52 passengers refused to get off an 8pm flight from Beijing to Yentai after it was canceled, preferring to sleep on the plane (none of the stories I’ve read say which airline it was…)  About 150 passengers left the aircraft after a 3-hour delay on the tarmac, but the 52 others refused, saying they wouldn’t [...]

USA Today outlines the horrible situation Midwest finds itself in, including having the CEO say that they have about 30 days before they run out of cash.  Worse than the elimination of about half their jets is the request for workers to cut pay by up to 2/3 for pilots, with some $120,000-a-year pilots being [...]

Delta has introduced a $25 fee for redeeming miles for domestic tickets and a $50 fee for international tickets beginning on August 15th.  They’re calling the fee a “surcharge,” but you shouldn’t hold your breath for those fees to disappear, um, ever.  I wouldn’t be shocked, though, when these fees increase (first on the international [...]

Pilots on an Air India flight from Jaipur, India, to Mumbai allegedly overshot the airport by 359 miles because they were sleeping during the flight.  The crew members started their day with a 1:35am flight from Dubai and continued on with this 7am flight from Jaipur.  That doesn’t excuse falling asleep, but it kinda makes [...]

Continental has changed its standby policies to give passengers a bit more flexibility (for a price).  For a $50 fee ($25 if you’re gold or platinum), you can change your flight to any other flight that is scheduled for within 12 hours of your original flight, provided you do it within 24 hours of your [...]

According to this thread on Flyertalk, Continental is eliminating its beloved sundaes in business class on transcon flights.
Now, I enjoyed the Continental sundaes as much as anyone (frankly, if Osama Bin Laden gave me a sundae I’d probably enjoy it).  I think we can all agree that sundaes, as a rule, are a good thing.
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Air Mauritius (that would be Mauritius’ flag carrier) announced that it had a $26 million profit for the fiscal year that ended in March.  I only mention this because all we hear about is airlines losing money, and I thought it was interesting to note that just because you haven’t heard of an airline doesn’t [...]

Back in early 2005 Delta introduced a program called Simplifares that basically eliminated minimum stays, Saturday night stays, roundtrip requirements and a number of other things people hated about airfares.  United (and everyone else) followed suit.
Well, take everything in that program and throw it out, because your favorite parts of airfares – Saturday night stays [...]

You have to book by tomorrow, but OpenSkies is offering an amazing 2-for-1 deal on flights from JFK to Paris through August 31st.  This is a HUGE steal when you combine it with their $1550 round trip fare in PREM+ (52″ pitch, just as good as business class elsewhere).  So, to sum up, under $800 [...]

Spirit Airlines has been widely reviled online (see the comments here, for example) for providing less-than-stellar customer service.  Let’s move past that for a moment.  My father had a problem booking a ticket and, as the commenters above noted, calling the call center apparently wasn’t an option (as they don’t seem to pick up the [...]