Recent Articles
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Virgin America’s Up to Something with Premium Seating
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I received an email from a subscriber yesterday asking why she couldn’t book premium seats on Virgin America for her trip in October. (Premium seats…
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L’Avion Swallowed by OpenSkies
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Let’s all raise a toast to those who owned a piece of L’Avion. They became the only (extremely lucky) shareholders of an independent all-premium class…
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Alitalia Limps Through Another Year
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Once again, it has been way too long since I checked in on Alitalia. I mean, there’s been plenty of action for my favorite airline…
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Cranky on the Things with Wings Radio Show
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I know I said I’d try to only put media mentions on my news page, but when the Queen, Benét Wilson, gives you 10 minutes…
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Palmair: One of the Top Four Airlines in the World
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Regular readers of the blog know that I’m not a fan of all these “Best of” surveys. That’s why I haven’t written about JD Power’s…
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My Book Report on Ruinar
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I thought about writing about more cuts that were announced by Frontier, Northwest, and Delta, but really, aren’t you getting tired of this? Click the…
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American Slashes Domestic, United Cuts International, and Southwest Shuffles
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Yesterday, American announced the details of its fall flight cuts and the big surprise to me is how deep New York/LaGuardia flying is going to…
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New LAX Taxiway Makes the Airport Safer For You
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LAX announced yesterday that the new center taxiway on the south runway complex has opened for business. There’s lots of talk about how this increases…
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A Warning About Mobile Phone Check-In
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It seems like airlines all around the world are racing to allow passengers to check in for flights using only a mobile phone. I wrote…
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Continental’s Star Alliance Move
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You likely won’t be surprised to hear that I had a great time at the bachelor party this weekend, but that means I had very…
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Tony France on the Decline of First Class
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I’m going to be nowhere near the internet today, and actually I’m probably sleeping right now. Why, you ask? Well this weekend is my bachelor…
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United Agrees to Double Palmdale Flights
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Looks like United has given in and agreed to modify its Palmdale flying schedule. Beginning in September, instead of two daily CRJs to SFO, there…
