Airlines
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Spirit Brings Ads to Overhead Bins, Bulkheads, and More
To be honest, I’m really surprised that it took this long for an airline to do this, but if anyone was going…
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Spanair Aircraft Did Not Have Flaps Deployed; Not Necessarily the Cause of the Accident
The preliminary report is in, and it appears that the Spanair aircraft that crashed on takeoff last month did not have its…
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Lufthansa Buys Stake in Brussels Airlines, Looks at Alitalia
“The Germans marched into Brussels today as they discussed further cooperation with the Italians.” I can’t say I ever thought that statement…
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757, Advertising, Air New Zealand, American, Fares, Inflight Entertainment, Mergers/Finance, Schedule Changes, Seats, Singapore Airlines, Technology, United
This Week on BNET (Sep 8 – 12)
American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing…
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Virgin America’s Impending Growth Spurs LAX Terminal Shifts
I had to go to LAX three times this weekend to pick up and drop off some friends, and while I was…
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Continental Adds the First Bag Fee; Is Delta Next?
Looks like Continental has decided to start charging $15 for the first checked bag at the same time they work on devaluing…
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American, BNET, Delta, Fares, Mergers/Finance, Midwest Airlines, Northwest, Republic, Schedule Changes, United
This Week on BNET (Sep 2 – 5)
American Asks to Defer Beijing Flights It wasn’t long ago that airlines were climbing on top of each other to grab slots…
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British Airways 777 Accident at Heathrow Likely Caused by Ice Buildup
We finally have an “Interim Report” on what happened to the BA 777 that lost power and crash-landed at London/Heathrow in January…
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Midwest Shrinks Again in Latest Restructuring
There’s been a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over Milwaukee during the last few weeks as Midwest worked on its latest round…
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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…