Recent Articles
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Arizona Republic Interviews Doug Parker
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Back on December 29, the Arizona Republic published an interview with Doug Parker. The interview was conducted by one of my favorite airline reporters, Dawn…
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Time to Eat Crow – L’Avion Takes Flight
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It wasn’t even a month ago that I expressed a complete lack of confidence that L’Avion, the new French all-business class airline, would get off…
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United Mercifully Axes Cruises
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I believe congratulations are due to United for finally putting United Cruises out of its misery. Anyone with a Mileage Plus account who receives email…
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Fewer Than Average Accidents in 2006
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The Aviation Safety Network put out their annual report (PDF) on aviation accidents in 2006, and the numbers were thankfully lower than average. This is…
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Worst Airline in the World 2006
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I must admit that I’m a big fan of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. So, I’ve decided to take a page from his playbook for my…
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Air Madrid, Airlines We Lost, Australian, BWIA, Centavia, Faroejet, Hooters Air, Independence, OZjet, Song, Styrian Spirit
Airlines We Lost in 2006
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As in most years, there were a whole slew of airlines that went under in 2006. There were large ones and small ones, old ones…
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Housekeeping and Strange Feeds
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I’ve been doing some housekeeping by transferring my images to a different location for all previous posts, and that has caused my RSS feed to…
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Slappy McSlapper
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It’s a sad, sad day when a drunk guy gets cut off. It’s even more sad when the genius tries to show his displeasure by…
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The Freedoms of the Air
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When I get into dork mode, I often start speaking in crazy airline language that few of my friends understand. One of the things that…
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TSA Censors Nudie Pics
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Remember those nudie pics I blogged about before? Well, it looks like they won’t be making their way to your nearest airport anytime soon. Now…
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Going to Mexico or Canada? Bring Your Passport
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It has probably not been publicized nearly well enough yet, but soon you’re going to need your passport to go anywhere outside the US by…
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Virgin America Goes Up . . . Must Come Down
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It’s been a good news/bad news kind of week for Virgin America. (UPDATE – it’s all bad news now. The application has been rejected. See…
