In yet another impressive lapse in airport security, a passenger hid two African parrots in his carry-on luggage when he boarded a JetBlue flight to Newark from Puerto Rico. The two birds then escaped during the flight, and enjoyed their time flying around the cabin. Keep in mind that while the government is noting our [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Parrots Escape in JetBlue CabinAir Canada is in the midst of a pissing match with GDSs, the companies that supply airfares to travel agents. They have removed their lowest fares from the GDSs (and hence, from travel agents) because of technical limitations of the GDSs. Air Canada has made some really innovative changes to their fare structure, including allowing [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Air Canada’s Travel Agent FightContinental’s president Jeff Smisek gave a rather candid speech yesterday at an investor conference where he pretty much bashed everyone he could think of. The article has the details, but he noted that Continental did not "follow our competitors in a race to the bottom to achieve a crappy product." Knocking JetBlue, he added, "They [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Takes Aim at JetBlue, OthersJust a little self-promotion: The OTR got a mention in Sunday’s LA Times article about EOS and MAXjet…
Read the Rest of the Story: The OTR in the LA TimesIt is a slooooowwwww news morning in AirlineWorld, so the pickins were slim this morning. Which is why I’ll tell you that there are about 2,000 aircraft still parked in the desert waiting for some nice family to take them home. This number is way down from the months following 9/11, but if [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: 2,000 Jets Parked in the DesertEl Al has requested that it be permitted to handle its own baggage screening at Newark Airport, a move it has already made in 4 other US airports. Why? Because it doesn’t trust the TSA. Think about that. A foreign airline — albeit one with the best airplane security in the world — doesn’t trust [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: El Al Screens Its Own Bags in the USThe intra-Hawaiian market is in the midst of an overhaul with the launch of the Mesa Air Group’s go! lowering fares across the board. The once-tiny Island Air was assumed to be the first carrier pushed out of business by the increased competition. But according to this article, they’ve carved out a nice niche for [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: What Will Happen to Hawaii’s Island Air?The NY Times has a good article today about executives’ use of corporate jets for personal business. Oh, and you’re not going to be surprised to hear who’s paying for the use of those jets. Uh, you are. Well you are if you’re a shareholder of the company. In the past, the company could write [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Guess Who’s Paying for that Corporate Jet?Gate 1 Travel has a pretty good fly/drive deal to Amsterdam this fall: $579 gets you a flight from New York to Amsterdam and 7 days car rental (so you can drive wherever you want). This price is good Nov 1-Dec 15, but it’s only an extra $100 from September 7 to October 31st (possibly [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: $569 Fly/Drive Deal to AmsterdamAs part of its 25th anniversary, American Airlines is giving a special offer a day for 25 days. Most of these offers are pretty weak. However, there’s one solid deal: 25% off award travel within the US, to Hawaii or to the Caribbean & Mexico. Book by May 31st and travel August 22-November 8. That [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: 25% Off American Airlines Award Travel