Good luck with travel in the South East today
The FAA has closed down the world’s busiest cargo airport – and FedEx headquarters – this afternoon, Memphis International, because of an equipment failure that...
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Even God is subject to the 100ml rule
As a follow up to the earlier post about the new Vatican airline, there is a story out of Rome about a group of pilgrims...
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Flying the Heavenly Skies
Like flying but want a little more spirituality on your trip? Maybe it is time to book a flight on the Vatican’s newly launched airline....
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Bye-bye airline tickets
No more tickets for flying, at least not paper tickets. Gone will be the awesome red “carbon” paper, stickers for changing your date of travel...
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It’s Alive!!!!!
It is not often that a new airline shows up, but it happened yesterday as Virgin America took to the skies. The brain child of...
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The problem with passports
For one thing, they are a PITA to get processed right now. Waiting 14+ weeks is crazy. But that is a different rant. My problem...
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Maybe NWA will fly after all
After two months of flight cancellations and the associated PR nightmare due to pilot shortages, NWA and their pilots union have agreed to terms that...
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On Taxes, Service Fees and Surcharges
It seems to me that lately companies are turning to fees and surcharges, rather than increasing rates/fares much more than they used to. Back in...
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Yes, you really do need a pilot to fly the plane
And NorthWest Airlines is learning that the hard way. For the second consecutive month NW is cancelling hundreds of flights as month end approaches. Apparently...
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Bad reason for a delayed flight
Flight delays happen all the time. Sometimes there is a good reason and sometimes there isn’t. In this case, I think probably not. What I...