Boeing is considering either selling or shutting down its in-flight Internet company called Connexion after 6 years of struggle and losses.  If they can’t find a buyer, in-flight Internet will disappear from Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines and a handful of others.  It’s a shame, but $28 for in-flight Internet was a bit steep for [...]

Jet Airways and Air Sahara, which were set to merge to create the largest airline in India, have called off the merger after Jet Airways tried to lower the price.  The combined carrier would have had more than 50% market share in India.

JetBlue has a promotion where you can save $30 round trip on flights between JFK and Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Raleigh-Durham.  Go to this page and enter the code JETBLUE15 and you’ll save $15 on each leg ($30 round trip).  Book by July 26th and fly through October 31.

Next month, Southwest Airlines will test assigned seating on some of its flights out of San Diego.  If assigned seats are adopted, this would be a huge change for the carrier, which has always forced customers into a cattle call without a seat assignment.  Assuming the change doesn’t add additional time to boarding, Southwest would [...]

This is an odd one:  India’s former Civil Aviation Minister has told India’s Prime Minister that Jet Airways, one of India’s largest airlines, has close links to terrorists.  According to the former official, Jet Airways has been a "steady recipient of large dubious investments originating from Gulf
sheikhs" and had intermittent contacts with "underworld dons Chhota
Shakeel [...]

Brazil’s Varig may be forced to liquidate by the end of the week if a group of employees who purchased the bankrupt carrier cannot come up with $75 million by Friday.  The airline is in dire financial straits, going so far as to cancel a third of its flights this week.  A group of airline [...]

Northwest Airlines is changing the way the passengers board its flights.  Instead of boarding back-to-front, it will be a free for all.  Anyone can board at any time (after families with children and elite members).  While this seems like a recipe for chaos, it apparently knocks 5-10 minutes off the boarding process (who knew?).  I [...]

If you’re sick of reading about the A380 situation, then you can skip this story (though it’s today’s only story, so suck it up, my friend):  According to Air Transport World, Malaysia Airlines is going to cancel its order for 6 A380 aircraft after the recent delays were announced.  The article also notes that at [...]

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways announced that they will fly women to Kuwait for free to participate in Kuwait’s elections on June 29th.  This election marks the first time that women will be able to vote in the Gulf Arab state.  Nice gesture by the start-up carrier.

Delta Air Lines is launching the only nonstop service from the US to Mumbai beginning this November.  The flights from New York will replace its current one-stop service to both Mumbai and Chennai.  As you may have noticed, Delta has begun a huge international expansion this year.  As part of this, the airline has also [...]