| Hawaiian Airline is ranked best domestic airline for | | | | from 1770, a 5.8 carat diamond ring and a painting |
| the second year in a row and American eagle the | | | | valued at nearly $20,000. |
| worst in an annual airline performance review of | | | | Compared to those facts, flight delays don't seem |
| the airline industry. The report was based on | | | | that bad. Even compared to US airways flight 807 |
| factors such as on time arrivals, denied boarding, | | | | that went from Charlotte, NC to Hawaii, which |
| mishandled baggage and customer complaints. The | | | | was late 100% of the time late last year. Luckily |
| same review also dropped Delta from the 12th | | | | for passengers headed for the islands at the |
| place to 15th place mainly due to flight 1201, which | | | | same time, there was an airline that flew on time |
| went from Atlanta Georgia to Orlando Florida on | | | | nearly 9 out of 10 times, with no cancelations. |
| the 16th of January. The flight is supposed to | | | | That would be domestic defending champion, |
| take about 70 minutes, but it was stuck on | | | | Hawaiian Airlines. So our hats go off for Hawaiian |
| tarmac for ten hours straight. | | | | for their continuing performance. |
| This is three hours longer then it would take to | | | | This week's bad news is a volcano beneath |
| drive between the two cities, but still 8 half hours | | | | Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier which began |
| less than the longest nonstop International flights | | | | erupting and no, this isn't a name invented by |
| currently on the books. That would be Singapore | | | | someone falling asleep with their head on the |
| airlines flight 21 for Eighteen and a Half hours. This | | | | keyboard. This turned Northern Europe into a |
| International Flights from Newark, New Jersey to | | | | no-fly zone and stranded travelers on six |
| Singapore, which is a staggering 9535 miles. | | | | different continents. About 100 planes have flown |
| Something else that causes turbulence for | | | | into volcanic ashes between 1983 and 2000 and it |
| passengers is lost luggage, but I doubt it is | | | | shuts down the plane's engine for a moment. A |
| nowhere near as terrible as the people that had | | | | KLM Boeing 747 flew through some ashes in 1989 |
| lost the following items. The items are amongst | | | | and it lost all powers dropping from 25,000 feet |
| that were permanently separated from their | | | | to 12,000 feet before the crew was able to take |
| owners, was, a full suit of armor, a rare violin | | | | it over again (phfew, close call). |