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  • ATA, DC-10, L1011

    An ATA Obituary

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    Apr 4, 2008

    It’s kind of strange writing an obituary for ATA right now. I mean, it’s like it happened in slow motion even though it actually happened very quickly. I guess technically it started a couple years…

  • Air Canada, Customer Service, Delays/Cancellations

    Air Canada Offering Protection From Weather Delays (For a Fee)

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    Apr 3, 2008

    It’s been awhile since I broke out the gold star award. I thought about it yesterday with Delta’s new seat, but that’s still a couple years off from being anything tangible. But when I saw…

  • ATA, Delays/Cancellations, Southwest

    ATA Shuts Down Immediately

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    Apr 3, 2008

    The rumors started swirling yesterday, and it was confirmed overnight. ATA is shutting down effective this morning. They lost their military contract, and so they’re done. I’ll have more on this tomorrow (my regular post…

  • Delta, Seats

    Delta To Install the Cozy Suite in Coach on International Fleet

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    Apr 2, 2008

    I saw a discussion about Delta installing a radically different type of seat in coach and I immediately assumed it was an April Fool’s joke. But after rooting around a bit and seeing confirmation of…

  • LAX – Los Angeles, V Australia, Virgin Blue

    V Australia Coming to the US

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    Apr 1, 2008

    You may have heard of Australia’s second largest airline, Virgin Blue, but you probably haven’t heard of V Australia. That’s because until yesterday, it didn’t really exist. V Australia is Virgin Blue’s new long haul…

  • Aloha, Go!, Hawaiian

    Aloha ‘Oe, Aloha Airlines

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    Mar 31, 2008

    You may remember that I said last week that I probably wouldn’t book a flight on Aloha for travel more than a couple weeks out. It looks like the airline won’t even make it that…

  • Technology

    InsideTrip.com Brings Flight Amenities Back

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    Mar 28, 2008

    When I heard about InsideTrip.com’s launch, I got excited. See, when I was running PriceGrabber’s now-deceased travel site, we tried to incorporate more than just price and schedule into the shopping experience. We added on-time…

  • British Airways, LHR – London/Heathrow

    Quick Thought on London/Heathrow T5

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    Mar 27, 2008

    BA moved in to the brand-spanking new Terminal 5 at Heathrow today, and it didn’t take long for the baggage system to fail. Looks like they stopped accepting checked bags and won’t start again until…

  • American, Boeing, Delta, MD80, Southwest

    Contrary to Press Reports, Not Every Airplane is Unsafe

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    Mar 27, 2008

    Recent media reports might make it seem like the sky is falling; as if every airplane you encounter may be unsafe. Just over the last few days, we’ve seen a rash of very public maintenance…

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