Thanks to Flyertalk…
American Airlines is offering a crazy deal on reward tickets to Tahiti…for travel through May 31st, you can fly from JFK to Tahiti for 30,000 miles round trip.  Travel is only good on Air Tahiti Nui, and connecting travel on American Airlines is not permitted — it’s just for the Air Tahiti Nui [...]

Thanks to View from the Wing…
Get 15% off one-way and roundtrip flights from Los Angeles-area airports for flights from February 26th through April 30th (blackouts include March 14-16, 21-25 and 28-31).  Use promo code DFHOLLYWDGO when booking. 

Every other news/blog/random person has written about the BA crash, but I think few will share this detail:  after undergoing 5 hours of grilling by investigators, the plane’s pilot took his crew out for curry.  I’m not sure why that matters, but it was the lead headline in the Daily Mail.  Just thought you’d like [...]

If you wanted to be one of the first to fly the A380 when it begins service to the US, now is your time:  Emirates is selling tickets on A380 flights between New York and Dubai.  First class seats are going quickly (even at $7000 round trip), but coach seats are in the $1300 range [...]

Since I have nothing more to add about the Delta merger rumors, I thought I’d pass along the next most interesting piece of news:  If you’re flying out of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the next few days, you won’t be getting chicken:  Because of an outbreak in bird flu, airlines have stopped serving chicken and, instead, [...]

A fun little piece of advice:
If you’re stranded at LAX for a couple of hours waiting for a connection, why not take a free shuttle over to In-N-Out Burger?  (Sure, it’s a shuttle for a parking lot, but there’s an In-N-Out right there!)

With the demise of MAXjet, several articles have commented on EOS and Silverjet, frequently suggesting that they "say they are in good shape" (as in today’s NY Times) or something to that effect.  This wholly-unfounded assertion is based (as far as I can tell) on press releases put out by the airlines themselves (which are [...]

The US has downgraded the safety rating of airlines based in the Philippines to Category 2, meaning carriers from the Pacific nation will be placed under heightened scrutiny (along with some other restrictions).  The FAA said that the Philippine government does not have sufficient oversight or funding to ensure the safety of its airlines.
This move [...]

FlyGlobespan, the Irish (thanks to the commenter for pointing out my error in the original post) carrier which had lost (then earned back) its safety certification from the UK, has voluntarily surrendered its safety certificate due to "a very minor thing" which was not outlined.  The airline flies from Liverpool and Knock (Ireland) to the [...]

A 27-year old Indian woman gave birth to a baby over Pakistan during an Austrian Airlines flight from Vienna to Delhi.  The crew delivered the baby on their own while they spoke via telephone to a doctor in Vienna.  The baby and mother are doing well.  Plus, they were placed in business class after the [...]