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The Sordid Sippy Cup Drama
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The TSA really should have its own tv show. I have to assume that if they showed 99.9% of the crazy stuff that happened at checkpoints, it could fill multiple hours of programming. There was…
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Forget Texas, Don’t Mess with Northwest
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I feel bad for all of you who live in Minneapolis, Detroit, or Memphis. Northwest, the king of retaliation, has successfully fought off competition so well in those cities that your options are pretty limited.…
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The EasyJet EcoJet
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Let’s stick with the green theme today and take a look at easyJet’s new ecoJet concept. They released plans for a plane that would be 25% quieter, reduce CO2 emissions by 50% (though 10% will…
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Liquefication Doesn’t Turn Coal Green
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I’m in a “green” kind of mood today. It’s probably because we just launched our new environmentally-friendly shopping guide, ShopGreen, here at PriceGrabber. So when I started thinking about what to write today, I immediately…
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ASA Learns How to Handle Bags
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There were apparently some people who weren’t so happy that I characterized SkyWest’s new livery as boring, so I’m going to make it up to you guys by talking about something they’ve done right. Let’s…
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Airplane Porn: Another Boring Anniversary
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It continues to amaze me that every time an airline comes out with anniversary livery, it looks exactly like the ones that have come before. First, we had ATA’s 25th anniversary. Now at the time,…
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Frontier Slips Into Something Tighter . . . with Leather
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Word on the street is that Frontier has a pretty nice product onboard their planes. They give you 33″ of seat pitch (1 to 2 inches above average) and they have Live TV on board.…
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The Supercool Sukhoi Superjet 100
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Superjet 100 seems like a Supergoofy name for an airplane, don’t you think? Come to think of it, the 787’s moniker – Dreamliner – isn’t exactly any better. Anyway, the Superjet 100 is Russia’s first…
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Travel Forecast: Sunny with Lots of Rainbows
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Airlines all over the US are making it clear: If you’re gay, they want your money. Well, if you’re not gay, they want your money as well. But if you are gay, they’re seeing dollar…
