23/06/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Do Flight Simulators make a better Pilot?

It is common for airlines and schools to use flight simulators to train their future pilots. Flight simulators have even become popular is larger areas of the aviation industry, such as commercial training, NASA, and more. Even with the progress made through flight simulators the industry is currently seeing a decline in the purchase of…

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05/05/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Avatar Airlines plan to keep us guessing

Avatar Airline is coming back in a whole new way…or at least that’s the impression you will get with their new indiegogo campaign to get them back up in the air! They are claiming to bring back the airline that will offer “50% or less in airline fees, no baggage fees, free wi-fi, and more”! Basically…

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28/04/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Airline customer service is changing

Recently USA Today wrote that airline customer satisfaction was up, but industry ranks low. Would you say you are satisfied with your airline customer service? Recently I had a friend from Washington, D.C. visit me in Florida. She is from Africa and normally flies internationally so this would have been her first flight traveling within…

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21/04/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Movie Premier in the Sky

Hollywood is famous for their movie premiers but one carrier is taking this tradition to the skies! The Emirates premiered a movie called Living in the Age of Airplanes in their A380 flight over the Pacific. Definitely a unique move by the Emirates that we could only hope others will follow. This National Geographic film…

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31/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Tips on how NOT to be an anxious flyer

When flying was first invented one of the key concerns was safety, particularly the safety of passengers. Those concerns were put to rest for the majority once the design of planes became these phenomenal luxury means of travel. Unfortunately in the past ten or so years flight safety and anxiousness have once again become the major concern…

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24/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

US Carriers vs. Middle East Carriers

Recently the Cranky Flier wrote an article on the argument between US carriers complains against Middle East carriers and their compete on product. True to form, the Cranky Flier’s article is not only insightful but humorous. The argument stands that the Middle East carriers spend more focus on providing excellent service and benefits with the…

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17/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day while traveling!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! However it’s Tuesday and in many places St. Patrick’s Day is not considered an “official” holiday which means you are still working, still traveling, and not celebrating with everyone else. Fortunately for you there is always more than one way to skin a cat and just because you don’t have…

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03/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Airline safety and you equals questions

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but there has been a lot of safety issues these past few weeks. First there was the letter issued by United to their pilots regarding some issues. Then there was news about Southwest missing inspections on over 100 of their airplanes. All this to come after Malaysia…

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24/02/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Hiring Internationally: Who does it benefit?

Having an international company involves its own set of unique challenges. As Generation Millennium create and carry new hiring techniques and business-building methods into their new companies, hiring internationally, both virtual and non-virtual, has become more common place than ever before. Before we discuss the benefits of hiring internationally, first let us address hiring internally….

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17/02/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Sadiq Gillani’s future of airlines

Sadiq Gillani is the senior vice president at Lufthansa Group, where he is responsible for developing the group’s direction in corporate strategy, portfolio strategy, innovation and business development. You can see more about Sadiq Gillani’s background here. He is also a lecturer at Stanford GSB and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda…