Professor Sabena's Blog

It seems that there has been a bit of a storm in a teacup going on in South Africa. Travelstart the local OTA there commissioned a surve...

When will the ever learn? When will they ever learn.... lines from that old Pete Seeger song we all learned in school. When it comes to...

Holy smokes Batman. I was a late convert to Social Media. Mostly because in the early days I could not see the Media part of it. Now I ...

So while Android is doing a great job in working through the pack and like other Google powered monsters - its like PacMan it destroys ev...

Andy Rooney has been a fixture on American TV for more than half a century. The last 33 years as a commentator on 60 Minutes. Last night he...

A great post today by Gerry McGovern . I love his posts because they cause me to think about how thing work and what makes things tick. ...

So Twitter is still struggling to get its revenue model off the ground but it is making headway. In the early days of Twitter I was highly ...

Is 2011 the year of Mobile? This is a question that so many people ask. I have to say I am not quite convinced on either side. In fact I...

The US airlines in general think that the US Dept of Transportation's bean counters are not that good. A cabal of them - representi...

Dear Readers - Just a BIG thank you for keeping us going. We have just passed 2300 posts and counting. I had a wander through some of t...

Most breakups are lets face it less than amicable. People don't just wake up one morning and say "Rationalizing our relationshi...

This is a musing on the impact of the Air Asia and Malaysian Airlines agreement with an extension into the overall issue of exclusivity cla...

Travelport at the 11th hour managed to avoid a pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring by getting the approval of all of its Lien Holders ...

OK Own up... how many Apps on your smartphone or Tablet. Full disclosure I have way too many devices. I have 2 smartphones, an iTouch and...

There is a general view that when cargo goes soft - so does passenger traffic in about 4-6 months immediately following. I don't wa...

While I missed The Beat Live this year - there were still about 130 people who showed up to debate the current market situation. Writin...

I fly a lot of miles every year. Typically more than 200,000 actual flown miles. I hear the safety announcements on average 2-4 times a wee...

One of the things that challenges tired old eyes like mine is that the screens are too small and I struggle with glasses and  what I pers...

I am experimenting with the new Blogger Interface. Its a tad tough getting used to it. I will however persevere. Please forgive the types e...

Ever since Sir Michael Bishop exercised his put option and made Lufthansa purchase the majority shares stake in BMI - the UK carrier ...