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How to Follow Us on Singapore Airlines' First A380 Flight from New York-JFK

January 16, 2012 at 5:59 PM | by | Comments (0)


Our first glimpse of the A380 at JFK, hiding behind the Aer Lingus jet

We type this from the bowels of the Oasis Lounge at New York-JFK Terminal 4, where the WiFi is achingly slow and our fingers jitter from a combo of excitement and the cold air leaking in.

Tonight marks the first scheduled departure of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 from JFK, and we'll be onboard...on flight SQ 25 all the way from New York to Frankfurt International, and on to Singapore-Changi International.

Although we'll be flying above your head for the next 22-ish hours, the fun doesn't have to stop. Quite the contrary! Here's how to follow along for all our hot and bothered Singapore A380 excitement:

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The Best Twitter Hashtag This Week: #ThingsAvGeeksSay

January 13, 2012 at 1:59 PM | by | Comments (0)

We'll be the first to admit that it's a slow news day. Nay, month. This is why we were thrilled this morning at the creation of a hilarious Twitter game by Jon Ostrower (aka @flightblogger). Based on the popular "Shit [whoever] says" meme running rampant on the internet right now, Ostrower began the #ThingsAvGeeksSay hashtag, and the #avgeeks readily replied to match wits.

If you get 'em, you're golden. If you don't, then ask an #avgeek; there's probably one sitting next to you at the airport right now.

Here's only some of our favorites, plus our own contributions:

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Alec Baldwin Rejoins Twitter During a Cushy Weekend in Turks and Caicos

January 9, 2012 at 10:13 AM | by | Comments (0)

He's baaack! Alec Baldwin mysteriously rejoined Twitter this weekend following his breakdown a month ago when an American Airlines flight attendant had him removed from a plane for refusing to stop playing the iPhone game "Words With Friends." Alec did eventually catch another AA flight from the west coast to NYC, but not before firing off some hurtful tweets towards the airline. And then he disappeared, deleting his Twitter account completely, or so we thought.

Just like it never happened, @alecbaldwin has been reinstated, complete with his original follower count and "verified" status. Although there have been no more invectives against American Airlines, we know the real reason Alec re-joined: publicity, of course.

Alec is an actor with upcoming projects to promote, not the least of which is this Thursday's premiere of Season 6 of NBC's 30 Rock. It's even been confirmed that Alec would show again if the series renews its contract for a seventh season. And, last but certainly not least, it's obvious that Alec loves to hear himself talk and enjoys the little extra bits of publicity his tweets create—kind of like this.

Of course he couldn't re-start his Twitter game without bragging about some travel; Alec just returned from a romantic departure to Turks & Caicos with his girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas, where they tweeted about a plane delay and the small size of the departure lounge. Boo hoo.

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Tweet at Toronto Airport and They'll Deliver Christmas Carols to an Arriving Flight

Where: Toronto, Canada
December 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM | by | Comments (0)

Believe it or not, airlines do like to show they care during the holiday season, some more than others of course. For example, Southwest will snap family photos right at your gate and Virgin Atlantic will be giftwrapping at several airports. Well, add an entire airport into the holiday cheer as Toronto-Pearson International offers to send carolers to meet the flight of your friends or family.

Yes, carolers will serenade the arriving passengers on a flight, if you tweet them to do so. Here's the details:

· The flight must be domestic and arriving to Toronto-Pearson between now and December 24.
· The flight must arrive between 3pm-8pm, except for the 24th when the hours are 6am-11am.
· Tweet @torontopearson with the person's name, flight number and flight date.
· Sit back and wait for the eventual "OMG you are crazy that was crazy" tweet from the friend or family who gets "FA LA LA LA LA" belted at them.

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Instagram Your Way to $3,000 and a Trip to the UK with General Electric Aviation

November 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

In totally-weird-but-kinda-makes-perfect-sense news, General Electric's Aviation division is looking to send an Instagrammer to their UK facility to take some pretty jet engine photos. It's a legit travel photography contest, we swear, it's just that instead of asking for video pleas or portfolio from shutterbugs, GE is instead going whole hog into social media by embracing submissions via the instant photo-sharing app and a simple hashtag.

If you've not made the move to Instagram your mobile shots (as we recently did, from mobypicture), then allow us to explain the allure. Instagram is a free app available for iPhone only (sorry Android users). It allows you to—in under a minute—shoot a photo, give it a cool effect (such as making it seem vintage, from a plastic camera, or black & white), share it on a variety of networks (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Foursquare) and thus open it up for comments and appreciation from others.

It's essentially a mini-blogging platform just for photos, and GE has been enamored with Instagram since at least earlier this summer.

How to enter the contest:

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The Six Funniest Twitter Reactions to American Airlines' Bankruptcy

November 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM | by | Comments (0)

In news that surprised no one (except maybe stock holders), American Airlines' parent company AMR filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Nevermind the warning signs and our own horrible experiences with them in just 2011—of three long-haul flights on them, two had long mechanical delays, all served crap meals and all were less than half-full—the Twitter community is still taking the opportunity to find humor in the situation.

Without further ado, Six of the Funniest Tweets on the American Airlines Bankruptcy:

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There are Still Airplanes at Bangkok's Flooded Don Mueang Airport

October 31, 2011 at 2:50 PM | by | Comments (0)

Thailand's really tragic flooding of the last few weeks has been all over the news, complete with shots of locals pushing their belongings on rafts, homes lost. The water has reached Bangkok, but luckily still not the very center. It has however reached one of the city's two airports—Don Mueang Domestic Airport—out of which we flew only a month ago.

Don Mueang (DMK) is a huge complex owing to its history as the former main international airport for Bangkok...until Suvarnabhumi opened. Now it's just a hub for a few domestic airlines and it was most recently the makeshift emergency flood operations center. You know it's serious when the flood operations center is itself flooded out.

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Martha Stewart Misses Halloween While Stranded in the Weekend Nor'easter

October 31, 2011 at 12:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

Saturday's surprise nor'easter screwed up many people's travel plans, including Martha Stewart who had to skip a Halloween party in NYC on Saturday night because the roads in her Connecticut neighborhood were impassible.

Martha might be able whip up a four-course meal, set the perfect table,all well making a fresh flower arrangement to go with it, but not even she can control Mother Nature. Martha was tracking the big storm on Twitter where she announced she was stranded in Connecticut.

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Jaunted Live: The First Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delivery Flight

September 27, 2011 at 9:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

Hello and welcome to our Liveblog! Your intrepid Jaunted Editor is reporting in real-time from Boeing's Factory in Everett, Washington as the airplane maker sheds a tear and hands over the very first of their brand new 787 Dreamliners to Japanese airline All Nippon.

Today's events focus around the first flyaway of the plane to Tokyo, and we're live with this constantly updating feed until around 5am-7am PST/8am-10am EST. All photos are original and taken on the scene.

Now, for the fun...

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Jaunted Reporting Live: How to Follow Our Adventures During the Boeing 787 First Delivery

September 23, 2011 at 6:43 PM | by | Comments (2)

Have you heard enough about Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner? Hopefully not, because the fancy schmancy new airplane hasn't even been delivered to its first airline yet. That is, until this upcoming Monday it hasn't.

That's right—Monday marks the official delivery of the 787 to All Nippon Airways, an international airline based in Japan and an airline champing at the bit with excitement over the occasion. They'll get the keys to the bird, itself sporting some pretty flashy new livery—check out a rendering of that here. Needless to say, this whole event is a huge deal for travel, aviation, business, technology and the good ol' US of A, and we'll be there for it all.

Landing in Seattle bright and early Sunday morning (after some 20-ish hours of flying from Southeast Asia), we'll be sharing our experiences at Boeing facilities, on the tarmac and in the briefing rooms as much as humanly (and technically) possible. Here's how to follow along for all our hot and bothered 787 excitement:

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We Asked, They Answered: What is the Shade of KLM's Signature Blue?

September 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM | by | Comments (0)

A round of applause for KLM. Yesterday, in a huge social media experiment, they repurposed one of their aircraft hangars as a "Live Reply" space, where a mass of KLM crew responded to tweets from the public by holding up massive letter cards to spell out answers, a la football stadium fan cheers.

Naturally we tried to get in on it, but our question obviously demanded a more technical reply than flight attendants, pilots and ground crew can mime. Here was the question:

@Jaunted: So, @KLM Live Reply, is there a name for the particular color of @KLM blue?

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Travel Tweet of the Week: Take That, Euros!

September 6, 2011 at 5:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

We love Tuesdays. Why, you ask? Because the day brings many travel tips and quips as "Travel Tuesday" on Twitter, and we're going to share our favorite with you. Got an avid travel twitterer we should follow? Let us know.

After we've been flattened with unfavorable exchange rates at travel destinations all summer—ah hem Norway, UK, Switzerland—New York scene DJ Mike Nouveau (@MikeNouveau) delivers some optimism along with excellent news:

Well the dollar is almost at a 3-month high against the Euro, so I guess that means I should buy these leather Paul Harnden pants...

Yes yes yes! The dollar gaining in strength against the Euro is cause for celebration, surely, and shopping should do the trick quite nicely. As you can expect, the ones reaping the most from this are Americans currently traveling in Europe, who may find a few more Euros than expected being spit from ATMs. Tip: now could be the time to book any Europe travel plans that require credit card charges in Euros. Spread the word.

Read any other great travel tweets lately? Here's how to fill us in:

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· Email Us: Of course, we take emails too. Whatever way you wanna get in touch, we're here for you!

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