Delta emerged from bankruptcy 19 months after entering chapter 11. The carrier said it has created $3 billion in annual financial improvements and cut its debit in half. And if you really believe they’ll do well, their stock begins trading again on May 3.
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta Exits BankruptcyCan’t get enough of Skybus…
To generate additional revenue, Skybus is selling limo rides to the airport. Fair enough. You’ll be happy to know that their limo trips are pretty far reaching, as you’ll note that they are selling limo transfers to Antarctica, Antarctica here. (see dropdown. Alternatively, go to the homepage, click on the "attractions" [...]
GoToday has a fantastic deal on a package to Prague: $549 gets you a flight on Alitalia from New York and 6 nights hotel. Depart November 1 to December 13. It’s never too late to start planning, and if you go at the beginning of November, the weather isn’t even THAT bad. Have fun.
Read the Rest of the Story: 6 Night Package to Prague, $549(thanks to this Airliners.net thread for the heads up)
You may have to just deal with a bunch of Skybus news for a couple of days:
On their website, there is a tab for vacation packages. That tab takes you to a page hosted by Hotelscorp.com that offers very cheap deals on vacation packages in Orlando. Your [...]
I probably should have consolidated all this Skybus stuff into one post. Oh well.
A few additional tidbits to share:
–You aren’t allowed to bring food onboard. That just seems kinda mean.
–Seat pitch is in the 29"-30" range.
–Pay $10 and you can board early.
–You can change tickets for $40
–You have to be at the gate 30 minutes [...]
Skybus has announced their first set of destinations, and so far my predictions from yesterday are correct. In May they’ll be flying to Burbank, Portsmouth (NH), Kansas City, Richmond, Bellingham (WA), Ft. Lauderdale and Greensboro. They’ll add Oakland in June.
They’ll offer 10 seats at $10 on every flight. This is supposedly not a promotion [...]
During its earnings call last week, Southwest Airlines mentioned that it is soliciting bids for an in-flight wi-fi service. The carrier hopes to have a prototype up and running within 9 months. Crazy to think that a supposedly "no frills" carrier would be the first US airline to offer the service. The move is part [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Southwest to Offer Inflight Wi-Fi Within the Year?I believe this could be the OTR’s first scoop: Sources confirm (and I can say with 98% certainty) that this is the list of Skybus’ initial cities (perhaps not for launch, but at least in the first year or so):
Burbank, Bellingham (north of Seattle), Westover Air Base (Springfield, MA - Hartford’s secondary (?) airport), Cancun, [...]
British Airways has decided it will not have Richard Branson on its planes — even if it’s just on film. The airline has cut Branson out of the version of Casino Royale it shows on its planes. It also obscures the Virgin Atlantic name on an airplane used in the movie. Wonderfully petty.
Read the Rest of the Story: British Airways Cuts Branson Out of Bond FilmOnly because it’s a slow news day will I include a link to a story about Paula Abdul getting pissy about not being able to board a Southwest Airlines flight before everyone else. The only important part is that (supposedly) when a passenger overheard her complaining Southwest staff, he shouted to her: "You’re no Sanjaya."
I’m [...]
