While Qatar Airways is known for its customer service, apparently Qatar royalty are not…
A Qatari sheikh delayed a British Airways flight in Milan for 3 hours last week when he discovered that 3 of his female relatives were seated next to men they didn’t know.  Muslim tradition forbids women to mix with men outside their [...]

In an absolutely extraordinary public relations move that is either complete genius or complete insanity, Brazil’s president said over the weekend that the air safety situation is so poor in Brazil that he is afraid to fly.  Sayeth he: "It’s no secret to any Brazilian that we have an aviation crisis…Personally, when the airplane door [...]

Northwest canceled 500 flights over the weekend, due either to pilots acting improperly (according to management) or pilots not being scheduled correctly (according to the pilot’s union).  For several months now, pilots have hit their 90 hour flight limit (please do not write saying that this is a small number of hours to work for [...]

As the OTR noted in its supersecret world exclusive 3 months ago, Skybus has applied for service to Mexico and Bahamas.  Yesterday they received approval to fly to those countries and will launch service to Cancun and Nassau in early 2008.

Brazil’s Gol has told passengers not to fly until next week while the country’s chaotic air traffic system gets back to normal.  This is unprecedented (at least as far as I’m aware) – Sao Paulo’s domestic airport was diverting flights to its international airport, causing a bit of havoc there, including forcing some flights to [...]

American Airlines has launched a real live fare sale (not one of those so-called fare sales where the fares aren’t any better than usual) between south Florida and Latin American and/or the Caribbean.  How cheap?
Miami – San Pedro Sula, Honduras is $49 each wayto Nicaragua?  $59Guatemala? $69Costa Rica? $69
Whew, they sure are annoyed with Spirit.
Fares [...]

Singapore Airlines is auctioning off seats on its inaugural A380 flight on eBay…  Before you freak out, proceeds are going to charity.  The flight will take place some time in October and fly from Singapore to Sydney.

The terror hype machine is in full force:
News organizations are reporting that the TSA has told its air marshalls and security officials that terrorists may be preparing for a "dry run" for terror activity in a US airport.  Your local news should be hyping this story as if the end of the world is near, [...]

Flights to Australia may be about to get a bit less expensive:
Virgin Blue, the Australian airline with ties to the Virgin empire, has announced that it will launch a new airline called V Australia to fly long-haul routes from down under.  These routes will include flights to the US, but no cities have been announced.  [...]

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but United Airlines has announced that it will begin introducing lie-flat seats in their international business class cabins beginning this fall.  The seats will be available on its 747s, 767s, and 777s (though it will take 2 1/2 years to fully outfit the fleet).  These will be the best [...]