I’m back from my quick trip on OpenSkies and I thought I’d post a very quick review:
The airline, which is a corporate cousin to British Airways (so you can get BA miles), flies 757s outfitted with 82 seats from New York to Paris (Orly). The plane is divided into Economy (nothing special there), Prem+ [...]
Delta implemented a $25 second-checked-bag fee on April 9th for flights after May 5th (you had to pay the fee regardless of whether you had already purchased a ticket for those dates prior to the announcement). Well, it turns out they can’t do that.
If you purchased a ticket on Delta prior to April 9th, and [...]
This is an odd one:
A United Airlines pilot on a flight from Salt Lake City last week told passengers that he was too angry too fly after a heated discussion just before he boarded the aircraft. I won’t bother to get into the details here (because I can’t be bothered) but it involved him possibly [...]
I was away when the Continental/United tie-up was announced and everyone else has already commented on this already. I won’t bore you with a long blah blah blah about it, I’ll bore you with a short point:
- We’re at least a year from this being implemented.
- Many of the details haven’t been decided, so it’s [...]
Hi all,
No posts tomorrow - I’ll be taking the first OpenSkies flight out of JFK to Paris this evening (then spending a night in Sofia, Bulgaria). I’ll have a short report on the new airline on Monday.
I rarely report airline financials here, but I thought it was interesting to note that Delta announced yesterday that they expect to turn a profit in the 2nd quarter (ie, this quarter). I’m by no means suggesting that the situation isn’t gloomy (it is), but we should remember that it’s not impossible to be [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta to Turn a Profit in Q2A quick note to let you know about Channel 9, a new airline blog written by friend/former colleague Tom Lang. Tom is a former journalist and former Eos revenue/marketing guy and has a great perspective on the industry. You can check his site out at http://channel-9.blogspot.com/
Read the Rest of the Story: New Blog to Tell You AboutA reporter covering the Euro 2008 soccer/football tournament found himself running late for his Air Dolomiti flight from Verona to Vienna. So he did what any of us would do: he called the airline and made a bomb threat so the flight would be delayed. Clever.
Except that when he arrived at the airport he said [...]
New Delhi sees some impressive rains this time of year, and even the animals have had trouble drying off after the downpours: Following the heavy rains in Delhi, the international airport was overrun by jackals, foxes and lizards on Monday, causing the closure of the airport for an hour. About 100 flights were affected by [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Yet Another Story about An Airport Closing Because of JackalsJust a quick update on what all the airlines said today about shrinking their schedules:
- Virgin America will cut 10% of its capacity in the fall, but will not eliminate any planes or jobs. Most cuts will come by reducing midweek frequencies. Oddly enough, they’ll also be increasing their west coast flying and launching JFK-Las [...]
