Our federal government, in its infinite (?) wisdom, has decided to increase the number of flying hours a pilot must have before being allowed to pilot a commercial plane. Previously, the requirement was for 250 hours, that requirement …
Unnecessary Government Meddling Raises Pilot Qualifications Sixfold Read More »
I hope you are settling in to the new newsletter format. One more explanatory note. The 'as it happens' express mailings and the daily summaries give you details of articles as they are written/released during …
More evidence of a return to boom times for the airlines. IATA reports that world scheduled airline passenger traffic rose 11.9% in June, compared to June 2009 while cargo traffic rose a massive 26.5%. Flights …
The biennial Farnborough Air Show has now concluded (it operates in alternate years, taking turns with the Paris Air Show in the other years), and as is customary, both Airbus and Boeing chose to announce …
There's a growing groundswell of people advocating a retreat back to partial or even full regulation of the US airline industry. It was originally my intention to write a short piece explaining why this would …
After a mysterious day on Amazon when they showed their Kindle 2 eBook reader as unavailable, they have now revealed the reason for this. The Kindle 2 has been discontinued, and will be replaced by …
Smart phones are one of the most rapidly changing and excitingly evolving sectors of the consumer electronic industry these days. Phones using the Google Android operating system have massive touchscreens, multiprogramming, and a vast array …
Is Blackberry Almost Irrelevant Now? It Continues to Lose Market Share and Mind Share Read More »
There are probably few customer service failures that airlines ever regret, but there are two huge exceptions. The first was when Ralph Nader was bumped off an Allegheny Airlines flight in 1972. The outcome of …
Puzzling Article about Infighting and Dirt at FlyersRights.org Read More »
I wrote last week about 'How and Why Air Fares Change When You Go to Book Them'. The underlying company/product that impacts on airfares seeming to change when we go to book them was recently …
Are the Airlines Seeking to Create Unique Fares Custom Priced for Every Passenger? Read More »
Continental Airlines is trialing self-boarding machines at the gates in their Houston hub. You put your boarding pass into a reader and if valid, a turnstile opens to let you through and onto the plane …
Many thanks to Skyscanner, an airfare search/comparison website that searches across 600 airlines and 670,000 routes for the best fares, for this amusing set of suggestions on how to avoid paying excess baggage fees to …
Ultimate Solution to Airline Baggage Fees? Go on a Nakation! Read More »
Southwest Airlines built their business on being conspicuously friendly and fair. Their stock symbol – LUV – not only refers to their base at Dallas' Love Field, but also how they allegedly love their customers. …
Southwest Airlines Becomes Less Friendly and Less Fair Read More »
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