Thu, Jul 02, 2009
Mark Malkoff Sets Guinness Record
We have to wonder if he paid for a
business class upgrade. Mark Malkoff arrived in Atlanta Tuesday
greeted by several hundred curiosity seekers and fans, having just
set the Guinness World Record for most flight segments in a 30-day
period. Malkoff kept in touch with friends, fans and family via
Inflight Internet on the airline's aircraft.
During the 30-day tour, Malkoff visited 38 cities, posted more
than 1,000 tweets on his Twitter account and updated his Facebook
page more than 700 times, all while taking more than 130 flights
covering more than 109,000 miles while living onboard AirTran's new
Boeing 717 and 737 aircraft. Some of his most memorable stops
include: racing remote control cars with Danica Patrick in
Richmond, VA; being hosed down in Flint, MI, by the Bishop
International Airport Fire-Rescue Department for his first shower
in weeks; and challenging the famous Klement's racing sausages to a
foot race around an AirTran Airways aircraft in Milwaukee.
"What a long, strange trip it has been," said Malkoff. "The
other night on a red eye flight I was told that I was muttering
'How are you baby wipes?' in my sleep. I will definitely miss the
thousands of AirTran Crew Members that have made me feel so welcome
and at home."
"Watching Mark fly day and night for the past 30 days has been
amazing," said Tad Hutcheson, vice president of marketing and sales
for AirTran Airways. "He was the fastest passenger ever to become
an A+ Elite flyer and we're happy to be able to give these credits
away to someone else so they can begin their own adventure."
During Malkoff's tour, AirTran equipped every 737 in the fleet,
and dozens of 717s, with Gogo Inflight Internet . The Company
expects to have all aircraft Wi-fi enabled by mid-July.
Aren't you glad you weren't the person sitting next to him
before he was doused by the fire hose?
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