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Archive for November 2008

Delta Expands Further in Africa and Asia with Nonstops to Angola and Equitorial Guinea (Really)

Nov 12th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

(updated from an earlier incomplete post…)
Delta will launch flights to a host of cities in Africa and Asia next year, as they cherry-pick opportunities for cities that will survive during an economic slowdown.  Incredibly, they’ll offer one-stop service from Atlanta  (through Cape Verde) to Luanda, Angola; Malabo, Equitorial Guinea; and Abuja, Nigeria.  Seriously.  I know [...]

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Quick Follow up on Delta’s Pittsburgh/Raleigh Paris Announcement

Nov 10th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

A quick note about last week’s announcement from Delta that it will add nonstops from Pittsburgh and Raleigh to Paris:
Northwest has just announced that it is suspending flights from Detroit to Paris (as well as Seattle – Heathrow and Detroit – Osaka) beginning in January.  Perhaps someone can explain how Detroit to Paris doesn’t work [...]

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United Flight Attendants Duct Tape Unruly Passenger

Nov 6th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

Flight attendants duct taped an unruly passenger on a United flight from San Juan to Chicago yesterday, forcing the flight to divert to Charlotte, where the woman was arrested.  The passenger, who apparently had been drinking quite a bit before the flight, hit a flight attendant and repeatedly pulled the hair of the person sitting [...]

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Delta Eliminates Some Fees, Raises Some Fees

Nov 5th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

As part of its integration with Northwest, Delta is changing some of its fees — you’ll be happy to know they are actually eliminating some:
- No more curbside check-in fees ($3 in your pocket)
- No more fuel surcharges on award tickets (up to $100 in your pocket)
- Reducing telephone booking fee to $20 from $25 [...]

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Continental’s In-Flight Live TV to Have 80 Channels

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

You can read the details at Cranky’s website here, but you’ll be happy to know that Continental will be installing Live TV featuring 80 (yes 80) channels beginning early next year.  Look for the full roll-out on its domestic fleet over the course of 2009.  Continental’s in-flight entertainment has been subpar, and this, plus in-flight [...]

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Will Ryanair Fly Cheap Flights Across the Atlantic?

Nov 3rd, 2008 | By Jared Blank

Ryanair announced that it will launch cheap flights across the Atlantic in the next 12 months if it can find the right aircraft cheap enough.  CEO Michael O’Leary said that they would subsidize their $13 coach fares with $1,500 business class fares on flights from Dublin and Stansted to airports near New York, Denver and [...]

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