Airlines
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No Time for Love, Dr Jones
It’s a busy day today and though I can’t wait to comment on the newly agreed upon Open Skies agreement between the…
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DOT Says OK to Virgin America . . . Sort Of
The day has finally arrived. Believe it or not, the Department of Transportation gave Virgin America the go ahead today to start…
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Dinner with ExpressJet
I was lucky enough to be invited to a small dinner with ExpressJet President and CEO Jim Ream as well as VP…
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First Inflight Entertainment on a Turboprop?
It looks like the time has come for inflight entertainment on turboprops. Thanks to the newly discovered In-flight Entertainment blog for pointing…
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Will You Pay Spirit to Get Lower Fares?
Spirit, in their never-ending pursuit of ancillary revenue, launched the $9 Fare Club yesterday. In short, you pay $9 for a three…
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Footage of the Biman Accident
It didn’t seem to get very much press, but Biman Bangladesh had an accident the other day and there were security cameras…
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Why Calling an Airline Sucks
I really haven’t gotten very cranky lately, but an experience this weekend put me back in the cranky mood. My girlfriend and…
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ATA Now Competing with Southwest
Since Southwest helped ATA out of bankruptcy a few years ago, ATA has basically become Southwest’s testing ground. For the most part,…
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Why is Heathrow The Big Issue with Open Skies?
I had actually been working on this post about US and UK aviation relations and now it seems even more appropriate. As…
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Who Wants to See the A380?
Do you love enormous airplanes? How about German airlines? Is this picture way too fuzzy to satisfy your needs? If you answered…
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Airplane Porn: Alaska Rolls Out the Retro
A friend of mine was at the rollout of Alaska’s 75th anniversary plane yesterday in Seattle, and he sent a couple of…
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Controllable Irregularity – Defined and Legit
Good news for JetBlue fliers, I think. The mystery surrounding “Controllable Irregularity” has now officially been solved. Thanks to Flight Wisdom for…