Airlines
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US Airways A321 – Now with 8% More Seats!
It’s been rumored for some time that US Airways would be reducing the number of first class seats available on the A321.…
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United/Trans States End the San Antonio Experiment
Back at the beginning of this year, United and Trans States decided to try a little experiment. United had been performing well…
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WestJet Looks at oneworld
A little bit of love for our friends north of the border . . . Canada’s Globe and Mail is reporting that…
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Eggs, Milk, and Air Berlin Tickets
German supermarket Lidl will be running a promotion with Air Berlin at all their UK stores. For the week beginning September 5,…
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Ryanair Will Let You Use Cell Phones
This morning, Ryanair announced (it’s a .doc) they’ve teamed up with OnAir to offer inflight mobile phone usage starting next summer. Bummer.…
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Trip Report: Oh, But Ain’t That America (West)
You know if I break out some of the Coug’s lyrics, it must involve a trip to Indiana. This was just a…
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MAXjet Decides to Gamble
Raise your hand if you’ve heard of MAXjet. Then raise your hand again if you can tell me why airlines can’t just…
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No Northwest Strike Tonight, But . . .
This afternoon a judge ruled that, well, he’s not ready to rule yet. So he told the Northwest flight attendants they won’t…
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There once was an airline from ACK . . .
In what must be one of the more creative promotions around, Nantucket Airlines has decided to have a limerick contest. Everyone knows…
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Ryanair Fights Terrorism with Humor
There are many ways that airlines have responded to terrorist threats, but I have to say that Ryanair is one of the…
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Air Canada’s New Entertainment System
Air Canada announced some time ago that they’d be installing in-seat audio/video on demand on all their aircraft (even the small 70…
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Guess Who’s Back, Back Again . . .
No, I’m not talking about Eminem. This time it’s Aerocalifornia that has risen from the dead. You might remember them as the…