I’m sure by now most people realize that there are plenty of firms who care about the websites you visit. Some companies, like Compete, have made a business of it. There’s some pretty cool info out there, but you need to be careful what you take from it.
Author: CF
First we had eos and MAXjet, then Silverjet was announced, and now we have the oh so simply named:
L’Avion (which means “The Airplane” in French), is going to begin daily all business-class flights between Paris/Orly and Newark with 100 seat 757s (that’s about half … Read the post
United employees were given a sneak preview of what to expect with the airline’s new international First Class seat in an internal communication today. There is a lot of fluff in there (“The whole First Class experience is being developed to be industry-leading” . . . blah blah blah), so … Read the post
Hmm, I wonder if the AA pilots saw this coming?
It appears that American Airlines won’t be getting another route to China anytime soon thanks to the stalemate in negotiations between the pilots and American management.
American’s pilots have limits in their current contract that … Read the post
Oh man. The Brazilian Federal Police have really earned the Cranky Jackass award this time. In fact, I think you could make the argument for renaming the award in their honor at this point.
Remember, the accident where the Embraer Legacy corporate jet collided with … Read the post
I’m guessing that every single person reading this post has received one of the tantalizing mileage credit card offers. Oh you the ones . . . sign up and get 250 million miles for free. And if you transfer a balance, there’s another gazillion miles for you. But are these … Read the post
Remember those carefree pre-9/11 days when you could wander through security whether you were flying or not? Well that might be a possibility again in the near future.
Right now, if you don’t have a boarding pass for travel that day, the only way you’ll
There’s something about the airline industry that acts as a lightning rod for taxation. Need to solve the world’s problems? Well, let’s just tax commercial aviation. Seriously. Earlier this year, several European countries decided it would be a good idea to tax aviation in order to solve the AIDS, malaria, … Read the post
JetBlue mentioned before that they were interested in exploring airline partnerships and it looks like they’ve started dipping their toes in the water here.
Our first contestant is AeroSvit. That’s right, the shy and reserved Ukranian airline that flies to New York. If you buy … Read the post
I believe we can now officially declare Delta’s schedule planning announcements to be clear shots at US Airways and not merely coincidence.
On the heels of Delta’s New York/JFK – Phoenix and Salt Lake City – Charlotte announcements which I documented here, we get … Read the post
It was definitely a strange news day in the world of aviation today. Here are my two favorite news items.
- A flight from Washington/National to Dallas/Ft Worth made an emergency landing in Nashville after customers reported smelling matches onboard. Though you are legally allowed to
It’s time once again for the completely irregular segment I like to call random bits of info. There have been a bunch of little airline stories the last few days, so I’m just going to rattle them off here now.