• Take a Flight, Save The Environment

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    On Monday, both Travelocity and Expedia announced that they’re going to be the first travel sites to save the world. Awwww, how sweeet. Seriously, that’s very nice of them. What they’re really doing is partnering…

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    WestJet Looks at oneworld

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    A little bit of love for our friends north of the border . . . Canada’s Globe and Mail is reporting that Westjet is looking to join the oneworld alliance anchored by American and British…

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    Eggs, Milk, and Air Berlin Tickets

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    German supermarket Lidl will be running a promotion with Air Berlin at all their UK stores. For the week beginning September 5, customers will be able to buy £19 vouchers that can be turned in…

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    Ryanair Will Let You Use Cell Phones

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    This morning, Ryanair announced (it’s a .doc) they’ve teamed up with OnAir to offer inflight mobile phone usage starting next summer. Bummer. I’m a big fan of inflight internet, because, well, it’s quiet, and it…

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    Trip Report: Oh, But Ain’t That America (West)

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    You know if I break out some of the Coug’s lyrics, it must involve a trip to Indiana. This was just a short trip to visit my girlfriend’s parents, and amazingly it was my first…

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    FAA Encourages Airline Steroids in New York

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    New York’s LaGuardia airport is not a big place. At least, it’s not big enough to handle all the demand that’s out there. You may remember a few years ago when the FAA decided to…

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    MAXjet Decides to Gamble

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    Raise your hand if you’ve heard of MAXjet. Then raise your hand again if you can tell me why airlines can’t just use normal capitalization rules in their names. If you live in New York,…

  • NTSB Targets CF6-80 Engines

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    Who remembers the American 767 that had an engine explode during maintenance at LAX back in June? If not, click here for some refresher photos taken by the LA Fire Department. It was pretty nasty.…

  • Airplanes and Parachutes

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    I’ve had a lot of people asking me about airplanes with parachutes lately, so I thought it would make for a worthy post here. In short, yes, there is an airplane that has a parachute…

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