Flying First Class on All Nippon Airways is an experience unlike any other. With the Fullflat seat that fully reclines 180 degrees to make a full-flat bed and generous spacing between seats, All Nippon Airways ensures a comfortable, relaxing, first class flight.

The Fullflat seat comes with a 15” personal TV monitor with a choice of Audio and Video On Demand (AVOD) and a selection of approximately 60 channels including news broadcasts, movies and the All Nippon Airways Travel Navigator to track specific flight destinations. With AVOD, you have the ability start a program whenever you like, pause it on any scene for a meal or sleep, and resume right where you left off. With a large in-flight video library, there is an entertainment option for every taste. There is also ample storage space, a personal phone, a cushioned foot rest, private lamps including a foot light and universal power plugs for any business or entertainment need.

For the finest dining in the air, slide out the wood grained table and enjoy Kaiseki-style Japanese favorites made from the finest. The western-style, full course meals will leave you completely satisfied. First Class seating is also provided access to the Bar Corner with a selection of wines, beer, soft drinks and light snacks.

When it comes time to sleep, simply recline the Fullflat seat into a bed and relax with a down-filled duvet and pillow, satiny sheets and cozy cabin wear all provided by the friendly service staff.

See why All Nippon Airway’s First Class service is the ultimate in style, relaxation and comfort.

Travelers are notorious for rating service in part because ratings serve as a means of expressing pleasure or displeasure for their experience but also in part because rating a service can be of great value to the next user of that service. First Class seating on South African Airways has been modeled after the highly rated Swissair First Class seat and has achieved top rankings in recent In-flight Research Surveys.

South African Airways has earned its notoriety not only from the exceptional service it provides but from the comfort and privacy found in each of its 180 degree lie-flat beds with a seat pitch of 83”. In full recline, it offers a 29-inch wide bed with a complimentary sleeper suit for additional sleeping comfort and a special amenity kit packed with toiletries and more. Each suite has its own ottoman, which is electrically controlled. The seats also include in-seat power supply for laptops, telephone, individual reading light and an 8.6” personal monitor with Sony P@ssport audio-and-video-on-demand and a variety of video games to give passengers complete control of their own in-flight entertainment.

First class also features personalized butler service and turn-down service with luxurious duvets and large pillows. South African Airways continues to improve its already great food and wine service with rotating menus and an assortment of fine wines, champagne and chef prepared meals.

South African Airways operates its flights using a fully-modernized fleet of aircraft including Boeing 747-400 aircraft, Airbus 340-600s and A319s.

The First Class lounge offers full bar service and an efficient staff on duty seven days a week. Apart from the innovatively designed seating areas, other facilities include lavish shower rooms, a soundproof reading and snooze rooms, a smoking room and a business centre with international telephone, computer and Internet facilities.

Virgin Atlantic offers high-end travelers the biggest fully flat bed of any with up to 60" of legroom, giving 80% more legroom than most others. Along with the comfort provided by the seats alone, passengers are treated to award-winning in-flight entertainment with individual television screens. All new aircraft feature the Arcadia entertainment system offering: 8 movie channels, 5 television channels of news, sports, comedy and music, Super Nintendo channel with 10 games, Sky Map, 9 CD audio channels. Individual Watchmans are also available for those seeking more movie choices.

The cabin crew to passenger ratio is 1:7 guaranteeing prompt and attentive service at all times including a snooze service available on all night flights with a comfortable duvet, pillow, snoozesuit and eyeshades, along with an amenity kit.

Complimentary drinks, including fine wines, beer, spirits and champagne, are served throughout the flight and passengers are always welcome to the on-board lounges and full-service stand-up bar. Wide choices of gourmet entrees are provided as well with the ability to order whatever you want, whenever you want. If that is not enough, a beauty therapist offering head and shoulder massages as well as manicures is available on select flights.

Upper Class Suites are available on all flights to New York (JFK) and San Francisco. The Suite is also available on selected flights to New York (Newark), Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

See for yourself why Virgin Atlantic offers the vast amenities and the biggest seating for an even bigger first class experience

Travel in luxury with the industry’s first leather upholstered, swivel seat with electronic lumbar support and seat controls. The new swivel feature allows travelers the opportunity to talk and conduct business on a more personal, face to face level. Passengers will appreciate the ability to swivel to a desk-type arrangement when for work, swivel to another position for dining and sleeping and lastly swivel to yet another position for takeoff and landing. For privacy, American Airlines equips a stylish privacy divider enabling you to work, play or rest without distraction.

From the comfort of your seat, enjoy a personal video monitor with 10-channel programming and personal video player as well as satellite phones, reading lights, universal power ports and a set of the Bose, QuietComfort 2, Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones.

When you're ready to sleep, settle in for a comfortable night's rest, as each Flagship Suite transforms into a fully flat, six-foot six-inch bed with drop-down armrests that allow for easier access and more sleeping space.

With ample legroom, additional storage space, vast entertainment options and access to an extensive series of chef prepared entrées adopting a combination of well-known American foods, like a Yankee Pot Roast made with filet mignon, as well as "comfort foods" well known overseas including Spanish Paella, a rich melange of seafood, rice, and vegetables, various soup selection or light snacks, American Airlines offers the utmost comfort and relaxation throughout the course of your first class flight.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs have proved themselves worth their weight in gold in the military. Today Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can be flown tele-robotically and controlled from a distance by a pilot on the ground. Some UAVs can fly completely autonomously once launched. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles make a perfect surveillance tools in the modern net centric battle space. With many high-tech electronic sensors they can pick up the enemy via infrared on a pitch-black night.

There have been instances where UAVs have fired upon enemy targets using hellfire missiles and destroy the target. There have been situations where the ground control link was lost on a tele-robotically flown UAV and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle returned its self to the airport and landed safely. The technology advances in unmanned robotic vehicles has come a long way in the last decade and this trend will continue.

What will the future of UAVs bring? Well, we are witnessing the miniaturization of UAVs as the sensors and electronics get smaller and more robust. Currently the United States military is using Micro Air Vehicles or MAVs that are the size of a small bird. Current technology trends predict that the top universities in the United States will perfect insect size MAVs. Meanwhile The Air Force Research Laboratory has put out a roadmap calling for unmanned fighter aircraft and attack aircraft in the near future. We can also expect cargo aircraft UAVs.

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence it appears that the fighter pilot's days are numbered and soon human pilots will no longer rule the skies. You can also expect transfer technologies to be handed down into many commercial applications. I hope you will enjoy this book and discussion of all these topics and more, as we look at the future of UAVs for both the military and private sector.

The Future of Aviation Technology is accelerating like never before and is no cleared for take-off into a whole new paradigm of innovation, performance and electronic capability. Very soon most military aircraft will be flying themselves autonomously and interact with human piloted aircraft and air-traffic control or battlespace command and control systems.

Indeed all this technology is also slowly making its way into the non-military government agencies and quasi government agencies with UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. We are seeing UAVs used for weather, pollution monitoring, surveillance, forestry, FEMA, policing, search and rescue and even real estate photography. In the private sector with commercial use we will soon see self-flying airliners, shuttle services and air taxis. The first Airliner Flight was already conducted in fact.

The FAA along with NASA is developing super realistic Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Simulators for air traffic controllers, which hook up with airliner simulators all playing in real time in the virtual world. Of course with the advent of zero-zero visibility airline pilots and corporate jets are now about to land without ever seeing the actual runway or looking at an infrared version of it.

If all this sounds exciting that’s great, but in reality this is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact some of the greatest achievement in aviation are nearly upon us with such technologies as lighter materials with carbon nano-tubes, blended wing-bodied aircraft, flying cars, hypersonic flight, levitation, super computer aerodynamic flow modeling and new propulsion technologies. We truly are at the dawn of a new era in aviation innovation.

I appreciate your interest in this subject, as I have a passion for flying that started as a boy. Please be thinking here and consider the implications of the future of aviation technologies and innovations. Perhaps this article is of interest to propel thought in 2007?

United Airlines invites you to experience first class travel in a whole new light. The First Suite is the ultimate in first class luxury. From its private personal space designed for both business and pleasure to the seat’s ability to transform into a comfortable, lie-flat bed with privacy screen and fresh linens, United Airlines strives to keep its passengers as comfortable and relaxed as possible.

From the moment you arrive, you are pampered with priority check-in and bagging. Relax in the upscale lounge with a cocktail or hor’dervs and a large selection of newspapers and magazines until time to board.

Upon entering the cabin, you are greeted by the friendly staff as you settle into your own privately divided personal seating area. The seats within features a state-of-the-art back support system with 6-way adjustment: lumbar firmness in/out; height up/down, cycle on/off for inflating/deflating every 2 minutes. This provides the ultimate in luxury travel comfort while seated for long periods, including personal reading lights and individual handheld DVD players with 10 entertainment choices and noise-reduction headsets.

Passengers are offered a choice of four entrees for your primary meal, the finest champagnes and wines, desserts and/or fruit and cheese, Starbucks™ coffee and much more. Enjoy the benefits of early boarding, priority baggage delivery and a pre-departure beverage service.

United Airlines has introduced enhanced non-stop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Tokyo's Narita International Airport on aircraft equipped with the United First Suite. This is the first trans-Pacific flight featuring the new service.

You can save money on your airfare if you know where to look and how to shop. Seat prices vary, so much so that if you were to ask your fellow passengers what they paid for their tickets you could see price differences ranging from 10-75%! To get the biggest discounts requires a bit of savvy on your part. Are you ready to find out how you can save? If so, read on and we’ll explore several money saving options in vogue today.

Fly Off Peak – The cheapest fares can be had on off peak travel days which are from Tuesday to Thursday and on Saturday. Fly on certain holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas and you may receive an especially good deal. Also, fly on September 11th and the fares are cheap too as not many folks want to fly on the anniversary of the U.S. terrorist attacks.

Shop Online – Many airlines want you to shop online instead of tying up their people resources by calling in for a ticket. As a reward for your online shopping, you can find tickets discounted by 5-10% off of regular fare prices.

Show Some Flexibility – Unless you absolutely must fly on a certain day, if you show some flexibility you can save a bundle. Fly by fare amount, not date and time and you’ll dig up the best deals going.

Shop the Travel Sites – Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline, and others list the best prices going. Compare prices between the different carriers and consider flying to a smaller airport {Midway v. O’Hare} to turn up the best deals.

Go Regional – Regional carriers such as Chautauqua, Comair, and Colgan often have the lowest fares available. Sometimes their flights are tied in with a major airline such as Delta so you can get airline miles too.

Go Discount Carriers – Southwest, JetBlue, easyJet, Air Berlin, USA3000, AirTran, Ryanair, and others offer airfare prices that are typically lower than the competition. In Europe, price wars are rampant and you could find that you can fly for pennies on the dollar or pence on the pound!

Package Deals – If you need a rental car and a hotel, shop for a package deal that includes those two items with your airfare. Sometimes the overall package deal can bring to you the best savings.

While not as common, you can always walk up to the airline’s window, show your i.d., and ask for their best rate on the spot for their next flight. Westjet and Virgin Atlantic are two airlines that have offered standby fares in the past.

Everyone, at one point or the other, starts disliking flights, when we were kids it was so much fun, but now it looks like the worst few hours we can spend, and on long flights it is almost a catastrophic, spending hours in that very small space, and without much free movement or quality breathing air can make some people really edgy. However there are a few things that you can do to try and combat these long hour flights, and the boredom that comes with them, as well as take care of yourself while flying, here are a few things we thought can help.

Before the Flight

Pack early! Prepare everything days before your flight. Determine early the things you should place into your hand carry. To avoid trouble at the airport and eventually may cause you the flight, do not bring any sharp objects.

Bring personal things you need on-flight such as all your toiletries and medications. Bring toothbrush and toothpaste. Bring inflatable headrest to keep your head wilting from your seat once you decide to go to sleep.

Bring sweaters and long trousers since most planes have cold air-conditioning.

Bring earplugs and sleep mask (or something you can place over your eyes).

Get enough rest. Sleep early. If you are flying for the first time, do not get too excited and excuse yourself from resting a day before the flight.

Leave early from your house. Airlines would normally ask you to arrive 2 hours before the flight. This will give you enough time to find your terminal, check in, and leave your luggage. Passport, airport check, and security check may take too long. Make use of the time to get through all these procedure.

Also, international flights are often overbooked so it is hard to get into the next flight once you missed your original flight. Listen to announcements intently and look for computer monitors. There are instances wherein flight times and gate assignments change especially at large and busy airports.

There are hundreds of websites out there that offer cheap airfare deals. These websites can also be called online consolidators who will help you out in locating the cheapest airfare possible to your destination location. Finding the best site out of these is sometimes a difficult task because each one of them keeps on adding new features and new deals. In this article we will discuss some of the most popular of these websites so that you don’t have any difficulty exploring the Internet for cheap airfare.

If you want to travel to Europe, Goo Flight, 1800flyEurope, Expedia and Sky Scanner are some of the sites you should check out. Goo Flight is a popular search engine that covers around 16 airlines and 35 countries including France, Italy, England, Spain etc. You will be able to find direct flights as well as multi-step cheap flights here. You can easily search for a discount flight by entering your source location, destination location and the date of departure in the search field. There is a separate link for low cost airfares on the site that will take to a page containing phone numbers for inquiry.

1800flyEurope is a similar cheap airfare search engine that lets you enter some additional information regarding your flight such as number of passengers and fare type (either round trip or one way). You will be able to buy not only tickets but also hotel and car packages. These packages are normally available as last-minute deals and they come very cheap. There are different rates for different seasons so you can search cheap flights for winter, summer and spring. Germany, Italy, France, England and Spain are some of the countries listed on this site.

Similarly Expedia and Sky Scanner are two of the most popular online consolidator sites and they offer a lot of cheap deals regarding air tickets and hotel accommodation packages. If you want to travel within the US, cheapflights.com, lowestfare.com and discountairfare.com are some of the sites you would like to check out. Bootsnall.com/internationalairfare/usa/ is a popular site for finding cheap international airfare for travelers within the US. You can also find domestic flights here. There are different deals for different cities. The best thing about these websites is that you can not only search for cheap airlines but can also book your flight by calling them from anywhere in the US.

These sites also tell you some advice on finding cheap airfare for a particular destination. Most of the time tickets bought for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are the cheapest of all. Also, sometimes it’s cheaper to travel to the nearest city instead of taking a direct flight. Holiday seasons are peak times, so if you wan to travel in peak season try to book as early as possible. These tips and others will help you in selecting the right deal at the right time in order to save a great deal of money on airfares.

Finding budget airlines within Europe is not a difficult task these days. However, a few years ago people were of the opinion that traveling by air within Europe is near to impossible because it’s too much expensive. They usually considered alternatives such as traveling by train or rented cars so that they could save some money for shopping and other activities. Let’s find out how you can find cheap airfare within Europe.

The first and foremost thing to do is find some websites that specialize in providing cheap airfare for European countries. Some of the popular sites you can check out are: virgin-express.com, skyscanner.net, and europebyair.com. Other sites can also be found simply be searching for cheap airfares on the Internet. You can reserve a seat on any such flight without any help from a travel agent. You will require your credit card to pay for the ticket once you have placed an order either by e-mailing them or calling them directly. It is advisable to book way in advance if you want to get the cheapest airfare possible.

Even if going for last-minute reservations it is recommended that you book two weeks before the flight. The sites mentioned above deal with a lot of airlines within Europe and you won’t have any difficulty finding a cheap flight once you are there. Always plan your trip carefully before buying a cheap air travel ticket online. This is because these tickets are non-refundable and you won’t be able to cancel it if you change your mind. Go for these cheap airfares only if you are determined to fly on a specified date.

There are some tips that will come handy if you have decided to find a cheap airfare within Europe. Try to find connecting flights instead of direct flights because flying this way is cheaper because of different airports. However, finding connecting flights in Europe is usually not that much easy. You will have to involve a travel agent to help you find the cheapest multi-stop flight to your destination. Many European airlines are getting into competition for offering cheap airfare to their travelers. You have to buy an air pass, usually consisting of three or four flight coupons, to travel at same number of nonstop flights.

Planning to go to the worlds largest theme park for some entertainment? Well, why not also consider finding the best possible airfare to Las Vegas? It’s not that difficult since Internet has made everything so easy and within reach of everybody. You will be able to see which airline would be the best for you, should you consider a direct flight or a multi-stop flight and should you buy a round trip ticket or one-way. These and other decisions will become easy once you have enough information about the latest trends and habits of airlines that schedule flights to Las Vegas from different cities. Let’s find out some more about it.

You can look for discount airfares for Las Vegas on the Internet. What you will find is a list of user-friendly websites with a search field to help you narrow down your search by entering the location from where you will be taking off and your departure date. They will then find the cheapest flight possible for you. You can also perform a search by airports. For example, if you are flying from London you will be given a list of popular London airports like Heathrow, and Gatwick etc. Clicking on one of the airports will take you to a page where all flights are listed from that place to Las Vegas. You can also search for cheap flights for Christmas, New Year and Easter. Since these are peak holiday seasons many sites have special discount deals for these dates. You can even book way in advance, like four to six months before the flight to get cheaper airfare.

The deals and packages offered by these websites include not only the plane ticket, but also your hotel accommodation expenses and the activities you will be taking part in while you are in Las Vegas. You can select from a number of shows and events listed on these websites to see which package suits you the best. Also try to locate a cheap package that includes car rental facility as well. This way you won’t have any difficulty in arriving to your destination anywhere in Las Vegas once you are there. These packages are usually very cheap as compared to individual charges of all these activities. You will also be given an opportunity to select the kind of food you would want to have in Las Vegas. Planning a trip to Las Vegas is nearly as eventful as actually arriving there and being a part of all that.

You can save up to 75% on your overall expenses when you choose to buy one of these combo packages. PriceLine is a popular online consolidator website where you can go to search for a cheap flight to Las Vegas given your preferences. Expedia and Travelocity are equally popular for providing cheap airfare to travelers wishing to go to Las Vegas for a vacation. Going to Las Vegas will be a lifetime experience for you and your family, so don’t plan it haphazardly. Keep in mind all your needs and requirements and then choose a deal online that will not only provide you with all that you want, but will also save you a lot of money to spend on other activities.

There are many ways to find cheap airfares but sometimes you are not sure how to narrow down your choices and select the right deal. Cheap airfare can be found for different circumstances, such as peak holiday seasons, weekends and other ways like courier travel if you are traveling alone and want to explore newer cities. This article will provide you with some tips to find cheap airfare for the situation you are in.

The first way to find cheap airfare is to book on an already overbooked flight. If you have ample time on your hands, arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before the flight and get in the line. You can negotiate with the airline worker at desk for the urgency of your travel. Tell them that you want the next flight to your destination location. They will try to adjust you with the next flight with some vouchers for waiting for so long. Sometimes the vouchers also include getting a last-minute reservation discount offer. Of course this kind of tactic can only be applied if you are traveling alone. Taking a whole family with you won’t look that much suitable and you might also end up coming back to wait for a flight many hours ahead. So be careful before trying this out. Sometimes you can also manage to get free flights if you are lucky enough and have a lot of patience. But if you are determined to fly cheap, then time and other things will not be a hurdle for you.

The second tactic is to look for special offers made by certain airlines on their websites. You might not be able to benefit from these offers if you buy your ticket directly from the airport. Sometimes these discount offers are meant for the promotion of a website or online airfare business, but whatever the reason don’t forget to at least check out some of these websites for the special deals and packages they have to offer. These packages include last-minute reservations and hotel and car packages etc. Remember that these offers are for limited time only, so if you come across a package that suits your needs don’t hesitate to buy it right away.

Sometimes choosing a multi-stop flight has a major advantage on choosing a direct flight. You might find it difficult to change airports or flights, but this has proven to be a very useful way of finding cheap airfares. Try to book a seat for the nearest location to your destination and after arriving there ask for a last-minute reservation. This way you will be able to save a lot of dollars. Also try to book on weekdays instead of weekends. Exploring online will give you an insight into how airlines determine their airfare rates for peak seasons and peak times. Sometimes when they are trying to sell out all tickets of a flight, they offer the last seats at very low prices just to have them sold off. You can get in contact with a consolidator and he will contact you back whenever a cheap flight is available that matches your flight schedule.

It has often been said in the General Aviation Industry that aviation is a great place to spend money but not a very good place to try to make money. Ask any FBO Fixed Based Operator and they will tell you the millions of dollars they have spent developing their business and how the cash flow simply is not steady enough to justify the investment. Not to mention the fact that the general aviation industry is quite cyclical. Even so, not all small businesses in general aviation are so difficult or unprofitable.

In this article I wish to discuss starting a Mobile Aircraft Cleaning Company and how you can get into the business relatively inexpensively and have a much better chance of making a profit. I started my first aircraft washing services at age 12 and expanded my customer base to multi airports over a 5-year period. About 20 years later I began to franchise The Aircraft Wash Guys as part of our washing companies to many states. Over the years we were able to make our business model very efficient and thus this will be one of our primary focuses in this concept.

EPA and NPDES Permitting must be discussed if you are considering this type of business, as that is a major consideration. Collection of waste wash water and proper disposal for treatment is paramount. Safety is a very important part of aircraft cleaning too. Of course without customers your business will never get off the ground so we concentrate on marketing, branding, advertising, direct mail, public relations, publicity and customer service. You see having been in the Aircraft Cleaning Business for so long I realize how important these things are. Equipment specifications, techniques and procedures will also be a consideration for you to research.

I appreciate you reading my article and hope this information helps your business get clearance for takeoff. Maybe aircraft washing might be a good business for you to start? Perhaps this article is of interest to propel thought in 2007?