I already wrote one (very, very) long post this week, so I won’t again, but just know that with Frontier’s announced bankruptcy yesterday, I officially nominate this as the worst 10 days in the history of aviation (excluding accidents, of course).  In case you’ve been elsewhere, here’s what’s happened:
– Aloha shutdown
– Skybus shutdown
– Champion shutdown
– [...]

The modern-day US airline industry, which allowed people to fly all over the country for roughly the same price as a couple of steaks at Morton’s, died last week after a long illness. It was 30 years old.
The cause of death was oil. And irrational pricing. And low fare carriers. And [...]

It’s been said that celebrities seem to die in groups of three, and so, too, it appears for airlines:  ATA announced that after losing a major military charter contract, it will declare bankruptcy and cease operations.  More than 2,000 people have been laid off from the 35 year old carrier.
If you’re holding a ticket on [...]

I’ve mentioned before that with some frequency people ask me about whether various airlines that they’ll be flying are safe.  Sometimes these are obscure airlines in other countries, sometimes these are smaller airlines here.  My answer is always the same:  nearly all airlines are safe, though Nigeria and Indonesia have a rather poor record.  Even [...]

ATA announced that after 16 years it will end all scheduled service at Chicago Midway airport by June, with domestic service being phased out in April.  Their acquisition by Southwest, fuel costs, blah blah blah all led to the conclusion that their aircraft are better served on charter routes.  They’ll continue flying from the West [...]

A follow-up from yesterday’s story from the passengers on the Southwest flight who said they were discriminated against because they were too pretty…
Southwest put out a great press release saying that they weren’t picked up by the FBI for being too pretty, they were picked up for harassing a passenger who took too long for [...]

Two University of South Florida students claim they were discriminated against on a Southwest flight from Tampa to LA because they were too attractive. First, they say that a flight attendant wouldn’t give them a bottle of water. Then they swore at another passenger who took too long in the bathroom. (No, [...]

(First off, let me say that I know this news came out a couple of weeks ago, but it was the holidays, blah blah blah, so I’m writing about it now.  Sue me.)
We should certainly never write off an airline (or a candidate) based on their initial numbers, so I’m not at all suggesting that [...]

(Thanks to reader Pierre for the heads up)
A Southwest Airlines pilot noticed a vibration coming from one of his 737’s engines on a November 17th flight from Dallas Love and decided to return to the airport.  Upon landing he noticed a large-ish hole in the engine (see here for photo).  Investigators are looking into the [...]

(Thanks to reader Luke for the info…)
Certainly you remember the Southwest Airlines passenger who was denied boarding because her outfit was too sexy (or slutty).  You may then remember that she was so embarrassed by this incident that she went on every television show that would have her.  Feeling that she was still embarrassed she [...]