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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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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Buzzing the Toulouse tower
As part of the Star Alliance Mega Do event last week just over 200 of us chartered a 757-300 to fly around Europe for the...
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The A380 assembly line
Damn, that plane is big. Huge. Just plain (plane??) enormous. And going to the facility where they assemble such planes means several of them around...
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Getting ready for the biggest day of the week
It is just before 4am local time in Frankfurt, Germany and I’m wide awake. I’ve been up for almost two hours working on blog posts...
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A week-long Frequent Flyer party
GoJet CRJ-700 N153GJ operating as United Express, my ride to Chicago, with a Continental 737 in the background When the concept of the “Star Alliance...
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US Airways announces significant cuts
Calling it a “Strategic Plan to Strengthen Core Network,” US Airways announced a series of cuts today that will significantly change the way the airline...
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Continental and Copa now out of SkyTeam
As of 11:59pm PDT tonight, with the departure of Continental flight #767 from Seattle to Houston, Continental and Copa will officially be out of SkyTeam. ...
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Details on the new United unlimited upgrades scheme
As reported yesterday, United Airlines has made some significant changes to their elite upgrade program. They’re getting rid of certificate-based upgrades for the most part...
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United changing domestic upgrade program
In a move that brings it much, much, much closer to soon-to-be BFF Continental, United Airlines announced today that they are switching to an unlimited...