Recent Articles
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Resurrecting Eastern Airlines Belongs in the “Awful Idea” Hall of Fame
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The rumors are flying that a plan to bring the Eastern Airlines name back is under way. This is easily one of the worst ideas…
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The New Alitalia Has Low Loads, Big Losses, and New Competition
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Time flies, doesn’t it? It seems like just yesterday that Alitalia was finally being privatized, but it’s actually been a few months. I thought it…
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Spirit Adds a PUF When You Buy a Ticket
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A piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday noted that Spirit is planning to start charging a PUF, or Passenger Usage Fee, for anyone who…
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Southwest Agrees to Steep Penalties Over Maintenance Problems
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Remember when Southwest was fined for flying its planes past the time they were required to go through inspections? It appears that they’ve agreed to…
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TripAdvisor Creates Metasearch Site That Includes Fees in Comparison
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Well, hello TripAdvisor. A couple of weeks ago, Fly.com showed us a travel search site that looked a lot like Kayak and didn’t add any…
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Airbus, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Boeing, Civil Aviation, Delta, Distribution, Fares, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Northwest, PMD – Palmdale, Safety/Security, Schedule Changes, Technology, United
This Week on BNET (Feb 23 – 27)
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JetBlue Leaves Open Skies for Sabre The Open Skies system may be simple, but it no longer provides what many low cost carriers need. That’s…
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Forget Charging for Lavs, Ryanair Is Eliminating Ticket Counters at Airports
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All the Ryanair buzz this morning is about some casual comments made by Michael O’Leary suggesting he wants to charge people to use the lav…
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Ask Cranky: When Will Continental Airplanes Have LiveTV Installed?
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Several months ago, Continental announced a partnership with LiveTV that would bring the company’s next generation entertainment system onboard much of Continental’s narrowbody fleet. But…
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Emirates Continues to Grow While Dubai’s Economy Crumbles
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US airlines have done an excellent job of holding back on capacity lately, and that has left them with at least somewhat decent results considering…
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Why Did US Airways End Charges for Soda and Water? To Enhance Its Rep
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Over the weekend, US Airways said it would stop charging for soda, water, coffee, and tea on March 1. You’ve probably read about this elsewhere…
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TSA Begins Testing Security Without a Metal Detector
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Pop quiz: Where is the one place in the continental United States where you’ll never be asked to walk through a metal detector before boarding…
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Delta, Frontier, Go!, Government Regulation, Hawaiian, Inflight Entertainment, LAX – Los Angeles, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Mesaba, Mokulele
This Week on BNET (Feb 16 – 20)
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Delta Starts Consolidating Regional Carriers Delta is taking pieces of Compass, Comair, and Mesaba and mashing them together. Seems like a good idea to me.…
