For some reason I was recently thinking about the long-defunct People Express and how they used to publish advertisements with all of their sale fares listed in it.  In 1985 the airline made waves by charging only $99 to fly from Newark to Los Angeles, Newark to London and Newark to Brussels.  I remember trying [...]

The NY Times published an absolute crap article about the safety of low fare airlines in Asia over the weekend.  The piece asks this question: "In a developing region witnessing a boom in the number of low-cost
airlines, can tourists trust their lives on these budget carriers?"
The answer, of course, is yes, they should trust their [...]

MAXjet announced it is filing for bankruptcy and ceasing all flights today.  If you are in the middle of travel on MAXjet, you will be reaccomodated on Eos if you are flying to New York (a good thing, trust me), or on another airline if you are flying to LA or Vegas.  If you have [...]

South African Airways is offering a special 2-for-1 fare to Johannesburg, Durban and Capetown from New York and Washington:  $1350 round trip gets you two tickets for flights before March 1st — book by January 22nd. 

British Airways has launched a great sale on their Club World seats to London.  $2176 round trip for flights from New York between January 19 and March 23.  Lots of other cities are available, capping out at about $3200 round trip from the west coast.  We often see these deals during the holidays but rarely [...]

A woman sat in a urine-soaked seat for her entire AirTran flight from Florida to Boston.  The bigger issue was that it was not her own urine.  (insert joke about how pissed she was).  You can read the whole story if you really need the details on this.

For you India airline buff(s):  Kingfisher and Deccan will merge into a combined carrier called Kingfisher Airlines though, confusingly, short-haul A320 flights will be branded as Deccan while longer flights will be branded at Kingfisher (Deccan is modeled after Ryanair, whereas Kingfisher offers a premium product).  One major benefit of the merger is that the [...]

The US DoT will implement a plan to cut flights during peak hours at JFK airport.  During the afternoon/evening rush, flights will be capped at 82-83 an hour, down from the 100 an hour we saw this summer.  Airlines will voluntarily make cuts to ensure that goal number is reached.  Any improvement at JFK is [...]

(Thanks, Travelzoo…)
Pleasant Holidays is offering a 3 night air/hotel package from Los Angeles to Honolulu for $299 per person for travel January through March.  What a bargain.

An odd one from Sri Lanka:
The Sri Lankan government has canceled the work permit of the CEO of SriLankan Airlines (which effectively means he’s fired) after the country’s president was told there was not enough room on a flight from London to Colombo to accommodate him and his 35-person entourage.  Government officials say that the [...]