• Raise Your Hand if You Like Flying Russian Aircraft

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    I’m going to take a wild guess that the only people raising their hands are airline dorks, and even the dorks get steamed up about the copycat nature of many Russian designs. (Think the TU-154…

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    New Flights-a-Plenty

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    Labor Day weekend must have shaken the cobwebs out of the schedule planning groups, because we continue to see a whole slew of new routes coming out. First up is Northwest’s new service between Grand…

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    Dual Bridges for Your Boarding Pleasure

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    I’ve always liked boarding planes via airstairs. Yes, it’s true that part of the fun is that I get to walk by the engine and watch all the action, but there’s more to it. I’ve…

  • Are Last Minute Deals Dead?

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    The Arizona Republic’s Dawn Gilbertson wrote an article earlier this week talking about the fun-filled world of last minute web fares. According to the article, the web fares are a dying breed. I’m not quite…

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    Jet Airways Steps Up Inflight Entertainment on 737s

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    Smaller and smaller planes are travelling further and further every day. It used to be that every flight over the ocean had two aisles and at least 3 engines. These days, you’ll find single aisle…

  • Is BWIA Finally Dead?

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    Conflicting reports are coming out of the Carribean on the reported death of BWIA, an government-owned airline out of Trinidad & Tobago. It sounds like it all started with a meeting to discuss the future…

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    Frontier to Buy Turboprops

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    Frontier Airlines announced today they’re going to buy 10 of the 74 seat Dash 8 Q400 turboprops made by Bombardier. They’re also looking for more regional jets to be operated by a partner airline in…

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    New Flights a Plenty (And Some Canceled Ones as Well)

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    There hasn’t been much to talk about in the way of new flights lately, but I’ve gathered some of them here for your reading pleasure . . . *Allegiant Air continues to expand with its…

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    If It’s Monday, It’s Delta Time

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    Those of you who read my posts on the PriceGrabber Discussion forums will remember that during the summer schedule ramp-up, it seemed like every Monday Delta would announce a slew of new destinations and routes.…

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