If you’ve been trying to get to, from, or through the northeast US this week, you know that a lot of flights have been canceled. That’s really an understatement. Thousands of flights have been canceled each of the last couple days. Why is that? Couldn’t the airlines have canceled fewer … Read the post
Month: October 2012
I’m guessing you’ve read a lot about Hurricane Sandy this morning, so I won’t bore you with the same. (Summary: lots of cancellations, be patient.) Instead, I thought I’d talk about a short and simple note that came in recently from a reader. I decided to write an Ask Cranky … Read the post
In the Trenches: Finally, a Full-Time Employee – Intuit Small Business Blog
After a very long time, I finally was able to hire a full time employee.
American announced a bunch of new routes this week, but one caught my eye. The airline, which flies only to Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo in Asia, will now start a flight from Dallas/Ft Worth to Seoul. American doesn’t have a Korean partner, so it will be largely traffic destined only … Read the post
Singapore Airlines has announced a big order for a slew of new aircraft from Airbus including more A380s and some new A350s. But buried in the release is the news that Airbus will take back the five A340-500 aircraft in the Singapore fleet. That means the end of the nonstop … Read the post
North America is a big place. When you think about where the next big airline battle is likely to be, you probably aren’t going to guess it’s in small town Canada. You’d be wrong. The battle is brewing, and Air Canada is on the defensive. WestJet is getting ready to … Read the post
One of the more contentious customer service issues in the airline industry has long been around how airlines deal with people who have family emergencies. This comes in a lot of different forms. Some people may need to buy a ticket at the last minute to get to an ailing … Read the post
Tips for Booking Holiday Travel – Travora
This one actually went up awhile ago, but I just got around to posting the link. I’m not writing a couple times a month for the new travel site Travora. Travora was the old Travel Ad Network and it bought TravelMuse and NileGuide. … Read the post
Let’s end the week with a little bit of awesome. An Air Canada flight into Sydney went out of its way to descend down to 4,000 feet in order to look for a missing boater. Incredibly, they found him. Would you have had an issue with the diversion if you … Read the post
Almost a decade ago, I had the pleasure of being able to fly on one of the most incredible aircraft to have flown passengers around the world… Concorde. After the flight, I wrote the trip up for an aviation discussion group in which I’m still a member, and I stumbled … Read the post
If you haven’t seen this, get ready for a treat. Air Gumbo may not have worked out (yet…), but now we have a new plan from those crazy Cajuns down in New Orleans. Ready for it? They’re giving a bunch of tax breaks in order to get an investment group … Read the post
Back in 2010, Colombian-based Avianca and Central American-based TACA merged to form a formidable Latin airline, but the brands remained separate, as did those of subsidiaries Ecuador-based Aerogal and Tampa Cargo. Now the decision has been made. All of the brands will consolidate under the Avianca name. If you … Read the post