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3 Links I Love: Comfort+ Changes, Alaska Milk Run, and Fares Going Down
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This week’s featured link: Delta Comfort+ now available as fare for flights to Asia and Latin America – Delta.com Delta started selling Comfort+ as a separate cabin domestically earlier this month, but for international flying…
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A Look Back at Delta’s Shifting Fleet
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The response to last week’s post about American’s shifting fleet mix was so overwhelmingly positive, that I’ve gone and looked at both Delta and United as well. First up? Heeeeeere’s Delta. What really stands out…
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DelAAyed by Mesa and Its Tired and Worn Interiors (Trip Report)
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For this year’s Phoenix Aviation Symposium, I was asked to moderate a panel about the customer. I’ve always enjoyed that conference, so I knew I’d go but didn’t book flights until a couple weeks out.…
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Across the Aisle from Phoenix Aviation Director Jim Bennett on International Service, Terminal Projects, and the TSA
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While I was in Phoenix for this year’s symposium, I had the chance to sit with the new Aviation Director in town, Jim Bennett. Jim was at Phoenix many years ago before he went on…
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Cranky on the Web: Modernizing LAX
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On Approach: A Brand New LAX Is Coming – CBS Los Angeles A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with the local CBS folks for a story they were putting together on the…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot, Value Alliance, and Dubuque
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This week’s featured link(s): Delta’s Comfort+ upgrades could turn into frequent flyer problem – Runway Girl Network Delta to end sponsorship of Fox Theatre over Qatar Airways event with JLo – AJC@ATL Blog Airline wars…
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Why Airline Ops People and Air Traffic Controllers are Excited About Data Comm
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I haven’t done a post about NextGen air traffic control in awhile, but something mentioned on a panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium really caught my attention. It’s called Data Comm (short for, wait for…
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A Look Back at American’s Shifting Fleet As It Plans to Retire Two More Types
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In an internal memo last week, American explained that it was going to retire two more fleets in the next couple of years with both the Embraer 190 and A330-300s hitting the road. Both these…
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Congress and TSA Continue to Point Fingers While Offering Weak Fixes For Long Security Lines
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I’ve taken three flights in the last couple of weeks and the Pre Check lines have been open for exactly none of them. Regular lines continue to get longer, and as we approach the peak…
