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TSA Begins Testing Security Without a Metal Detector
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Pop quiz: Where is the one place in the continental United States where you’ll never be asked to walk through a metal detector before boarding a commercial aircraft? The answer is . . . Tulsa.…
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Delta, Frontier, Go!, Government Regulation, Hawaiian, Inflight Entertainment, LAX – Los Angeles, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Mesaba, Mokulele
This Week on BNET (Feb 16 – 20)
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Delta Starts Consolidating Regional Carriers Delta is taking pieces of Compass, Comair, and Mesaba and mashing them together. Seems like a good idea to me. Why is Hawaiian Installing In-Seat Video? Hawaiian is putting in…
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Allegiant Details LAX Plans
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Despite all the skepticism around my initial post, Allegiant did, in fact, announce this week that it’s coming to LAX and not any of the other surrounding airports. Glad to see that my source is…
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Southwest’s Next City is Boston
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In case it wasn’t clear, the days of Southwest heading to secondary airports are over. Next stop? Boston. Flights begin, well, we don’t really know that. The airline has once again announced a new city/partnership…
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US Airways and the Death of the Vegas Hub
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It appears that more cuts are coming at the US Airways (formerly America West) Las Vegas hublet. Over the next few months, we’ll see flights to Calgary, Edmonton, Baltimore, and Portland disappear. But the one…
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Fly.com is a New Travel Search Engine Without Much Differentiation
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You would have thought that Fly.com would become the most incredible travel search site of all time. Why do I say that? Well the folks up at Travelzoo decided to pay $1.8m just for the…
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Air Canada Offers to Pay You If You’re Willing to Be Bumped Early
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Air Canada has long been the leader in finding things to sell that were not previously offered at all, and it appears they’ve done it again. Now, you can earn some cash by volunteering in…
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Advertising, AirTran, BNET, Continental, Inflight Entertainment, MKE – Milwaukee, Schedule Changes, Seats, Southwest, Technology, US Airways, V Australia, Virgin America
This Week on BNET (Feb 8 – 13)
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Should Continental Continue to Host Events for Its Best Fliers? Continental just finished up its annual FlyerTalk event. It’s not cheap, but should they continue to spend this money on their best customers? V Australia’s…
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No Comments on the Crash of Continental 3407
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A very strange thing happens when a commercial airplane crashes. All of a sudden every person related to this industry feels the need to write about it following the standard script. 1) Report that there…
