2008
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Trip Report: Alaska to the Northwest
I just realized that I never put together a trip report for my trip to the Pacific Northwest last week. I’m probably…
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Why Did Continental Reinstate the 500 Mile Minimum Earning for Elites?
My fiancée flew to Orlando again yesterday, so I was hoping to have some more great stories like the infamous dinner roll…
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Alitalia’s Not Quite Dead Yet, But It’s Close
I’m sure I’ll get another comment saying that I’m obsessed with Alitalia, and you know what? It’s true. This is far more…
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This Week on BNET (Sep 15 – 19)
Vegas Hotel Rooms Growing; Flights Shrinking Hotels rooms in Vegas are growing rapidly but flights are disappearing. How are they going to…
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Air Canada Gets a Gold Star for Rolling Back Fees
Those of you who live in Canada got a nice dose of gold star-worthy airline goodness yesterday when Air Canada announced it…
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United Pulls Out of Palmdale as Quickly as Possible
Let’s stick this one in the “I told you so” file. Back in June, I said, “I’m sure that the second that…
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Spirit Brings Ads to Overhead Bins, Bulkheads, and More
To be honest, I’m really surprised that it took this long for an airline to do this, but if anyone was going…
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Spanair Aircraft Did Not Have Flaps Deployed; Not Necessarily the Cause of the Accident
The preliminary report is in, and it appears that the Spanair aircraft that crashed on takeoff last month did not have its…
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Lufthansa Buys Stake in Brussels Airlines, Looks at Alitalia
“The Germans marched into Brussels today as they discussed further cooperation with the Italians.” I can’t say I ever thought that statement…
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Five Great Things About Portland Airport
I was up in the Pacific Northwest this past weekend, and on my way home yesterday, I had a chance to walk…
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757, Advertising, Air New Zealand, American, Fares, Inflight Entertainment, Mergers/Finance, Schedule Changes, Seats, Singapore Airlines, Technology, United
This Week on BNET (Sep 8 – 12)
American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing…
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Three Cool things From the Aircraft Interiors Expo
I had the chance to spend a day at the first running of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in the US this week,…