A regional jet flight operated under a United flight number between Burlington and Washington found itself to be overloaded, and needed to unload 20 passengers (that's a really strange amount of overloading on a regional …
United Airlines Gets it Wrong – Even When it Gets it Right Read More »
Boeing is predicting a market for 30,900 sales of commercial airplanes and freighters over the next 20 years, representing sales worth $3.6 trillion. Its Current Market Outlook, published every year for the last 46 years, …
Airlines are required to pay a 7.5% tax to the federal government on the value of tickets they sell. But because the airlines essentially did not charge additional fees back when the taxing legislation was …
Airlines Exploit Loophole and Avoid Paying $700 million in Taxes Read More »
An Italian airplane interior design company is proposing a new style of coach seating that would squash in 50% more passengers than the current already cramped airplane seating, what they call their SkyRider seat. Generally most coach class …
Cramped airplane seating? You ain’t seen nothing yet! Read More »
It seems to have been a very good June for many airlines. Delta reported a 4.2% increase in passenger traffic. Air Canada had a remarkable 15% increase in passenger traffic. Westjet enjoyed a similar increase. AirTran had …
To celebrate winning the accolade of ‘Best Domestic Airline’ in Travel + Leisure’s annual ‘World’s Best’ survey for the third time in a row, Virgin America is holding a very brief but very good sale that features …
Virgin America Three-Peat Celebratory Sale – Only until 5pm Pacific Time today Read More »
The airlines are puzzled about why less than 10% of people who could use Wi-Fi on a flight actually choose to do so. See this article for interesting background. Explanations offered range from ‘it is too expensive’ …
The Real Reason More People Don’t Use Wi-Fi on Flights Read More »
Mergers galore part 1 : British Airways has now signed a merger deal with Iberia, subject only to ratification by both airline’s boards of directors, something that is 99.9% assured. Mergers galore part 2 : Alitalia has said …
Yes, we all know that sex sells, but generally there is at least a very thin veneer of pretence to obscure the underlying sex sell concept. However, there are occasional and notable exceptions…. Airlines have tried various types …
Raunchy Russian Airline Ad – So Suggestive it is Funny Read More »
The US Department of Transportation continues to become more and more active, not only enforcing existing laws but dreaming up new ones too (well, actually, regulations not laws if you wish to be exact about …
Dinosaur Watching – Airline weekly roundup 4 June Read More »
The US Department of Transportation is considering banning the nuts from airplanes, or perhaps creating a peanut-free zone on planes, much like there used to be a no smoking area on planes. Is this a …
The House of Representatives Judicial Committee is on the job, busy protecting our interests when it comes to evaluating the merger between United and Continental. Unfortunately, it seems that they cannot comprehend much beyond the simple black-and-white issues …
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