Archive for January, 2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
JetBlue is out with news that it will finally begin service to/from LAX . This is not surprising given the drop in fuel prices. It is a different game than the one they bailed on last year. Back then the route was going to cost them about $300 per seat ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
An interesting tidbit from an article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on the new private airport in Branson, Mo:
Because the Branson airport does not receive federal grants, it can offer something to prospective airlines that other airports cannot: exclusive rights to serve Branson from a specific city.
In the case ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
What the OTR said....
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
United and Aer Lingus are expanding their cooperation by launching flights from Washington Dulles to Madrid. The flights out of the Dulles United hub will be operated by Aer Lingus and United will be responsible for generating the revenue. Both airlines will market the flights. Many expected a sudden burst ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
From US Airway's Jan. 16 press release on US Airways 1549:
US Airways (NYSE: LCC) has released the names of the crew onboard flight 1549.
Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger, III, age 58, joined US Airways (PSA Airlines) in 1980. He has a total of 19,663 flight hours.
First officer Jeffrey B. Skiles, age ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Very few airplane incidents end as well as US Airways Flight 1549. Instead of focusing on why the plane broke up in midair or filled with water so quickly, the NTSB can study what happened to allow all 150 or so people to walk away from this crash. Hopefully the ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
United has announced that WiFi will be available on its profitable PS service flying between JFK and LAX/SFO. The service will be available in the second half of 2009 for a flat fee of $12.95. Many will herald this change and I am sure usage rates will be high. Frankly, ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Just a warning that a handful of fare sales will be ending over the next few days. Most of the sales will be complete by January 16th. There are some really inexpensive deals out there for flights over the next few months, so if you are planning on traveling, then ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
John McCain is still a Senator and this week proposed legislation to eliminate the mileage barriers preventing flights out of DCA and LGA to cities out west and beyond. As the article notes, these rules were implemented in the 1960s to encourage use of alternate airports such as Dulles and ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
As more and more airlines start to charge for baggage and seat assignments Allegiant Air continues to chug away with profits and a high stock price after years of employing these tactics. Still, they haven't been mimicked and it's worth taking a few minutes to look at Allegiant's process. ...
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