On Monday, I posted the latest in my “Who/What the F*&@” series of posts. Usually, this series explores new airlines coming on the scene, but I also on occasion use it to explain random things in the industry. This week’s post on auxiliary power units was a great example.…
Month: June 2014
Each year, the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) asks travelers to vote in the Passenger Choice Awards. This year, APEX is focused on spreading the word in order to get even more votes to determine the winners. That’s why
they’ve sponsored a post here on the blog. They want your …
As the days go by, American and US Airways make more and more progress on bringing the two airlines together. Yesterday there were a few more changes made, including upgrades across carriers, minor increases in award redemption prices, and small improvements in carry-on rules. The changes were relatively insignificant enough …
If you ask someone at Honeywell how many engines are on any aircraft, you might quickly decide they’re all pretty stupid over there. Time after time during my visit to their operation in Phoenix recently [Disclosure: Honeywell paid for my trip to their media day], I had people tell me …
How To Book A Flight On The WAY Cheap – Refinery29
I was surprised at the number of emails I got after this story went live about how to find cheap flights. Apparently Refinery29 has quite the audience.…
Well they’ve done it. The folks behind the long-delayed PEOPLExpress start up have now started selling tickets. They gave up on trying to operate their own airplanes, at least initially, so Vision will be operating for them. Boston, Newark, and Pittsburgh get flights from the mighty Newport News hub starting …
You might know American and United as large airlines that compete with each other head-to-head. But if you’ve been reading the headlines lately, you might think they were real estate companies working together on projects in both Chicago and LA.
The Chicago move is pretty straightforward. The two gates that …
Those in the airline industry have been waiting for the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) latest proposed rulemaking with a mix of fear and dread. After all, the DOT has, of late, spewed forth garbage rules that are costly and not actually helpful. But, as I discussed yesterday, when the …
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is at it again. In its latest proposed rulemaking, DOT tackles a lot of issues behind the veil of trying to protect the consumer. In a shocking move, most of them aren’t bad. In fact, many are downright good ideas. But I’m going to …