• Liquefication Doesn’t Turn Coal Green

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    I’m in a “green” kind of mood today. It’s probably because we just launched our new environmentally-friendly shopping guide, ShopGreen, here at PriceGrabber. So when I started thinking about what to write today, I immediately…

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    ASA Learns How to Handle Bags

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    There were apparently some people who weren’t so happy that I characterized SkyWest’s new livery as boring, so I’m going to make it up to you guys by talking about something they’ve done right. Let’s…

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    Airplane Porn: Another Boring Anniversary

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    It continues to amaze me that every time an airline comes out with anniversary livery, it looks exactly like the ones that have come before. First, we had ATA’s 25th anniversary. Now at the time,…

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    Frontier Slips Into Something Tighter . . . with Leather

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    Word on the street is that Frontier has a pretty nice product onboard their planes. They give you 33″ of seat pitch (1 to 2 inches above average) and they have Live TV on board.…

  • The Supercool Sukhoi Superjet 100

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    Superjet 100 seems like a Supergoofy name for an airplane, don’t you think? Come to think of it, the 787’s moniker – Dreamliner – isn’t exactly any better. Anyway, the Superjet 100 is Russia’s first…

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    Travel Forecast: Sunny with Lots of Rainbows

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    Airlines all over the US are making it clear: If you’re gay, they want your money. Well, if you’re not gay, they want your money as well. But if you are gay, they’re seeing dollar…

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    Stuck in TJ

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    Quick – where’s the last place you’d want to be stuck? Looks like some COPA passengers lived every 19 year old’s worst nightmare by being trapped in Tijuana for several hours against their will. A…

  • Kicking Economy Class Off the Plane

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    Privatair did it first. Eos and MAXjet have done it as well. So has Silverjet and L’Avion. The ongoing success of these airlines may be unclear, but if nothing else, they have proven that there…

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    Delta Starts Podcasting

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    In Delta’s never-ending quest to “get all web 2.0,” they’ve decided to get into the podcasting business with a site called SiteSeer. And it’s not just podcasting . . . video podcasting. You might think…

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