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Archive for January 2007

Swedish Prince Held Overnight by Security at Miami Airport

Jan 17th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was held overnight by police at Miami’s airport last September after he showed up without a visa.  The prince was flying from Caracas to Washington, DC, through Miami and because of a mixup in Venezuela, flew without his normal security staff.  He also arrived without the correct visa.  When he [...]

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Ice Cream, The Next Terrorist

Jan 17th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A friend of the OTR writes:
"After being delayed for 5 hours last night in the Manchester NH airport, all of the services behind security had closed.  The only ones open, of course, were the ones outside of security, which you could see through a giant glass wall, not unlike the cage Lechter was in in [...]

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Airbus CEO Dropped Pants to Win Deal

Jan 16th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

For reasons I still don’t understand even after reading the story 3 times, Airbus’ CEO dropped his pants in front of US Airways’ former chairman Stephen Wolf to help seal an aircraft deal.  It really should make more sense than that.  Perhaps he’s one of those guys who likes to drop his pants.  I really [...]

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New York to Pittsburgh, $11 plus tax

Jan 16th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A poster at Flyertalk has shared a way to get an $11 (plus $11 in taxes) ticket from New York to Pittsburgh on JetBlue.  It’s good on a round trip as well.  What a bargain.

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OTR Closed for the Holiday

Jan 15th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Due to the OTR’s incredibly generous vacation policy, the staff is off today for the holiday.  We’ll be back tomorrow.

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American Drops Business Class & International Tickets from Expedia

Jan 12th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

American Airlines has stopped selling its domestic business class tickets and all international tickets on Expedia.  As they’re continuing to sell these tickets on other online agency sites, we can assume that they’re in a disagreement over distribution costs.  Nearly every other airline that has dropped Expedia has come back after re-negotiating terms.

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Pacific Wings Vs. Mesa

Jan 11th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Here’s an obscure one:
Pacific Wings, which flies in Hawaii and has been beaten down by competition from Mesa’s Go! entering the market, is trying to get back at Mesa.  How?  They’re going to enter the intra-New Mexico market, which Mesa dominates, relying on the government’s Essential Air Service subsidies.  Have you fallen asleep yet?  No?  [...]

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Will Delta Spurn US Airways for Northwest?

Jan 11th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

The WSJ is reporting that Delta has been in talks with Northwest Airlines about a potential merger.  Odd that Delta had been swearing that they wanted to remain independent while at the same time talking to Northwest.  I’d be interested if anyone can explain why they’d be interested in Northwest (still in bankruptcy) and not [...]

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United Airlines Is Given China Route

Jan 10th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

If you’re a frequent flyer, you’ve probably received some sort of communication from your favorite airline asking you to beg congress to grant them a new route to China.  Unless your favorite airline is United, you’re out of luck.  The DOT granted United the right to fly from Washington, DC, to Beijing, beginning in March.

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US Airways Increases Offer for Delta

Jan 10th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

After saying that it wasn’t going to increase its offer for Delta, US Airways has increased its offer by about $1 billion and 11 million shares — certainly not a small amount of money.  According to US Airways, this is above what Delta has claimed to be its valuation given its standalone plan.  As I’m [...]

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