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  • Accidents/Incidents, Cranky Jackass, Excelaire, Gol

    Brazilian Federal Police Earn the Cranky Jackass Award

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    Dec 8, 2006

    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,…

  • Frequent Flier Programs

    Credit Card Miles

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    Dec 8, 2006

    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.…

  • Safety/Security

    TSA Might Let You Meet People at the Gate

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    Dec 7, 2006

    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…

  • Government Regulation

    Taxes and Aviation: Like Flies on Sh*t

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    Dec 7, 2006

    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…

  • Aerosvit, Eos, JetBlue

    JetBlue Starts Dating

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    Dec 7, 2006

    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…

  • Delta, Mergers/Finance, Schedule Changes, SkyTeam, US Airways

    Delta Confirms That Poor Decisions Aren’t Coincidental

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    Dec 6, 2006

    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…

  • Delays/Cancellations

    Strange Day for Aviation – Covering Your Farts and Hitting a Horse

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    Dec 6, 2006

    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…

  • Airbus, Boeing, El Al, Gol, Lufthansa, ORD – Chicago/O’Hare, PMD – Palmdale

    Random Bits of Info

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    Dec 5, 2006

    It’s time once again for the completely irregular segment I like to call random bits of info. There have been a bunch of little airline stories the last few days, so I’m just going to…

  • Seats, Virgin America

    Pimpin’ Virgin Style

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    Dec 5, 2006

    Virgin America may still be stuck in DOJ regulatory hell, but some additional info about their planned perks is starting to come out and it sounds pretty cool. First off, how about this picture of…

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