Don't you just hate it when you walk into the bathroom to find he left the toilet seat up, and didn't quit hit his target? Don't you hate it when it happens in a 2×2 space in an airplane?
Japan's All Nippon Airways is answering the prayers of women worldwide: Starting in March 2010, all the women flying All Nippon Airways will have a toilet all to themselves. The airline is designating one restroom on most international routes as female-only.
Apparently, the airline has had numerous requests for this lavatory luxury and soon the women-only bathroom will be available to women passengers on all flight classes. An airline official told a Japan news service that based on a survey conducted in 2007, women do not like using shared toilets as men sometimes leave the seat up.
Don't worry guys – ANA said men would be allowed to use the lavatory only in emergencies or when there were very few female passengers on the flight.
A designer in the US has come up with a new twist on one of the most overlooked documents in use today - the airline boarding pass.
Tyler Thompson, creative director of New York software publisher Squarespace, came up with the idea of making the passes more attractive and readable whilst one domestic flight from New York to Seattle. His new design enlarges the passenger-critical elements of the pass, whilst minimizing the bar codes and other information required by airlines.
"I had realized that my boarding pass was an absolute usability disaster," he explained. "I fly a lot and I still had to look at the pass 20 times while in the airport and hunt for information that should have been front and center. A boarding pass is the critical piece of information that stands between you and your flight and yet it is completely overlooked."
The designer believes that his pass offers readability, clarity and informational hierarchy for consumers, and by starting the debate airlines may now produce the ultimate boarding pass.
He concluded, "The more thought we put into designing things, no matter how small they are, the more society will demand that as a baseline and things will continue to evolve for the better."
Several airlines use some of the space on boarding passes to display third-party advertising. In December, low-cost airline Ryanair announced that it would display third-party advertising on its boarding passes, which consumers must print at home. It issues 66 million passes every year.
From:The Independent
Emirates is an official FIFA Partner from 2007 to 2014. The world's fastest growing airline holds rights to all FIFA events during this period. This includes both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, the FIFA U20 and U17 World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA U20 Women's World Cup and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Through this deal Emirates benefits from enhanced global media exposure, and an association with FIFA's special events and development initiatives.
2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa
Emirates is gearing up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa following its successful involvement at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
In addition to a ticketing and hospitality facility at all matches, it had branding on all official FIFA World Cup publicity material. This year will also be significant year for Emirates and FIFA with the FIFA Confederations Cup, also in South Africa, and two major tournaments in the UAE - the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. In 2014 the FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil.
