Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Sorry to harp on stock price, but with the events of the week it is difficult to focus on any other news.
So, oil is back up and airline stocks are back down. But, the last three days show a interesting picutre. As noted, I'd argue the overall health of our ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Just a quick note here on the financial meltdown occuring in Manhattan right now and its impact on airlines.
Many will note that airline stocks have surged over the past couple weeks as crude oil as declined. With further declines, most stocks are up again today. For instance, American Airlines is ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Amidst all the destruction, Continental has moved its operations into a secure Cold War bunker outside of Houston. Here is the Houston Chronicle write-up and an older piece with more background from reader IAH-PHX over at the OTR:
In March, Continental chose a bomb shelter run by Westlin Corp. in Montgomery, ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Direct Air has been in the news the last couple days as it announces a slew of new, slightly bizarre routes. I found the website to be a bit amusing with contradicting information on whose airplane you'd actually be flying on. Mark Ashley found the site equally ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Via Cranky , a link to to Evan Spark's Aviation Policy blog's post on Obama's avaiation policy (of course). I've been wondering how the two candidates differ on this all-important issue and this is a great place to start.
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
1. JetBlue is now selling tickets on ebay. Go to ebay.com and type in JetBlue and your prefered departure city -- likley the city you live. I live in Pittsburgh and JetBlue doesn't have anything for me. But, for instance, if you live in Chicago, there are a bunch of ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
United had a tough morning when news leaked on the Internet that it was filing for bankruptcy. The stock dipped from $11 down to around $7 and have bounced back up since then. (Thanks to reader JC for the tip.)
Over the past month United stock has risen about 45%. ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Charter carrier Direct Air , which recently announced service from Worcester to Orlando, seems awfully confused about which company will actually be flying you between the two cities and its other destinations.
Is it Virgin America?
Or JetBlue?
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
This is bad:
Continental has implemented a $15 fee for a customer's first checked bag when traveling on Economy fare tickets purchased on or after Sept. 5, 2008 for travel on or after Oct. 7, 2008 within the 50 U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada.
I don't know why, but ...
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