The new Boeing 787, which will replace the 767 with an aircraft boasting significant cost savings, will not be as comfortable for passengers as once thought.  The plane was conceived to over 8-across seating in coach, with extremely wide 19" seats (about 2 inches wider than regular coach seats).  However, about 2/3 of the airlines [...]

I’m excited to announce that we’ve launched a new site that publishes travel specials for travelers in India.  Tripmela.com is a bit of a departure from the OTR (in that I hope it will actually be a viable business) — we’re working with airlines, hotels and tour operators to bring together great travel deals for [...]

American Airlines, which has expanded into Dallas Love Field to compete with Southwest, said that it will lose money on these routes.  A sales executive with the airline said:
"As silly as it sounds, we’re not here to make a profit off this operation, we’re trying to serve our customers…We’re going after Southwest customers."
Now, that is [...]

Did an airline lose your bags last year?  You’re not exactly alone.  US carriers lost 10,000 bags a day in 2005, the highest number since 1990.  The rate of lost bags increased 23% over 2004.
The worst offender?  US Airways, which lost 9.62 bags per 1,000 passengers.  Well done.  Incredibly, this is 30% higher than the [...]

No matter how bad your flight delays are this week, they’re nothing compared to passengers who were scheduled to fly on Biman Bangladesh this past week.  Bangladesh’s flag carrier faced mechanical difficulties on 3 of the 5 DC-10s it uses for international service, forcing it to strand passengers around the globe.  In the past week [...]

The always-great Ask the Pilot column at Salon.com takes a look at the state of pilot pay.  It ain’t pretty.  You can read all the details in the piece, but suffice it to say, pilots aren’t getting rich.  Salaries for regional jet pilots begin at an unbelievable $16,000 a year.  Roughly what the dude behind [...]

Nobody’s ever complained about traveling to Paris in May — and neither will you if you check out Gate 1 Travel’s 4-night package deal to Paris.  $499 gets you a flight from New York and four nights at some hotel (whatever, you’re not going there for the hotel) good for travel through May 11th.  That’s [...]

As you may know, El Al doesn’t screw around when it comes to security.  To that end, El Al has installed anti-missle systems in all of its aircraft, becoming the first carrier to do so.  The Israeli-built system, called Flight Guard, releases diversionary flares if its sensors detect an incoming missle.
Development of the systems, which [...]

Ryanair has always been able to turn negative publicity into a positive spin, and today is no exception.  The airline faced scrutiny in an expose by Britain’s Channel 4, that had reporters posing undercover as Ryanair employees to get scoop on the airline’s operations.  As you might imagine, it wasn’t pretty.  On the program(me) staff [...]

(via Travelzoo)  Something called TNT Vacations is offering a $49 round trip fare from New York to Bermuda.  The fare is good Thursdays and Sundays through April 20th.  Good luck, their site blows.  But their fares are cheap!
(If you’ve come to this via Google, welcome to OnlineTravelReview.  You can check out other great deals in [...]