MAXjet has had a series of really cheap promotions going on lately, and here’s another:
Book by October 23rd and fly between November 15 and March 15, and you can get a roundtrip ticket from either Las Vegas or Washington to London for just $999. That’s in business class. The Vegas fare is just insane. Seriously. [...]
Via Frommers: Hotels.com (of all people) is offering great deals on packages to Hawaii. For $358, you get a flight from Los Angeles and 4 nights at the basic-but-serviceable Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel. Is it perfect for your honeymoon? Probably not. But it’s close to the beach, and the price includes breakfast. Can’t beat that…
Read the Rest of the Story: Cheap Packages to HawaiiAmericans are not the only group with an obesity problem. As the Chinese population has gotten larger, it has had an affect on Chinese airlines: overweight Chinese passengers are having trouble fitting in airplane seats. Airlines in China historically have squeezed more seats into a plane because their travelers have been smaller than Western passengers. [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Chinese Airlines Must Reduce Number of Seats Because of Overweight PassengersYou may have been wondering whether airlines were able to handle the additional checked bags that were a result of the new security rules put in place in August. (or you may not have been wondering, I don’t know). Either way, it turns out that the airlines couldn’t handle the increase very well. August saw [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: More Checked Bags Leads to More Lost BagsEos Airlines has launched a $999 each way sale on their all business class flights (48 flat beds on a 757) from New York to London. While they often have buy-one-get-one and companion offers that bring tickets as low as $1100 each way, they never have single tickets available this low. Fly between November 22-25 [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Eos Airlines $999 SaleAirTran has launched a sale on its business class seats for travel through November 9th (book by tomorrow, October 6). Fares start at $119 (Chicago to Minneapolis). Other great deals include Atlanta to Los Angeles ($269) and Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale ($179). In many cases, these fares are cheaper than coach on other airlines.
Read the Rest of the Story: Business Class Sale on AirTranUber-Budget carrier Ryanair has launched a $1.9 billion bid to purchase Aer Lingus. The move would give Ryanair access to trans-Atlantic routes — a first for a European no frills airline. The two airlines would continue to be run separately. For its part, the Irish government, which owns 1/3 of Aer Lingus, said it would [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Ryanair Makes Bid for Aer LingusAre you an airplane dork who’s counting down the days until they can fly on the A380? No? Uh, me neither.
Anyway, the A380’s launch will be delayed yet again, with one plane being delivered in late 2007 (yeah right) and a bunch more being delivered in 2008. Airbus said that the delays will cost the [...]
A man speaking Tamil into his cellphone while waiting to board an American Airlines flight from Seattle to Dallas was investigated because someone reported him to airport security officials. The person who reported him did not speak Tamil, but found it suspicious that someone would be using a cellphone and not speaking English. This is [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Please Do Not Speak Tamil in the AirportThis is crazy: NY Times business travel reporter Joe Sharkey was on board the small plane that was hit by the Gol 737 in the Brazilian Amazon last week. He (and all the others) on that plane survived, while all on board the 737 died. His account is pretty amazing.
Read the Rest of the Story: New York Times Reporter On Board Clipped Brazilian Jet