- Neat video clip of FedEx aircraft on approach to Memphis Airport during a thunderstorm, avoiding the cells. (via coudal.com)
(Update: Original video link is dead, click here instead)

- United Airlines’ pilots to ramp up friendliness campaign. Part of this includes making official the previously occasional practice of pilots handing out their business cards to the most frequent flyers, with a little note thanking them for their business. My next United flight is Saturday; we’ll see if this mid-tier elite gets a card in coach…

- Fellow Star Alliance carrier USAirways reported a small profit this past quarter. Kudos to them!

- Best. Airline. Slogan. EVER. “Blazing like a mother comet producing meteor showers throughout the world.” (Starflyer Airlines of Japan, via coudal, again!)

- While other airlines have announced revamping of first or business class service, Qantas announces improvements to economy. Minor changes, but still…

- An amazing new resource for people in North America looking for cheap fares, though it’s designed for travelers going on a mileage run — a cheap trip whose purpose isn’t to actually visit some other location, but to earn frequent flyer miles (usually for elite status). Fares are ranked on a cents-per-mile basis and published to a FlyerTalk message board. See here.

- While metal knives are an endangered species on board aircraft, spoons are still the stainless steel you love. Love airline spoons? This is your site. (via boingboing)