Recent Articles
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FAA Encourages Airline Steroids in New York
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New York’s LaGuardia airport is not a big place. At least, it’s not big enough to handle all the demand that’s out there. You may…
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MAXjet Decides to Gamble
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Raise your hand if you’ve heard of MAXjet. Then raise your hand again if you can tell me why airlines can’t just use normal capitalization…
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NTSB Targets CF6-80 Engines
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Who remembers the American 767 that had an engine explode during maintenance at LAX back in June? If not, click here for some refresher photos…
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Airplanes and Parachutes
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I’ve had a lot of people asking me about airplanes with parachutes lately, so I thought it would make for a worthy post here. In…
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No Northwest Strike Tonight, But . . .
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This afternoon a judge ruled that, well, he’s not ready to rule yet. So he told the Northwest flight attendants they won’t be able to…
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Lithium Ion Battery Owners Beware
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If you own a Dell laptop, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably heard about the tiny little problem of laptop batteries catching on fire.…
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There once was an airline from ACK . . .
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In what must be one of the more creative promotions around, Nantucket Airlines has decided to have a limerick contest. Everyone knows the famous limerick…
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Local Food in the Airports
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If you’re interested in airports, you might want to check out Aviation Daily’s new airports blog. It’s written by the knowledgeable and always entertaining Benet…
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FlyerTalkers Find Liquid Substitutes
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If you’ve never been to FlyerTalk, I’d highly recommend a visit. The website has become the main virtual gathering place for the frequent fliers of…
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Ryanair Fights Terrorism with Humor
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There are many ways that airlines have responded to terrorist threats, but I have to say that Ryanair is one of the few to have…
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The Government Wants To Learn More About You
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Well, I guess that’s the nice way to put it. The New York Times had an article today talking about the additional data the US…
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Air Canada’s New Entertainment System
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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 seaters), and it’s…
