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Archive for May 2007

Skybus to St. Augustine, Nassau?

May 25th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

(If you don’t care about Skybus, please carry on…)
A tech-savvy OTR reader has passed on the following links:
http://ask.skybus.com/info/jacksonville.shtmlhttp://ask.skybus.com/info/nassau.shtml
which suggest that Nassau and Jacksonville will be Skybus’ next cities.  A USA Today blurb confirms that Jacksonville may likely start up in early July.  By "Jacksonville" I mean, of course, St. Augustine Airport, 40 miles from Jacksonville.  [...]

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Get Wasted on US Airways

May 24th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

For the second time in 6 months, US Airways has been cited for allowing a passenger to get drunk on a flight to New Mexico.  That wouldn’t normally be a problem but, also for the second time, the passenger was arrested for DUI while driving home after the flight landed (he would’ve had to be [...]

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OTR in the LA Times

May 23rd, 2007 | By Jared Blank

The OTR got a nice mention in the LA Times over the weekend as I chatted about Farecast…
Speaking of which, the Wall St. Journal talks up a new website called Yapta.com that will alert you to when a fare you’ve purchased has dropped.  The article points out that several airlines (including JetBlue, United, Alaska and [...]

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Will British Airways Launch All Business Class Service?

May 22nd, 2007 | By Jared Blank

When Legend launched all-business class service from Dallas a few years back, American Airlines responded by reconfiguring some of their planes with all business class and then quickly drove Legend out of business.  Now, British Airways is considering the same tactic:  their CEO said on Monday that the airline is examining the move to compete [...]

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Virgin America Approved for Service

May 22nd, 2007 | By Jared Blank

I’m guessing most of you have seen this already, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that Virgin America has been approved for service.  Look for a July/August launch of flights between San Francisco and New York.
More service is always great news for travelers, and the coach cabin of Virgin looks quite nice, with [...]

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OTR Offices Closed, Staff Heads to Albania

May 17th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

The OTR won’t be publishing Friday or Monday as the staff takes a much needed break in Tirana, Albania (the break was needed, the Albania was just a whim).  Fans of the show Cheers will note that Albania’s main export is no longer coal.
See you on Tuesday…

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Southwest: We’ve Told You Lies

May 17th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

(thanks to reader IAHPHX, as always…)
The Dallas Morning News has an article that debunks some of the myths about the founding of Southwest Airlines.  Specifically, that Herb Kelleher didn’t start the airline after drawing a little route map on a napkin.  The article also suggests that Kelleher wasn’t all that into the idea of the [...]

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Fog Causes Near Riot Over Duty Free

May 16th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

(Thanks to reader Scott for the heads up):
A United Airlines flight from LA to Sydney was diverted to Brisbane because of fog. So far, so good.  Passengers were told, though, that after flying 14 hours, they would have to stay on board for another 9 hours because, and this is where it gets odd, if [...]

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Consumers Prefer IRS to Airlines

May 16th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Americans apparently prefer dealing with the IRS than with airlines, according to a study put out by the University of Michigan (my alma mater).  The UM’s American Customer Satisfaction Index found that airlines scored 2 points lower than the IRS in terms of customer satisfaction (hotels only scored a couple of points better than the [...]

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$50 Coupon on JetBlue

May 15th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Quick JetBlue promotion for you:  Book a roundtrip ticket on them and fly before June 15, and you’ll get a $50 voucher good for flights between September 5 and October 31.  Not too shabby…

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