Phnomenon wasn't banned in Cambodia first, what with the scathing beer reviews and all.

The PRC should keep collecting those taxes from Tsingtao and consider Phnomenon the blessing that it is.