Airlines
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Pondering Southwest’s Big Schedule Change for Dallas, Washington, and AirTran
Southwest does scheduling differently compared to any of the legacy carriers. The airline only allows bookings a few months out, but when…
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Topic of the Week: Delta and Virgin Atlantic Swap Routes
My post about 747s at LAX from earlier this week is now out-of-date. It looks like the airport will be down to…
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The Annoying Seatmate (Trip Report)
There are only so many times I can fly between Long Beach and Phoenix and actually keep you interested, so I realize…
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Cranky on the Web (May 12 – 15)
The transatlantic view from across the pond – British Airways Up to Speed The publisher of BA’s internal magazine asked me to…
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Topic of the Week: Virgin America Officially Gets Love Field Gates, But What Will Delta Do?
It’s finally official. Virgin America will get 2 gates at Dallas/Love Field. That means Delta, which had already been selling flights for…
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Many Carriers Have Failed at Washington/Dulles But Frontier’s Effort is Different
When Frontier announced it would be opening a focus city at Washington’s Dulles Airport, skeptics laughed. Low cost carriers and Dulles don’t…
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American and Delta Do Well Despite Airport Issues (Trip Report)
I’m doing a lot of travel this month, so you can expect more trip reports than normal. This particular one was for…
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Etihad’s “The Residence” Is A Clever Use of Normally-Dead Space on the A380
Air travel bloggers are abuzz about the new offering from Etihad called “The Residence.” This “class above First” is actually a three…
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Cranky on the Web (May 5 – 9)
Spirit Is Tired of Travelers Not Knowing How Their Airline Works – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Spirit is rolling out a marketing…
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Topic of the Week: Hubs Keep Getting Bigger
This last week, we saw Qantas announce that it was upgauging its Sydney-Dallas/Ft Worth flight to an A380. That means more feed…
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Azul to Fly to the US, Showing What JetBlue May Have Been if Neeleman Had Stuck Around
If you’ve ever wondered what JetBlue might have looked like had David Neeleman not been forced out in 2008, you can just…
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Frontier’s New Pricing Structure Looks a Lot Like Spirit’s, But There Are Differences
We’ve been talking about Frontier’s transformation into an ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) for a long time here, but now that the…