Airlines
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Did Lufthansa Impact United’s Decision to Reverse International Meal Charges?
The rumors starting creeping out over the weekend, but the news officially broke yesterday. United has decided not to begin charging for…
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Is the End of the Alitalia Saga Near?
It’s been a busy week for Alitalia, and once the dust settles, we might finally have a solution regarding who is going…
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Airplane Porn: United’s Paint Problem
It’s Labor Day here in the US, so I wasn’t planning on posting anything today. But after I saw this shot of…
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Allegiant, American, Inflight Entertainment, Meals, Mergers/Finance, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Technology, United, US Airways
This Week on BNET (August 25 – 29)
United Slow to Address Public Concern Over Paid Meals on International Flights United made waves by announcing charges for meals on some…
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Alaska Retires the MD-80
Another week, another airline retires the good ole’ MD-80. This past Sunday, Alaska flew its last MD-80 operation, and the airline is…
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Ryanair Jet Did Not “Plunge” 26,000 Feet
I swear, I’m going to have to change the name of this blog to Cranky Mythbusters, because there is just so much…
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Air Canada Jazz Ditches Life Vests, Who Cares?
Looks like Air Canada’s commuter, Jazz, has decided to take life vests off its planes. This will save a little over 50…
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Trip Report: Good Times on Northwest’s Aging Aircraft
Considering how much we were talking about aging aircraft last week, it’s fitting that I flew the king of aging aircraft this…
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Advertising, AirTran, American, DFW – Dallas/Ft Worth, Distribution, Fares, Government Regulation, Safety/Security, Schedule Changes, Southwest, United
This Week on BNET (August 18 – 22)
Southwest Filing Fares in ATPCO Once Again You may not know ATPCO, but I’m guessing that airlines all over the US are…
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Spanair Crash Does Not Mean the MD-80 is Unsafe
There’s not much that makes me feel as sick to my stomach as I do when I see an airplane crash. I…
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British Airways Stops in Shannon for London/City Flights
Remember back in February when BA announced it would start flights from London/City Airports very short runway to New York? And remember…
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United’s Meal Charges Earn the Cranky Jackass Award
United really is a sad, confused airline, isn’t it? For an airline that just two days ago stated that it had put…