Recently in Tweek: Twitter Week Category

Last week's TWEEK (review of trending aviation topics on Twitter) was Star Alliance-heavy with the Star Mega DO following Continental's entry in Star Alliance. This week Mexicana became the 11th member of the Oneworld alliance. You can see photos of Mexicana's Oneworld-themed aircraft here.

The A380 has been in service for two years and we produced a special report. One of the more popular features was the comparison of A380 cabins (here for Singapore, Qantas, and Emirates and here for Air France).

Last week saw the launch of the Flightglobal iPhone application. It gives you all the latest news from Flightglobal. It's free so go ahead and download it, give it a whirl, and let us know how it is.

Some other popular articles included:

• EU research budget cannot cut aircraft emissions says UK
• Boeing officially confirms install of 787 wing fix
• Does Malta really need its own airline?
• FAA to reinforce controller training for loss of radio communication

Finally, it's the 2009 Dubai air show!  There will be lots of Tweeting about the show. You can search for the #DXB09 keyword or view the Tweets with our handy Dubai Tweet directory.

After a bit of a delay, here's what was popular over the last week on Twitter.

The story of the errant Northwest A320 was still on the minds of the Twitterati with our story of FAA Administrator Babbitt defends revoking licenses of Northwest laptop pilots

Safety concerns continued with No survivors as Il-76 crashes in eastern Russia

and two more articles:

Rockwell Collins: New avionics for a safer runway

Sleep cycle factors strongly in new ALPA pilot fatigue policy: Natural circadian rhythms factor strong

In-flight entertainment and connectivity proved to still be a hot topic with this article drawing attention:
Boeing ranks the cost of new commercial jet subsystems: #1 engines; #2 in-flight entertainment

Out of London was the news BA is considering one-cabin only short-haul flights from Gatwick

In the US, one hot topic was NASA's decision to fund Boeing for open rotor noise study

Last week was the Star Mega DO, the largest-ever gathering of frequent flyers. Holding various Star Alliance frequent flyer memberships, the group stopped by Chicago, Newark, Frankfurt, Oslo, and Toulouse. On their journey they visited the offices of United, Continental, Lufthansa, SAS, and Airbus. In Oslo, user nickpiggott Tweeted, flight attendants sang on an aircraft wing inside a hangar while the snow fell outside. For more, search for the tag #starmegado.
 
Also last week was the first flight of the A330-200F, and the Twitterati were keen to see photos of the first flight.

On the topic of social media, a shout out goes to Simpliflying's Shashank Nigam, who was awarded the Global Brand Leadership Award for airline branding.

Finally, what would a week be if Ryanair wasn't in the news? Ryanair received lots of attention with its pressuring of Boeing and threat to cancel 737 orders.

Missed a day of Tweets? Don't have an account? Never fear! Here's your first ever wrap-up of what the Twitter community had to say* about aviation and Flightglobal this past week.

*besides that whole boy-in-balloon saga

Boeing reiterates 787 schedule and says more details will be available this Wednesday

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/16/333556/boeing-reiterates-787-first-flight-target.html

 

US Airways to sell 10 E-190s to Republic

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/14/333456/us-airways-to-sell-10-e-190s-to-republic.html

 

Airlines say fuel price instability is their most vexing problem

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/12/333354/airlines-say-fuel-price-instability-is-their-most-vexing.html

 

Picture exclusive: China starts manned Moon mission planning

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/15/333472/picture-exclusive-china-starts-manned-moon-mission-planning.html

 

Rob Coppinger, also known as @Flighthyperbola, was busy Tweeting all week at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, Korea. Until Thursday Rob is at the 16th AIAA/DLR/DGLR International space planes and hypersonic systems conference Bremen and then goes to the first EU-ESA international conference in Prague on human space exploration.

 

On a lighter update, @winglets747 walked past a house and saw...what? A set of airline seats outside:

 

What's going on this week? Why it's the annual National Business Aviation Association conference and exhibition and our team is there to cover the show. Follow @flightblogger, @mtargettuk and @cockburnb and check out our dedicated NBAA page for all the latest news.

Finally, Our mascot Stefan the pilot is also at NBAA and has already found himself in trouble. What happens at NBAA stays at NBAA, right Stefan? See here for the photo, and if you're at NBAA please help rescue Stefan.

 

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