• United Screws Around with Fuel Surcharges

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    Anyone else having flashbacks to 2000? Fares are going up, sort of, but not in a healthy way. This time, it’s in the form of massively increased fuel surcharges. United put together a $25 each…

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    Taking EAS to the World of Podcasting

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    I’ve finally done it. I’ve done my first ever podcast. Thanks are certainly due for Addison Schonland for convincing me to actually do it. I spoke with him yesterday about my Essential Air Service post…

  • The Best Travel Blog of 2007*

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    Thank you to everyone who headed over to Performancing to vote for me. I have now officially been crowned The Best Travel Blog of 2007*! Why the asterisk, you ask? Well, the editors over there…

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    An Advertisement for Airport Ground Radar

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    If you’ve ever questioned why better visibility around the airport is so important, take a look at this video depicting a near-disaster in Providence last year. (Thanks to Vanity Fair Musings via Don Brown at…

  • BA Goes on a Diet – Same Great Taste (Almost), 1/3 the Seats

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    There had been rumblings about this for quite some time. Would British Airways make any moves designed to fight the all-business class airlines that have popped up over the last few years? Would they try…

  • New Hampshire Aircraft Action

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    Besides being an airline dork, I’m also a weather geek and a political junkie. So I made it a goal to find a way to discuss the current US primaries without going off topic. FlightAware…

  • Essential Air Service – Thirty Years of Wasting Your Money

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    Essential Air Service (EAS) seems to be a hot topic these days. It was probably Big Sky’s announcement that they were getting out of the game that triggered it. At least, that announcement is what…

  • Nominated

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    I was really hoping to have my monstrous post on Essential Air Service finished today, but it looks like I’m going to need another day. That means I’m postless this morning. Arrrrgh. So, I thought…

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    Good Luck Flying West Today

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    If you’re flying to the west coast today, be ready for a delayed and bumpy ride. We’re getting hit with the worst storm we’ve had in 3 years over here. Check out the satellite shot…

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