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You’re in Seat 1A, Viscountess
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I wasn’t planning on posting again this week, but after seeing this, I thought it would be nice to end the week on a lighter note. Check out the long list of titles you can…
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No Bags Allowed
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Ah, the UK. A great place to visit but a nightmare for airlines. The government just can’t keep its hands off the industry. In the last year, we’ve seen an expensive new green tax, a…
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United Puddlejumpers Get the Boot at LAX
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There’s yet another development in the ongoing daytime drama, “Days of our LAX.” This time, there’s trouble afoot for United. All those little 30 seat turboprops buzzing around California will no longer be able to…
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Southwest Stealthily Cutting Back Flights
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It’s amazing what you can find by poking around Southwest’s website in the middle of the night. My friend Robert Stack, the Thanksgiving Traveler (aka King of Bumping), was playing around on the site and…
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Air Show Ridiculousness This Week in Paris
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Don’t be surprised that the title of this post sounds a little bitter. I AM bitter. This week is the Paris Air Show. In odd years, it’s at Le Bourget, the airport where Lindbergh landed…
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Delta Honors Aaron, Takes a Swing at Bonds
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It’s a rare and happy day when I can throw a little baseball into my posts. And today, Delta has given me good reason. Delta announced yesterday that they’ve named one of their 757s after…
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The Sordid Sippy Cup Drama
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The TSA really should have its own tv show. I have to assume that if they showed 99.9% of the crazy stuff that happened at checkpoints, it could fill multiple hours of programming. There was…
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Forget Texas, Don’t Mess with Northwest
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I feel bad for all of you who live in Minneapolis, Detroit, or Memphis. Northwest, the king of retaliation, has successfully fought off competition so well in those cities that your options are pretty limited.…
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The EasyJet EcoJet
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Let’s stick with the green theme today and take a look at easyJet’s new ecoJet concept. They released plans for a plane that would be 25% quieter, reduce CO2 emissions by 50% (though 10% will…
