As you all know I am a frequent traveller. I have visited 164 countries and last year I had 280 travelling days.
So which is the best airline in the world? My personal favourite is Emirates. What do other people think?
CNN Business Traveller has made an inquire and huge survey asking business travellers about their preferences and experiences. I am not surprised that South American and Middle East Airlines come out at the top of the ranking.
According to CNN the top three airlines are:
1. LATAM
South American airline, formed from merger of Tam Airlines and Lan Airlines.
The reviewers say “Best airline to fly to Brazil,” declares IsabellasTrips from New York. “Great onboard entertainment, very nice staff, good food and drinks.”
Ranked best for Customer Service, Cleanliness, Check-In and Boarding.
2. EMIRATES
Dubai-based international airline recently named the world’s best airline by Skytrax.
The reviewers say “I call it Awesome Airlines!,” enthuses Frequentflyer005 from Chandigarh, India, while ZA_World from Johanneseburg says it offers “unsurpassed price, service and luxury.”
Fred Z from Texas concludes: “Food was great. Seat was very good. The choice of Movies and TV shows is unbelievable and the Wi-Fi service is great.”
Ranked best for Customer Service, Cleanliness, Food and Beverage, Check-In and Boarding, In-Flight Entertainment (Wi-Fi, TV, Movies).
3. AZUL Brazilian Airlines
Brazilian carrier named 2016’s best low-cost airline in South America by Skytrax and third-most punctual airline of 2016 by OAG.
The reviewers say: Tak009 from North Carolina commends the “excellent staff support for canceled flight” while Cyn D from Edmonton, Canada found the service “prompt and professional” and the seats “relatively roomy.”
Niels_horn from Rio de Janeiro praises the “modern” in-flight entertainment system and “power outlets between the seats and USB power from the entertainment system.”
Ranked best for Customer Service, Cleanliness, Check-In and Boarding, In-Flight Entertainment.
I have used all of these three airlines nunerous times and agree with the survey. I would personally rank EMIRATES as number one and hold QATAR and Singapore Airlines above AZUL, but that is my view.
All top ten ranked airlines are reviewed and presented in a similar way in the article.
You can read the entire article here (click the link): Link to CNN BT Article
Swedish popgroup ABBA once sang ‘Money, Money, Money’. Men has always been fascinated with money and currency.
ABBAs ‘Money, Money, Money’
So which country has the best banknote? The greenback may rule global markets, but when it comes to more aesthetic considerations, the currency of New Zealand is king.
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) has announced the results of the “Banknote of the Year Award 2015”.
The “clear winner” was New Zealand’s new $5 note, which beat almost 40 other designs from 20 countries to fuse arresting images with security features.
New Zealand’s $5 note, 2015 winner
Described as “stunning” by the IBNS, the orange and brown note features New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Mount Cook (Aoraki) on the South Island. The opposite side shows a colour changing yellow-eyed (hoiho) penguin. It also has a map of the country in a polymer window.
To be eligible for the awards, a banknote must have been issued for the first time during the year of the award, and be in general circulation.
The judges assess banknotes on their artistic merit and the imaginativeness of their design, as well as the security features included on the note.
Swedish 20 kronor note with childrens’ book author Astrid Lindgren and her Pippi Longstockong charachter on the note
Other banknotes in the running for this year’s 2016 title included Sweden’s 20 kronor note, Russia’s 100 rouble note, Kazakhstan’s 20,000 tenge note and Scotland’s (Clydesdale Bank) £5 note.
In 1977 Bruce Springsteen wrote the best song ever written amd it became the title song of his 1978 4th album.
Here is the amazing lyrics to ‘Darkness on the Edge if Town’, my favourite song of all times.
They’re still racing out at the Trestles, But that blood it never burned in her veins, Now I hear she’s got a house up in Fairview, And a style she’s trying to maintain.
Well, if she wants to see me, You can tell her that I’m easily found, Tell her there’s a spot out ‘neath Abram’s Bridge,
And tell her, there’s a darkness on the edge of town.
Everybody’s got a secret, Sonny, Something that they just can’t face, Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it,They carry it with them every step that they take.
Till some day they just cut it loose, Cut it loose or let it drag ’em down, Where no one asks any questions, or looks too long in your face,
In the darkness on the edge of town.
Some folks are born into a good life, Other folks get it anyway, anyhow, I lost my money and I lost my wife, Them things don’t seem to matter much to me now.
Tonight I’ll be on that hill ’cause I can’t stop, I’ll be on that hill with everything I got, Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost, I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost, For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town.
Here is the album studio version (click the link): Album version Darkness on the Edge of Town
Here is a version from 1978: Video of Darkness on the Edge of Town (live) 1978
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