A Qantas flight from Singapore to Perth was diverted to a remote Western Australia airport after the A330 encountered serious turbulence.  30 passengers were injured, including 15 with broken bones when the flight plunged after hitting rough air.  As I say each time (and you should be sick of it by now), keep your seatbelts [...]

Those following the Sun Country debacle will not be surprised to hear that Sun Country has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a tumultuous week in which its parent company’s offices were raided by the FBI.  Yesterday’s announcement that they may have to shut down by December 1st was made because companies now have [...]

This is not a good sign for OpenSkies:
The all-premium carrier is offering a $499 one-way fare in Prem+ (a very, very solid Business Class-type product) from JFK to Amsterdam ($599 to Paris).  You have to book by October 15th, but the fares are good through March, with only a 7-day advance purchase (sheesh, it seems [...]

(Thanks, USA Today):
If you flew into JFK in August and your flight was delayed, you weren’t alone:  All 20 of the most delayed flights in August involved JFK (as well as 42 of the top 50 flights).  Comair flew 7 of the top 10 delayed flights.  Well done.  Summer storms, plus an incredibly crowded airspace [...]

Icelandair will introduce a Premium Economy section (called Economy Plus) on all of its flights beginning November 1st.  You’ll get a bit more legroom than coach, but less than the not-particularly-cushy 39″ you find in Saga Class, but there’s only 2-abreast seating.  More choices are always good, and Icelandair’s winter fares are usually quite cheap [...]

If your holiday travel plans include Sun Country, you may want to find a back up:  The airline, which just asked its staff to take a 50% pay cut, now says that it may have to shut down by December 1st.  The carrier’s parent company is the target of an FBI probe into financial misdeeds [...]

Delta Air Lines, which will soon be launching in-flight wi-fi, says that they will block offensive content from their service.  American Airlines flight attendants raised the issue when that airline said they would not block any sites.  So, to sum up, if you want to watch porn while surrounded by 180 other people, American is [...]

(Via USA Today Blog)
A Northwest Airlines statement said that they will compete with Southwest “on price and service” when Southwest begins Minneapolis service next year.  Wait, so does that mean Northwest will eliminate all of their fees on flights to Chicago?  And is this the first time in 35 years that an airline says they [...]

If you’ve found yourself stuck on a six-hour New York to LA flight on a 737, you were probably thinking back to the good ol’ days when the route was served by 747s.  Those days are, of course, loooooong gone.  To make yourself feel better about being crammed into a narrowbody for that long, check [...]

If you live in Minneapolis (and chances are you don’t) you’ve probably wondered at some point why Southwest doesn’t fly there (if I remember correctly, they blamed the winter weather).  Well, wonder no longer:  the airline announced it will start a small (or very small) operation there in March.  Flights (at least for now) will [...]