New livery and seats at Continental
Following a month in the shop at Hong Kong, Continental’s first Boeing 777-200 to be painted in the Star Alliance livery scheme arrived in Newark...
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SkyTeam continues growth, picks some more from the bottom
It is hard to pick up top-tier airlines to join a global alliance these days. Most that want to be in an alliance already are...
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More coverage of the British Airways/India fare fiasco
I briefly mentioned the ruling from the Department of Transportation (DoT) last week with regards to the British Airways sale/mistake fare to India. The story...
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Columnist gets lost, blames airline
Probably the only reason that this story is even a story at all is that the protagonist already has a regular column in the New...
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Taking the shamrock out or Aer Lingus
It is hard to tell if this is a negotiations ploy or a serious move, but Aer Lingus appears to be making overtures towards moving...
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US DoT smacks British Airways around
It seems that the US Department of Transportation has been busy lately looking out for their constituents – the travelling public. Yesterday they announced record...
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Is the bmi brand on the way out?
There was a somewhat surprising announcement out of London this morning from regional airline bmi: they’re making some rather significant cuts to their fleet, destinations...
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The cost of an overnight diversion
Apparently it is $100,000 for the operator of the flight, with an additional $75,000 for the company handling ground operations at the airport. Those are...
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Schmuck Schumer’s Scheme Sucks
Wow…as if I couldn’t come up with another reason to hate the Senior Senator from New York any more (he was a strong proponent of...
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United’s flight attendants unhappy
What else is new? But seriously folks, this time they seem to have a focus for this anger: the new upgrade policy that United announced...