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Laurant Poncelet, Concierge at Hotel Plaza Athénée, shares some of the more unusual requests he's received from guests — from baby lions to a charter jet flight in search of a kilo of white truffles.

Not exact matches

After passing through an over-branded jet way from HSBC, choosing in - flight content can be a trickier than a $ 19 book of puzzles from Relay.

The private jets are few and far between — most entrepreneurs are watching fare alerts and leveraging credit card miles to book flights in coach class.

After the demise of the Concorde supersonic jet in 2003, flight times have stayed relatively constant — but Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Technology, says air travel could get a speed boost in just a few years.

Hypersonic jets could be used in commercial flight in the next decade, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says.

Kenny Dichter, Wheels Up founder and CEO, discusses the private jet company's latest funding round that pushed its enterprise value to $ 1 billion and what he sees for demand in the private flight space.

A C919 passenger jet takes off from Pudong International Airport for its maiden flight, on May 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China.

The Canadian - made regional jet flew its first flight in 1991 and its last in 2010, when it was flown here to be donated to the school, by executives of Bombardier Aerospace.

Although both product lines are in the late stages of their development (Bombardier obtained the permit for the Learjet 85's first test flight in February), they both follow the CSeries jet in the company's release queue.

In any given year, the world - famous jet setter and his assistant Helen Clarke visit some 50 cities, meaning Clarke, once a Virgin flight attendant, spends the majority of her time travel planning.

Otherwise, with an entire weekend to get to our first destination, we probably would not have chosen North Carolina — a two - hour flight by regional jet from our home base in the New York City area.

An Airbus A380 jet airliner (top), a Boeing 777 jet airliner (L), and the Al Fursan aerobatic team in flight at the 2017 Dubai Airshow.

Next, a Delta Connection flight operated by Express Jet, en route from New York's La Guardia to Richmond International Airport in Virginia, diverted to Dulles Airport due to «an issue with the landing gear,» according to reports — which turned out to be the fact that one of the wheels had come off.

Members who put down at least $ 100,000 a year have priority booking access (along with perks such as in - flight catering), making the experience just as convenient as owning your own jet, says chief executive Bradley Stewart.

The three - year - old, Munich - based, mobile travel services app Quicket, formerly named «Jets,» lets users buy tickets, track flights, check - in at the airport and peruse cabin maps to get you that coveted window seat.

The Puget Sound Business Journal reviewed the flights of Jeff Bezos» private jet and found the craft was in Boston just before the HQ2 search was announced and in Washington, D.C. the day the search was honed to 20 finalists.

Since its maiden flight in January 2011 ten prototypes were manufactured (Note: the two demonstrators 2001, 2002 = now 2004, + the prototypes 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and two static test specimen) and that this type is to be the third stealth fighter jet to enter operational service following the United States» F - 22 Raptor and the F - 35 Lightning II.

The emergency occurred just two weeks after a jet engine blew apart and broke a window in a deadly accident aboard another Southwest flight.

As a self - described «adventure junkie,» Yanik has found that his own life - changing experiences such as running with the bulls, flying MiG jets, HALO skydiving, exotic car rallies and Zero - Gravity flights have not expanded his limits but also led to breakthroughs in ideas, focus and business thinking.

Travelers accustomed to riding in a full - size jet instead find themselves on planes with tighter seating, lower ceilings and fewer amenities for flights as long as four hours.

He is an FAA - certified Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor with over 4,500 hours of flight experience and ratings in airplanes, helicopters, seaplanes, gliders, and six types ofFlight Instructor with over 4,500 hours of flight experience and ratings in airplanes, helicopters, seaplanes, gliders, and six types offlight experience and ratings in airplanes, helicopters, seaplanes, gliders, and six types of jets.

In the midst of Cold War tensions, Soviet fighter jets shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, killing all 269 passengers aboard.

For example, what math was used to calculate the capability of dragline silk from an orb weaver spider that is lighter than cotton, yet ounce for ounce stronger than steel, tougher than kevlar (used in bullet - proof vests), that if the silk were 0.4 inch thick with strands 1.6 inches apart and enlarged the size of a football field, could stop a jumbo jet in flight, that is flying at an average speed of about 600 mph?

In flight, Jet Blue has a vegan snack box for purchase and free snacks that are vegan.

Off topic = Benzemas alleged flight in a jet is believed to be an old picture and I belive it is becouse if you look at the photo you can see his phone on the side console you will see his iPhone it's iPhone 5 a player with his dosh would have iPhone 6

Last Friday, Halloran, who arranges fights for the new Mirage casino - hotel in Las Vegas, went to Columbus, and promised Douglas a flight in Mirage owner Steve Wynn's jet on Sunday.

The issue then is not so much whether Sanchez can be a top - flight NFL quarterback but whether he can become one right now, when the Jets seem to be Super Bowl — caliber in every other area.

The airport flight path is behind the hotel, but it wasn't that noisy at all, in fact it seemed like the jets just coasted in.

Yeah they thought friend Rachel and I re like blogging celebrities and took turns sitting by us, but then I saw what makes Jet blue the most awesome airline it is known to be — the executives were walking around helping the flight attendants in their duties, including the executives picking up passenger trash.

Nurse Loretta Bledsoe helped mom Erica Walton bring baby Jet Walton into the world aboard a flight headed to Florida in December.

Salomon Melgen allegedly provided Sen. Robert Menendez with private jet flights and lavish vacations in exchange for political favors.

Menendez is charged with trading his political influence for bribes in the form of luxury hotel stays and flights on a private jet provided by Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, a longtime friend.

U.S. Hecretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price took private jets on at least five separate flights last week in a stark departure from his predecessors under the Obama administration.

Several high - ranking NYPD officers have been indicted on charges of accepting gifts from two businessmen who also happened to later become donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio — gifts including Christmas presents hand - delivered by the men while they were dressed as elves, and a private jet ride to Las Vegas that included an in - flight prostitute who went by the name Candi.

Federal prosecutors alleged that Menedez carried out «official favors» for his friend and Democratic donor Melgen in exchange for private jet flights, vacations, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.

Menendez is accused of carrying out «official favors» for his friend, Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, in exchange for private jet flights, vacations, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.

Menendez stands accused of accepting all - expense - paid trips and private jet flights from Salomon Melgen, a wealthy Palm Beach eye doctor, in exchange for help with the doctor's $ 8.9 million Medicare bill and in obtaining visas for the ophthalmologist's young girlfriends.

Boeing's plastic jet Airplanes have been made largely of riveted metal since Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in May 1927.

In a short but historic flight, one of the company's Boeing 747 - 400s flew more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from London Heathrow Airport to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, reaching a peak altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) during the 40 - minute flight, with one of its four engines burning a blend of 20 percent coconut and babassu oils mixed with regular petroleum - based jet fueIn a short but historic flight, one of the company's Boeing 747 - 400s flew more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from London Heathrow Airport to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, reaching a peak altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) during the 40 - minute flight, with one of its four engines burning a blend of 20 percent coconut and babassu oils mixed with regular petroleum - based jet fuein Amsterdam, reaching a peak altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) during the 40 - minute flight, with one of its four engines burning a blend of 20 percent coconut and babassu oils mixed with regular petroleum - based jet fuel.

Both the Air Force in December and Airbus earlier this month completed flights powered by synfuel — liquid jet fuel made from coal or natural gas.

Virgin's flight follows in the jet wash of the U.S. Air Force, Airbus and BioJet 1.

Then last summer, Aaron Parness and Christine Fuller, of the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Hao Jiang of Stanford took the full gripper hand, which includes several patches of gripping material in a specific arrangement, on a microgravity flight in NASA's Weightless Wonder aircraft.

Last October, BioJet 1 — a 1968 Czechoslovakian L - 29 fighter jet — reached around 17,000 feet (5,200 meters) on 100 percent biodiesel during a test flight in Reno, Nev..

The jets were the first planes capable of flying faster than the speed of sound in level flight and are, as I learned, the direct descendants of the X-1.

Arnold Barnett of MIT, one of the world's top authorities on aviation safety, calculates the odds of dying on a U.S. domestic jet flight at 1 in 30 million.

Test flight results have been good, but questions remain whether jet biofuel be produced in large quantities — and sustainably

The Czech jet has fuel heaters to get around this problem, and similar solutions could be engineered into other jet engines, argues physicist Rudi Wiedemann, president and CEO of Biodiesel Solutions, Inc., in Sparks, Nev., the flight's fuel provider.

Tamer Elsayed was jet - lagged after a 24 - hour flight from Cairo when his second cousin and a friend picked him up at the Los Angeles airport in December 1993.

Many survivors of US Airways flight 1549 suffered from hypothermia after the passenger jet crash - landed in the Hudson River.

For just $ 9.95, TimeZone Management Consulting of California will send a tailor - made timetable for beating jet lag, complete with in - flight meal times and coffee breaks, and sunbathing schedules for the day after arrival.