There had been plenty of speculation that Jetstar’s next long haul move would be Singapore to both Europe and North Asia. It looks like they’ve decided to put that on hold in favor of more Oceania flying. I wonder if Air Asia X has anything to do with this decision?…
Month: June 2010
One of the more laughable rumors in recent memory has come to the surface in recent days. The rumorville is buzzing with the possibility of a Delta hub in St Louis. What a stupid idea. This rumor is either completely wrong or Delta is a lot dumber than I thought. …
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The pilots went on strike in the wee hours on Saturday morning and flights were canceled from that point on. As this now stretches into day 3, it is …
Delta + AirElite Charter Operation = Corporate Bigwig Airlines – BNET
Delta’s looking to combine corporate charter with commercial ops. Good stuff.
Airline satisfaction at three-year high – Marketplace
JD Power came out with its annual survey results. You know how I feel about these things, but I’m always willing …
Anyone been paying attention to things down under lately? Virgin Blue has a new boss, and he’s apparently bringing his 
previous experience with Qantas with him. There are going to be a lot of changes in the next year, and those will all be aimed at targeting the business traveler…
Delta’s promised wifi updates have been few and far between, but yesterday we found out that the airline is basically done with its plans. Now that they have an armada of wifi-equipped planes, what are they going to do with them?
The A319, MD88, MD90, 737, and 757-300 fleets …
And we’re back with part two of my interview. By this point, we were furiously bouncing down the 101 on our way to SFO, so I had to work hard to fit all my questions in.
Cranky: Talking about the onboard product. I saw the new seats yesterday in …
Well, I was home for almost a week this time before hitting the road again. Fortunately, this time it didn’t involve a time change and it was a mere 1 hour flight up north.
I decided to take the trip in order to see the Swiss inaugural out of SFO. …
Last week, I was in San Francisco for the Swiss launch of service, and I was given the unique opportunity to sit with Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister on the ride down from his hotel to SFO. We talked about a broad range of topics and he was very upfront about …
As the Regional Flight Market Shrinks, Airlines Need New Strategies to Survive – BNET
Regionals have had a rough few years, and now they need to plot their strategies for survival. Some are more creative than others.
Summer air travel’s up, and so are fares – Marketplace
It’s summer, so …
Greetings from San Francisco. I came up this week for a couple of reasons, but most interesting was the launch of SWISS service to Zurich. I don’t usually 
travel for route launches, but this had several interesting aspects that made it worth the trip, including my first look at the …
Round two of the Department 
of Transportation’s proposed “Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections” rule is out, and you probably assume that I’m going to say this is an awful thing, right? Wrong. There’s actually not much in there that makes for a big change (though there is one thing that I …