The final Frontier??
Yet another airline struggling with cash-flow issues, Frontier Airlines, based in Denver, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. Unlike the last few,...
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More planes grounded for FAA inspections
This time, it is United Airlines and the plane type in question is the Boeing 777. UA has grounded their entire fleet of 777s as...
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Bad news for SkyMiles fans
Delta has made a couple more changes to the SkyMiles program, and as one might guess, they aren’t good for the consumer. This week’s changes...
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JetBlue to charge for extra legroom, exit row seats
JetBlue, long committed to an egalitarian attitude in the sky, seems to be moving away from that plan slightly with the introduction of a “pay-for-legroom”...
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Hawaii on sale!
Every now and then an airline will show up in a competitor’s hub market with a cheaper than normal fare. There doesn’t often seem to...
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Pack lightly
In an attempt to regain their lead in the race to the bottom of customer service levels, and hoping to catch up with United Airlines...
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Opening up Oz
Recently Europe opened up to an Open Skies (unlimited flights between any destinations) agreement with the USA. Now Australia has signed on as well. Prior...
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Looks like these airline mergers are going to happen
I posted about it a month ago and things seem to have continued moving in the direction of consolidation since then, with Delta and NorthWest...
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On my way to the New Year
The short flight is done (JFK-LAX) and I’m enjoying a drink waiting for the long flight (LAX-HKG) that leaves in about an hour. The first...
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Las Vegas and back in 24 hours
A piece of cake from the west coast, and not even all that hard from the east coast, but when you make the trip for...