Rough landings today
A long time ago I wrote a paper about the development of the interstate highway system. Among the various bits of trivia that I picked...
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Free ride on Monday
The good news is that anyone can ride for free on PATH service connecting New York and New Jersey on Monday. The bad news for...
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Flying Green
Air travel is often cited as one of the largest contributors to global warming. There is a significant amount of fuel burned on any given...
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Compensation for a crash landing?
A great topic amongst frequent fliers is what compensation the airline owes you when things go wrong during a trip. Depending on the carrier and...
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Ryanair shutting down for the weekend
Faced with the need to upgrade their reservations systems, Ryanair has chosen to do what any reasonable company with thousands of customers a day would...
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OpenSkies update
OpenSkies, the British Airways subsidiary focused on connecting mostly premium passengers between non-London markets and the USA has announced that their first market will be...
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Another Continental feature
I posted a couple days ago about the cool new PDA web info site from Continental Airlines. At the time I alluded to a second...
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Travelling with luggage? Not on British Airways today!
In another huge blow to Heathrow’s reputation as a reasonable place to travel through, there has been a catastrophic failure of the baggage handling facilities...
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Eos Expanding
Despite the recent negative press on the all premium carriers and where that segment of the industy might end up, the apparent leader, Eos, isn’t...
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Radio outage or nap time??
If you’re flying along and your plane heads several miles past the airport, plus the pilots don’t bother to communicate with the FAA for about...