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Don’t Blame the MD-80 For This Mess
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There’s no question that American has done an absolutely terrible job of managing the latest round of MD-80 maintenance issues from a PR perspective. It’s been so bad, that I’ve seen articles start to question…
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Random Bits of Info: Fighting, Grounding, Delaying, and Dying Edition
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We’ve got a lot going on today, so without further adieu ado, let’s get started. Southwest and the FAA Fighting – If you haven’t heard, there’s been a steel cage match in Washington lately. In…
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JetBlue Won’t Let You Use Credits Online
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My fiancee and I were supposed to fly JetBlue in February, but our trip plans changed. I had them move the fare amount into a credit, minus the change fee, knowing I’d use it some…
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Heathrow Terminal 5 After The Dust Settles
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A friend of mine who frequently flies out of London/Heathrow wrote to me recently and wondered why my coverage had been so light on the new Terminal 5. I guess I was just waiting to…
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$25 to Check a Second Bag, United Tightens the Rules
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So, it now looks like most legacy carriers have adopted the $25 fee for checking a second bag. Though United originally carved out some high fare customers from paying the second fee, most other airlines…
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Skybus Shutdown Completes This Week’s Hat Trick
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Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Monday it’s Aloha, Thursday it’s ATA, and now Saturday it’s Skybus. The airline flew its final flight last night, and now all the shiny new Airbii (um, let’s just pretend…
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An ATA Obituary
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It’s kind of strange writing an obituary for ATA right now. I mean, it’s like it happened in slow motion even though it actually happened very quickly. I guess technically it started a couple years…
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Air Canada Offering Protection From Weather Delays (For a Fee)
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It’s been awhile since I broke out the gold star award. I thought about it yesterday with Delta’s new seat, but that’s still a couple years off from being anything tangible. But when I saw…
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ATA Shuts Down Immediately
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The rumors started swirling yesterday, and it was confirmed overnight. ATA is shutting down effective this morning. They lost their military contract, and so they’re done. I’ll have more on this tomorrow (my regular post…
