New York/Washington slot swap approved
The deal for US Airways and Delta to trade large chunks of their operations at New York City‘s LaGuardia and Washington, DC‘s National airports has...
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Big bonuses for flights to London (so long as you’re a big spender)
The three largest US airlines have apparently decided to have some fun with bonus frequent flier points and London this fall. It is not particularly...
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Interesting new seat map for JAL’s 787 Dreamliners
JAL has updated the seat maps for their inaugural 787 Dreamliner route – Boston to Tokyo – and is showing off one of the more...
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Changes announced for the 2012 Mileage Plus program
United Airlines announced a number of details regarding their 2012 Mileage Plus program rules today on both MilePoint and FlyerTalk. The announcement puts to an end...
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Senior American Airlines pilots betting against the company’s success
In honor of this week’s Labor Day holiday in the USA here are a couple interesting stories related to airline unions. Pilots First up is...
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Airlines are in on the Fuel Dump game in a big way
Fuel dump [fyoo-uhl duhmp] (noun): 1. An airfare construction designed to reduce the YQ fuel surcharge that airlines place on certain routes. Used by passengers...
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United moving to SHARES – likely without FastShares
The announcement that the merged United Airlines would be keeping the legacy Continental CRS system – SHARES – was made a few months back. Not...
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Another potential setback for LiveTV’s in-flight internet service
It seems that in-flight entertainment and connectivity provider LiveTV just cannot catch a break in getting their in-flight internet product to a deliverable state. First...
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United announces significant investments to in-flight product
United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek has stated a few times that the company had some deficiencies in their in-flight product, bits that would be addressed...
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An updated estimate on the Continental/United 787 seat map
Today marked the beginning of the last phase in the delivery of the first Continental 787 Dreamliner aircraft: it began the roll down the final...