Airlines
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Topic of the Week: United Keeps First Class, At Least on Some Airplanes
It sounds like the new United is keeping First Class, but maybe only on the airplanes that already have it. Bloomberg reports…
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Pilot Error Likely Played Major Role in Air France 447 Accident
When the French found the black boxes from Air France flight 447 nearly two years after the A330 airplane crashed in the…
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Delta and US Airways Propose New York/Washington Slot Swap Again, and This Time It’ll Happen
Delta and US Airways are hoping that the third time’s a charm by putting the long-proposed slot swap in New York and…
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Has US Airways Kept Rochester Fares Low? (Sort of)
In mid-March, you might remember that US Airways decided to lower fares from Rochester to a bunch of cities and said it…
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Someone Forgot to Tell Vision Airlines that Small Hubs Don’t Work
Delta’s Memphis cuts have once again stirred up a lot of talk about the death of the mid-size hub. It’s effectively conventional…
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Cranky on the Web (May 16 – 20)
Fewer hubs mean fewer options for fliers – CNN Out of the Office Memphis joins a long line of mid-sized hubs that…
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United’s “Customer Day One” Doesn’t See Many Changes
I’m not quite sure how this was decided, but yesterday was “Customer Day One” for the combined Continental and United.. That doesn’t…
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The New First Class Experience on Lufthansa
It may be a very small piece of the travel experience that few of us will have the chance to try, but…
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Delta’s Dismantling of the Memphis Hub
Many are surprised that it’s taken this long, but Delta has finally begun taking the first big steps in what will ultimately…
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Cranky on the Web (May 9 – 13)
Southwest, AirTran merger may mean changes for Northeast Ohio airports – WKSU I spoke with an Ohio public radio affiliate about the…
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Topic of the Week: US Airways Pilots Union Goes Off Again
The US Airways pilots union is at it again. This week the group claimed a number of safety issues have occurred and…
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Flying the Lufthansa A380 Inaugural to San Francisco (Trip Report)
I know I said trip reports would only be on Wednesdays now, but I changed my mind. Lufthansa flew me out to…