Archive for March, 2009
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Scott McCartney has some interesting details on the operational procedures after the A320 ditched in the Hudson.
Within 30 minutes, Sully called in to the operations center. The official answering the phone said, “Sorry, captain. I can’t talk to you now. We have an airplane in the Hudson River,’’ according to ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
As you've likely seen on the news , Mount Redoubt has erupted in Willow, Alaska. Volcanic ash makes flying difficult and as a result has severly impacted Alaska Airline's operations. Alaska is commonly at the forefront of utilizing emerging technologies and in line with that reputation, customers can check for ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Two fatal and terrible crashes over the past 24 hours and the speculation is rampant.
First, the private, single engine plane crash in Montana. Charlie Gibson just hinted that the plane was too heavy for its approved operation because there were 14 people on board. Nevermind, that those people were ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Running an airline is difficult. Anyone of a million things can go things wrong. Two travel anecdotes from yesterday:
1. A friend of mine flew ORD to EWR on Continental. The plane pulled up to the gate on time at EWR. Everyone got up and removed their luggage from the overhead ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Back in October, as the world was falling apart, so was Sun Country. We documented it a bit here at Channel 9. Despite prediciting its ultimate demise, the airline has survived. Just this week it was awarded exclusivity on the Dallas route to the new Branson, Missouri airport. ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
This is just plain cool. Check out pictures at the company website.
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Nothing groundbreaking here, but my Itunes movie didn't download in time for my PHX-PIT flight on Southwest yesterday. While looking at overpriced DVDs at InMotion, the terminal entertainment store, the sales representative told me about its rental program. I paid $5, she handed me a DVD and then I dropped ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
In the past week we've seen doomsday stories appearing in the press about airlines. As the OTR pointed out yesterday, the big question is whether or not the airlines can trim capacity to meet reduced demand. As the economy worsens, Major League Baseball is in a similar situation:
Major League Baseball ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Yesterday British Airways announced ,"lucrative premium traffic fell further in February, but, due to capacity cuts, proportionately it filled more seats." Nice try BA. The press release carried more details, "BA's premium traffic dropped 20.2% on the year, with non-premium traffic off 5.5%. Premium traffic in January fell 13.7% year-on-year. ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Preliminary reports suggest that a faulty altimeter contributed to the crash last month. Given the misty weather, the plane was on autopilot. As the airplane descended the faulty altimeter recorded a false -8 feet reading causing the engines to shut down as the autopilot thought the plane would have landed ...
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