Wi-fly
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has started auctioning the licenses for the eventual rights to inflight internet and voice-over-IP (VOIP) service. Too late to join the bidding, but watch the breathtaking action here.

Let ‘em fly!
Most brilliant invention ever: The charcoal seat pad. Great for home, office, and travel! Take it on your next flight and flatulate with impunity! (via RoadGladiator)

Birds fly high with JetBlue
If a bird is flying inside a plane traveling 550mph, how fast is that bird traveling? Ask JetBlue. Two lovebirds (the birds, not amorous couples) got loose on board a flight to San Juan last week.

Babies fly high(er) on KLM
Bassinets on the bulkhead? No surprise there, but look at the altitude of this bassinet! I can only imagine the surprise of travelers exiting that lavatory to be greeted by the cherubic grin of an unbuckled infant. (via Jaunted)

Pigs fly at Southwest
The apocalypse must be near. As part of an upgrade to its reservations system, Southwest Airlines is considering allowing advance seat assignments. I’ll begin taking bets on WILMA or Reverse Pyramid boarding once it’s official.

Front page stories about standing room seats won’t fly again
Remember the standing-room-only seat story? The New York Times offered a lengthy explanation of how they screwed up in printing it on page one when the project was in fact abandoned. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that this idea was, at least at one point, real. Abandoned, yes, but it was on the table. Okay, hopefully that’s the end of that subject…