Archive for April 2006

Airline CEO: French Are “Lazy Frogs”

Apr 4th, 2006 | By Jared Blank

The CEO of British low-cost carrier Jet2.com twice publicly called the French "lazy frogs" after two incidents caused the delays of his company’s airplanes.  French air traffic controllers staged a work stoppage last week causing delays to French flights, and this week a demonstration by 50 students caused the closing of a runway at the [...]

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Farecompare.com: A Great New Tool for Fare Search

Apr 3rd, 2006 | By Jared Blank

I wanted to share a very cool new tool called Fare Compare (visit farecompare.com).  If you’re a fan of Travelocity Dream Maps, this blows it away.  You can basically see fares from your hometown to any city in the world, laid out on a map.  You can then drill down for fares by airline and [...]

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Cheap Fare from New York to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki

Apr 3rd, 2006 | By Jared Blank

SAS has a great fare available for summer flights to Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki:  $550 gets you a round trip ticket from New York to any of those cities good through August 31st (Chicago is $50 extra).  This is about 40% less than the normal summer fare.  Tickets must be booked by April 30.

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