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Bangkok’s New Airport Running Better Today
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The first day of operation for anything as complex as an airport is bound to have problems. Surprisingly, Bangkok’s new airport – Suvarnabhumi (pronounced, I’m told, su wanna poom) – didn’t have too many big…
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EU-Wide Security Rules Coming in November
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The European Union (EU) met yesterday and all member states have agreed to a new security policy for air travel that is expected to begin in early November. The good news it that they were…
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Aloha Means Hello and Goodbye
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The first casualty in the battle for Hawai’i (see this post) has arrived. No, it’s not an airline going away (yet), but it does involve nice looking airplanes. Island Air had been operating 37 seat…
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Cathay Pacific’s New Coach Seats
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Cathay Pacific has put for a major effort to improve the onboard experience with the introduction of new seats in all three classes of service starting in January of 2007, but it’s the coach seats…
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A Little Civil Disobedience to Start the Day
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There is a very interesting thread on FlyerTalk about one man’s attempt at ruffling some TSA feathers the other day. This person, who goes by MKEbound on FlyerTalk, was traveling out of his home airport…
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Tray Table Advertising Gets More Intrusive, Comes to Ryanair
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When America West first started putting ads on their tray tables a few years ago, I was skeptical. I didn’t like the idea of being forced to stare at ads for the entire flight. But…
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New Delta Flights and More
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I guess Delta figures that they’ve already done enough expansion at JFK for now so they’re refocusing out West. We saw the first round of that with the establishment of the mini-hub at LAX, and…
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How Not to Deal with Overbooking
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For once, I feel sorry for an Alitalia employee. According to an Italian newspaper (in Italian only, but throw it into babelfish.altavista.com and you’ll get the point), five people were so angry that their flight…
