Airlines
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You Vill Be Seated!
Head on over to Lufthansa’s website and you’ll find that they’re getting strict with seatbelt use. The blurb from the current info…
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Allegiant Makes You Pay
Allegiant issued their first earnings report since going public today, and there were a couple of interesting tidbits in there worth talking…
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Fabio Scaccia, My Hero
As the bids for Alitalia came in yesterday, I must admit I didn’t pay as much attention as I should have. In…
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Holy Engine Problems, Batman
And now for a brief lesson on aircraft engines. This is what a GE CF34-3B1 engine on a Mesa Airlines CRJ in…
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ANA Goes Upscale
Looks like a sweet ride, huh? To your left is what the first 737-700ER will look like in the colors of ANA.…
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Alitalia Plays the Dating Game
Today was the deadline for showing interest in buying a share of my favorite whipping boy Alitalia from the Italian government. We…
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BA Strike Called Off – Hooray!
Looks like the BA flight attendants have called off their strike after coming to agreement with management. This means there will be…
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ExpressJet Coming to an Airport Near You
You probably haven’t heard of ExpressJet, but you likely know Continental Express. For the longest time, ExpressJet was the sole operator of…
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British Airways Gears Up for Next Week’s Strike
I haven’t really talked about the impending strike over at British Airways because I was hoping it would be averted. Unfortunately, it…
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Busy Times in the World of AirTran
AirTran has a lot going on these days. First and foremost, they continue to beg and plead Midwest to let them buy…
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Spirit Changing It Up
Spirit is definitely a unique kind of airline. Just a few years ago, they were a small airline flying ratty old MD80s…
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Caribbean Star, China Southern, Continental, Delta, Frontier, LIAT, LTU, Mergers/Finance, Mesaba, Pinnacle, Schedule Changes, United, US Airways
Random Bits of Info – NFL Playoffs Edition
Why is this the NFL playoffs edition? Well, because I want to watch the games this afternoon and I have a lot…