Shares in SilverJet were suspended today as the airline announced that it did not receive the Middle East funding it had announced a couple of weeks ago (basically what happened to Eos).   The business class carrier was expecting a $5 million to keep themselves afloat, but the cash never arrived in their account (the old [...]

In case you wanted to fly between Paris and New York on BA’s new Openskies, they’re selling tickets on their website as of today.  Flights start June 19th.  Looks like summer economy fares are about $1,000 round trip; premium economy are about $1,500 round trip, and biz class are about $3,500.  In the fall, the [...]

You’ve no doubt seen elsewhere that American is now going to charge you to check your first bag. All of the stories, I’m certain, will have quotes from some travelers saying they’ll never fly again, and other quotes from travelers saying that they understand airlines have to make money. That’s the crux of [...]

I’m not even sure this story makes any sense, but here goes:  A pilot and flight attendant for Pinnacle Airlines (Northwest) were in Harrisburg, PA, the night before working a flight.  They went to a bar, got drunk, headed back to the hotel, decided to hook up in the woods, somehow got separated, and the [...]

You probably weren’t wondering how the San Antonio Spurs celebrated after their Game 7 win over the New Orleans Hornets. But if you were, I’m sure you thought they were at a strip club.  You were wrong, but you won’t be jealous: the team boarded their nearly-bankrupt Champion Air 727 and attempted to [...]

I think it’s helpful to look to Ryanair to see what new fees those of us in the US can look forward to in the next year:  The low cost leader previously had allowed those who had checked in online to go through priority boarding for free.  The result?  The priority boarding line was often [...]

An airport worker in Portland, Maine, came up with a novel way to fight the high cost of heating his home:  he stole fuel from a JetBlue A320 parked at the airport to use for home heating.  An airport employee was seen filling up a 5-gallon jug with jet fuel from a JetBlue plane before [...]

A Compass Airlines (Northwest) flight attendant set a fire on a flight he was working because he was upset he had to fly the route.  The 19-year old idiot was not happy about having to fly from Minneapolis to Saskatoon, so he set a small fire in the aircraft, which cause a diversion to Fargo, [...]

A man who was part of a gang that hijacked an Afghani airplane in 2000 is now working as a janitor at Heathrow airport.  Nazamuddin Mohammidy was one of 9 people who hijacked an Ariana Airlines 727 in Afghanistan and demanded to be flown to England, which they were.  Long story short, the hijackers were [...]

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An Italian man visiting his girlfriend in Virginia was jailed for 10 days after customs agents at Dulles Airport falsely claimed he had asked for asylum upon entering the country (asylum from Italy?)  The story is worth a read, as it doesn’t make sense at all and serves as a warning to European [...]