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United Drops Details of Their New First Class
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United employees were given a sneak preview of what to expect with the airline’s new international First Class seat in an internal communication today. There is a lot of fluff in there (“The whole First…
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American Pilots Won’t be Flying to Beijing Anytime Soon
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Hmm, I wonder if the AA pilots saw this coming? It appears that American Airlines won’t be getting another route to China anytime soon thanks to the stalemate in negotiations between the pilots and American…
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Brazilian Federal Police Earn the Cranky Jackass Award
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Oh man. The Brazilian Federal Police have really earned the Cranky Jackass award this time. In fact, I think you could make the argument for renaming the award in their honor at this point. Remember,…
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Credit Card Miles
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I’m guessing that every single person reading this post has received one of the tantalizing mileage credit card offers. Oh you the ones . . . sign up and get 250 million miles for free.…
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TSA Might Let You Meet People at the Gate
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Remember those carefree pre-9/11 days when you could wander through security whether you were flying or not? Well that might be a possibility again in the near future. Right now, if you don’t have a…
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Taxes and Aviation: Like Flies on Sh*t
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There’s something about the airline industry that acts as a lightning rod for taxation. Need to solve the world’s problems? Well, let’s just tax commercial aviation. Seriously. Earlier this year, several European countries decided it…
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JetBlue Starts Dating
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JetBlue mentioned before that they were interested in exploring airline partnerships and it looks like they’ve started dipping their toes in the water here. Our first contestant is AeroSvit. That’s right, the shy and reserved…
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Delta Confirms That Poor Decisions Aren’t Coincidental
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I believe we can now officially declare Delta’s schedule planning announcements to be clear shots at US Airways and not merely coincidence. On the heels of Delta’s New York/JFK – Phoenix and Salt Lake City…
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Strange Day for Aviation – Covering Your Farts and Hitting a Horse
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It was definitely a strange news day in the world of aviation today. Here are my two favorite news items. A flight from Washington/National to Dallas/Ft Worth made an emergency landing in Nashville after customers…
