I was thinking about what I could do to help you out the next time you’re stranded on a runway for 3 or 4 hours, and I’ve decided to create a list of contacts at each airline that may be useful.
So, I’ve compiled a list of the CEOs of each major US airline, the [...]
A couple of days ago I mentioned that Mesa Air had suspended its CFO after allegations that he had deleted files relating to a lawsuit between Mesa and Hawaiian Airlines. Well, it’s a bit more complicated. A lawyer for the airline told a judge that (in a perfect definition of "the lesser of two evils") [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Mesa CFO: Wait, I Wasn’t Deleting Legal Files, I Was Deleting PornDelta announced a major expansion at JFK, including 14 new international routes. This is great news, as a number of these routes are thinly serviced or not serviced at all nonstop (new flights include service to Tel Aviv, Edinburgh, Dakar, Nairobi, Lagos, Cairo, Amman, Malaga, Cape Town, Panama City (Panama), Guatemala City, Port of Spain, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta to Overhaul JFK Operations and Add New Flights: It’s Good News, Really!From the government that has already proudly discarded 800 years of habeas corpus: The US Department of Transportation issued a pathetic report that found several airlines (Delta and US Airways included) have no formal policies about allowing passengers off planes in the event of a delay on the tarmac, meaning that their policy is to [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: US Government to Passengers: You Can Rot on the Runway for All We CareThe fast-growing Middle East market is getting a little bit more crowded: also-ran Oman Air announced that it will lease 6 787s as the government looks to grow the airline at the expense of its former investment in Gulf Air. The region seems to suck up all capacity thrown at it, so it will be [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Oman Air to Lease 6 787s(via Today in the Sky…)
I will give you three guesses as to what the world’s busiest route is (by number of frequencies per week). Ok ready? Guess.
-No.
-No, that’s not it either.
-Not even close.
Turns out that Barcelona - Madrid has the most frequent flights, with 971 (yes, 971) per week. Rio to Sao Paulo is close [...]
The situation at Mesa Airlines involving their behavior in the Hawaiian market has just gotten a bit uglier: the company has placed its CFO on administrative leave after it was alleged that he deleted files related to a lawsuit that Hawaiian Airlines filed against Mesa. Hawaiian alleges that Mesa placed a takeover bid for Hawaiian [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Mesa’s CFO Placed on Leave for Possible MisconductIn case you were wondering how MAXjet was doing, you can see here that they posted a $31 million loss on $27 million in revenue for the first half of 2007. Yes, it’s difficult to run an airline profitably.
Read the Rest of the Story: Quick MAXjet UpdateA quick follow-up on the One-Two-Go! crash in Phuket last week. A number of stories I’ve read pointed to the age of the airplane possibly being a factor (as does nearly every story about any plane crash). It is important to note here that planes do not crash because they are old. Northwest is flying [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: A Word about Older AirplanesMidwest Airlines was (at one time) known for its all-business-class seating and great food. Then came the post-9/11 airline industry meltdown (that actually started back in 2000), and Midwest went to a conventional seating layout on many of its flights (called "Saver" service) and left regular seating (called "Signature" service) on other flights.
The airline is [...]
