A 16 year old high school student who was on a class trip from Hawaii was kicked off a Continental Airlines flight from Newark to Hawaii because she was coughing. I wish there was more to it than that, but it actually appears that the student has some sort of coughing spell, and the pilot [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Student Kicked Off Flight for CoughingA Continental Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark was held at the gate for 2 hours after arriving because several passengers reportedly had "flu-like" symptoms. Earlier reports suggested that the flight was like a scene out of Airplane with a huge number of ill passengers ("We had a choice of steak or fish. Yes, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Passengers on Continental Airlines Flight Not as Ill As ReportedRemember that Continental Airlines flight that had an emergency landing after its pilot died in the cockpit? According to this article, a passenger (who flies Cessnas) helped to land the plane. Well, "helped" is probably going a bit far. He sat in the cockpit and helped with the radio and checklists. The best part, though, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Did a Passenger Help Land a 757?A Continental Airlines pilot died mid-flight on the way to Puerto Vallarta from Houston on Saturday. The co-pilot took over and landed the plane without incident at McAllen’s airport. The flight continued on to Puerto Vallarta with a new crew.
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Pilot Dies Mid-FlightContinental Airlines is taking a brave stand against, um, cockfighting. Yes, the Houston-based carrier has decided that the only reason they have been flying so many adult roosters to Guam is because people are using them to fight other roosters. Because of that, they’ve decided that they will no longer ship live adult poultry. Because [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Says No to CockfightingContinental has a great deal on award travel to Cologne, Germany: Book by November 30 and it’s only 25,000 miles for a round trip ticket - half the normal amount. Fly by March 15, when it’s a bit less miserable than it will be in January.
Read the Rest of the Story: Only 25,000 Continental Miles for a Free Ticket to Cologne, GermanyContinental’s president Jeff Smisek gave a rather candid speech yesterday at an investor conference where he pretty much bashed everyone he could think of. The article has the details, but he noted that Continental did not "follow our competitors in a race to the bottom to achieve a crappy product." Knocking JetBlue, he added, "They [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Takes Aim at JetBlue, OthersQuick note: in the New York Times this morning, Continental Airlines has an ad that reads: "Only one airline flies nonstop to the most cities in Europe from the New York area. And it ain’t Delta." Delta’s been touting their huge increase in New York flights lately. Well, it looks like their SkyTeam partnership does [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Snipes at Delta in AdsLongtime readers know that I try not to bore you with details of my own travel life. I’m aware that you probably don’t care. But I’ll share a little story because I think it makes a larger point:
I booked a ticket with Continental earlier this week, and immediately after I purchased it online, I realized [...]
Legacy airlines are pushing a proposal that would make it more difficult to compare fares. I know you’ll be shocked by this, but a number of airlines (United, American, Delta, Continental and Northwest) want to be able to exclude fuel surcharges from the fares that they advertise. Currently, the fares they advertise must include all [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Airlines Try to Make Fare Advertisements More Confusing