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New Delta Flights and More
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I guess Delta figures that they’ve already done enough expansion at JFK for now so they’re refocusing out West. We saw the first round of that with the establishment of the mini-hub at LAX, and…
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How Not to Deal with Overbooking
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For once, I feel sorry for an Alitalia employee. According to an Italian newspaper (in Italian only, but throw it into babelfish.altavista.com and you’ll get the point), five people were so angry that their flight…
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US, UK, and Canada Slowly Relaxing Restrictions
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I must admit it’s a little too slow for my tastes, but all of these countries are relaxing restrictions for travel that were put into place during August. Let’s start with the US which has…
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US Airways Merger Update
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US Airways sent me an update this week on the latest and greatest happenings with the merger, primarily focused on the website. For those who don’t get US Airways’ mailings but do use the website,…
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Perimeter Rules (No, This Doesn’t Involve Math)
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In this recent conversation on the Today in the Sky blog, I mentioned something about the perimeter rule at New York’s LaGuardia airport. I realize that a lot of people have probably never even heard…
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Who the F*** is Allegiant Air?
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If I went up to 100 people in the US asked them about Allegiant Air, my guess is almost all of them would pose the question asked in the title of this post. I’ve mentioned…
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US Requires Express Cargo Screening – Yawn
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I’m actually pretty surprised this didn’t get more attention last week. On Sep 15, US officials announced they’ll require all express cargo to be screened for explosives just like checked baggage. I’ve heard plenty of…
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Hawaiian Steel Cage Match
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The Hawaiian airline market is an interesting place. You put three airlines in the islands and everybody’s happy, but you add a fourth and it all goes crazy. That’s right, it’s time to break out…
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AC Sticks it To Him
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Airlines should do this more often. Today in the Sky reports that Air Canada billed an unruly passenger for causing a 27 minute delay for one of their flights. Basically, the guy was in the…
