May 2007
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Attack of the Killer Tray Tables
The airplane tray table . . . so small, so uneven, so . . . so upright and locked before landing. Why…
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A Upcoming Death in the Dulles Family
Speaking of Eero Saarinen-designed terminals . . . let’s check in on Washington/Dulles. When was I speaking about Sarrinen terminals, you ask?…
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JetBlue Puts the New in New York
JFK, originally uploaded by maxpower33. I spend so much of my airport posts focused on LAX that I thought it would be…
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Airline Information Going Mobile
Ah, Memorial Day. The start of summer and the start of airline delay season. Is there anything worse than getting stuck in…
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FAA To Let Airlines Take the Long Way Home
In case you were wondering, no, I am not above using a Supertramp song title in my subject line to lure readers.…
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Yet Another Reason to Love the 787
The rollout of the first 787 is only 46 days away, and I can’t wait. Really, what I’m excited about is flying…
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Delta Change – Better Late Than Never
Well, it took them 15 days, but I finally received the following email from Delta yesterday: Hi Brett, We think the idea…
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American’s Gold Star for Taking a Step Toward “Productizing”
American announced yesterday that they’ll being offering a hybrid price/schedule search on the website that looks quite similar to what we’ve already…
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Southwest’s Not-So-Huge Move
Southwest just decided to start participating in the Galileo Global Distribution System (GDS), and the media is running around like it’s the…
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VX Gets the Go Ahead
After an epic battle, Virgin America (IATA code: VX, seriously) has finally received approval from the DOT to start flying. They jumped…
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Not So Fast, LAX
To say that this was a bad week for LAWA (the organization that runs LAX) would be an understatement. I mean, if…
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Long Time, No Alitalia
It has been far too long since we’ve checked in on the airline I love to hate, Alitalia. So what’s new? Well,…