If you’re flying to London on business, Delta has a pretty good offer for you. If you fly between now and January 15th, they’ll give you Silver Medallion status if you fly in non-discounted coach (about $1600) or discounted Business Class (about $2200) between JFK and London. If you fly in regular Business class, they’ll [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta Offers Gold Status for London TripHow bad is it over at poor little Air Zimbabwe? The carrier has suspended its flights to London because it fears authorities will seize its plane over an unpaid $2.8 million debt. Even worse, it was likely the only route that was profitable for the airline. (Longtime readers know I have a soft spot [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Air Zimbabwe Suspends London FlightsEmirates will permit in-flight cellphone use beginning in January. Calls will cost about $4 a minute, which should help keep people from yapping for 13 straight hours. I hope.
Read the Rest of the Story: Emirates Will Permit Cellphone Use in JanuaryI don’t usually bother talking about route expansion, but Qatar Airways’ announcement that it will fly to New York is significant. Middle Eastern airlines have grown rapidly and profitably, in a way we haven’t seen anywhere else in the world. Etihad, Emirates and now Qatar Airways have nonstops to New York (Emirates has 2 nonstops [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Qatar Airways to Fly to New YorkImmigration officials at Dubai’s airport detained a 2-year-old after his name appeared on a list of potential security risks. The little boy was in a stroller, when officials approached his father and said the boy could not fly because he was a risk to security. Said the father, "I thought he was joking and said [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: 2 Year Old Detained as Possible TerroristRyanair was told to stop advertising that said seats were available for GBP 0, because once taxes and fees were added in, no seats were available for free. In fact, the least someone could end up paying was GBP 11.70 (about $20 or so) which, while cheap, is not exactly zero.
Read the Rest of the Story: Ryanair Busted for Advert(isement)Fedex cancelled its $2.3 billion order for 10 A380s yesterday, handing Airbus a major blow to its struggling program. The cargo carrier instead ordered 15 777s from Boeing after saying that it couldn’t wait for Airbus to straighten out its delays. This hardly marks the end of the A380 program, but Airbus certainly didn’t need [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Fedex Cancels Order for 10 A380sIt is a slooooooow news day in the ol’ airline industry. How slow? Here’s the big story from what I can tell: JetBlue will be offering all trans-fat free snacks on their planes. That’s all the news. Oh, that and that the A350 might not get built. Maybe that’s a bigger story than JetBlue offering [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: JetBlue to, uh, Offer, um, Trans-Fat Free SnacksThe staff of the OTR ran the NY Marathon on Sunday and, hence, will be sleeping in tomorrow. I’ll be back with great stuff on Tuesday. Or regular stuff. I really shouldn’t promise greatness.
Read the Rest of the Story: OTR HolidayGate1Travel has a great deal to Central Europe: For various dates between now and the end of February, you’ll get a flight and 5 nights hotel in Budapest and Prague for just $699. Sure it’s cold. That’s not my problem. I’m just passing along the info.
Read the Rest of the Story: 7 Days in Budapest and Prague, $699