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Midwest Shrinks Again in Latest Restructuring
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There’s been a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over Milwaukee during the last few weeks as Midwest worked on its latest round of restructuring. Sure, they had already announced that the MD-80s would be retired…
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Did Lufthansa Impact United’s Decision to Reverse International Meal Charges?
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The rumors starting creeping out over the weekend, but the news officially broke yesterday. United has decided not to begin charging for meals in coach on transatlantic flights from Washington as previously announced. Of course,…
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Is the End of the Alitalia Saga Near?
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It’s been a busy week for Alitalia, and once the dust settles, we might finally have a solution regarding who is going to take a stab at fixing this sorry excuse for an airline. As…
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Airplane Porn: United’s Paint Problem
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It’s Labor Day here in the US, so I wasn’t planning on posting anything today. But after I saw this shot of a United 747 with some serious paint problems, I figured I’d put up…
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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)
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United Slow to Address Public Concern Over Paid Meals on International Flights United made waves by announcing charges for meals on some international flights last week. Unfortunately, their PR efforts weren’t up to the task.…
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Alaska Retires the MD-80
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Another week, another airline retires the good ole’ MD-80. This past Sunday, Alaska flew its last MD-80 operation, and the airline is now an all-737 fleet. Alaska had a particularly interesting relationship with the MD-80…
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Ryanair Jet Did Not “Plunge” 26,000 Feet
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I swear, I’m going to have to change the name of this blog to Cranky Mythbusters, because there is just so much ridiculous stuff flying around the media right now. Once again, it’s my favorite…
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Air Canada Jazz Ditches Life Vests, Who Cares?
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Looks like Air Canada’s commuter, Jazz, has decided to take life vests off its planes. This will save a little over 50 lbs per plane, and you know the story from here. (Less weight =…
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Trip Report: Good Times on Northwest’s Aging Aircraft
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Considering how much we were talking about aging aircraft last week, it’s fitting that I flew the king of aging aircraft this past weekend . . . Northwest Airlines. Sure, our flight home was on…
