The OTR (actually Tripmela, OTR’s sister company) gets a mention in this USA Today story about the state of Indian tourism after the events in Mumbai. I’m not sure why, but I’m disliking when media are calling the attacks “India’s 9/11″ (as USA Today does in that article). The tone just feels off — how [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: OTR in the NewsA judge has put a temporary halt on plans for Mesa’s go! to change its name to Aloha. Aloha’s former owner has purchased the rights to the name Aloha for $750,000 and had planned to license it to go! for its intra-Hawaii flights. However, a bankruptcy court judge said that it was ridiculous [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: go! Isn’t Becoming Aloha YetLas Vegas-based charter airline Primaris shut down on December 1st, after filing for bankruptcy back in October. Primaris was noteworthy because it was the first US airline to place orders for Boeing’s 787. It ordered 20 of them which, obviously, it couldn’t pay for and later cancelled the order. They had hoped [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Primaris Airlines Shuts DownGood news if you are flying to Bangkok: the normal (as normal as it ever gets in Thailand) flight schedule will resume at Bangkok’s international airport on Friday at 11 am.
Read the Rest of the Story: Bangkok Airport to Re-Open FridayChina’s Okay Airways will shut down its passenger service this month, focusing instead on its cargo routes. You should be interested (on some level, I guess) because Okay Airways was China’s first private airline. Private doesn’t mean unregulated, however, and as you might guess, it’s rather difficult to succeed when the government is [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: China’s Okay Airways to Shut DownDelta has added a bit more detail to the capacity cuts coming next year: an 8-10% domestic cut, and 3-5% international cut, leaving the airline with 20% less capacity than in 2007. That is a huge, huge change. Granted, some of that change will come from using smaller aircraft, rather than cutting [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta: We’re Going to Shrink 8-10% Domestically in 2009A quick note if you’re travelling to Thailand (or not travelling to Thailand) in the next 2 weeks: The international airport will now be closed through December 15th. Airlines are allowing for changes (including changes to different airports). Singapore Airlines is flying twice-daily flights into U-Tapao airport, about 100 miles south of Bangkok, through Friday.
Read the Rest of the Story: Bangkok’s International Airport Now Closed through December 15