2008
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How to Deal with Weather Delays
My brother lives in Philly, and Wednesday night he had the unfortunate task of trying to fly out of that place in…
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JetBlue to Charge for More Legroom
You could have seen this one coming from miles away. As of April 1, JetBlue will begin charging if you want to…
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Alitalia Accepts Air France/KLM Takeover Bid
You might think that I’d be sad to see Alitalia accept the Air France/KLM takeover bid but you couldn’t be more wrong.…
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Air New Zealand’s Pink Flight
I’ve always thought that older flight attendants on legacy carriers often wear way too much makeup but this is ridiculous . .…
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A Public Service Announcement About Rising Airfares
Late last week, a friend of mine asked me why airfares were so expensive. Of course, I asked her where she was…
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The US Airways $5 Booking Fee is “Relaxed”
I know, I know. I’ve been writing about US Airways way too much lately. I can’t help it if there’s a lot…
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The Incredible Shrinking ATA
Remember when ATA was considered a “major” carrier with over $1b in annual revenue? It seems like so long ago now. They…
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Southwest Checks for Cracks
I’m not going to spend too much time talking about what happened today, because it’s been covered by just about everyone. (I…
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SAS and Bombardier Settle Over the Q400
At the end of October, I asked whether Bombardier and SAS should kiss and make up over their differences. Yeah, sure there…
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Virgin America Buy 2 Get 1 Free?!
It appears that Virgin America is getting desperate. Repeat after me . . . MUST-RAISE-CASH. A friend forwarded me an email that…
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London/Heathrow Gets Ready to Play Musical Airlines
There has been a ton of interesting news to write about in the last few days, and I’d been having trouble figuring…
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Be Careful Before Deciding Southwest Was Unsafe
This is definitely the hot topic of the last couple days, and I must admit I’m still trying to sort it all…