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Probably Not a Good Day to Fly To Heathrow
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If you’re traveling through London/Heathrow today, you might want to call your airline and see if things are running on time. They haven’t exactly had the best of luck there these last couple of days.…
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Alaska “Welcomes” Virgin America to Seattle
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Alaska, always the gentleman, has decided to roll out the red carpet for Virgin America’s upcoming arrival in Seattle by announcing a bunch of new flights and double bonus miles. Wait, that’s not very welcoming,…
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Was Air Canada’s Severe Turbulence Encounter Actually an Undular Bore?
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If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you might have noticed that I’m kind of a weather wonk as well as an airline dork. So I was really interested to see that a recent…
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Southwest Bumps Up Denver Flying
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I know I didn’t get to it last week, but I couldn’t let Southwest’s massive schedule change go by without at least a passing mention. For those who missed it, Southwest decided to cut 57…
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United Screws Around with Fuel Surcharges
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Anyone else having flashbacks to 2000? Fares are going up, sort of, but not in a healthy way. This time, it’s in the form of massively increased fuel surcharges. United put together a $25 each…
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Taking EAS to the World of Podcasting
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I’ve finally done it. I’ve done my first ever podcast. Thanks are certainly due for Addison Schonland for convincing me to actually do it. I spoke with him yesterday about my Essential Air Service post…
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The Best Travel Blog of 2007*
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Thank you to everyone who headed over to Performancing to vote for me. I have now officially been crowned The Best Travel Blog of 2007*! Why the asterisk, you ask? Well, the editors over there…
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An Advertisement for Airport Ground Radar
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If you’ve ever questioned why better visibility around the airport is so important, take a look at this video depicting a near-disaster in Providence last year. (Thanks to Vanity Fair Musings via Don Brown at…
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BA Goes on a Diet – Same Great Taste (Almost), 1/3 the Seats
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There had been rumblings about this for quite some time. Would British Airways make any moves designed to fight the all-business class airlines that have popped up over the last few years? Would they try…
