Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

Following the mergers of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines followed by Continental Airlines and United Airlines talk of further airline consolidation was rampant. Discussions of ‘the next’ merger was frequently fueled by US Airways’ CEO Doug Parker, with the logical tie up being a US Airways and American Airlines merger.   Now, as American [...]

On October 1st 1951 Bob Reardon began his career as a flight attendant with Northwest Orient.  The dominant aircraft in Northwest Orient’s fleet when Bob Reardon started to fly were the Douglas DC-3, DC-6 and Boeing Stratocruiser, the Lockheed Constellation wasn’t even flying yet. When Mr. Reardon began to fly male flight attendants were rare, [...]

Passengers complain about airlines, even devoutly loyal airline passengers at times complain about their airline of choice … but what happens when one passenger complains non-stop? In the case of Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg, a former Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Platinum Elite, the airline may have revoked his membership on the 27th of June 2008 because [...]

This week’s reader mail comes from Jaime, from Elk Grove, IL. Following the announcement this week that United Airlines and Continental Airlines will merge, Jamie asks “The United States will now be home to the two largest airlines in the world once United and Continental merge, should American Airlines and US Airways merge next?” Well [...]

25/12/2009 – A Red & Blue DC-10 Arrived Wrapped In UPS Brown Its Christmas Day, and while today might not be ‘my holiday,’ it seems like a good time to write about what I received this year, just before starting work on KLM’s Blog…considering I only had one item on my Holiday Gift List, which [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 8/11/2009 – There Is Only One Item On This Airline Geek’s Holiday Wish List Halloween is over and for the past few days I have listened to my children and their friends rattle off endless lists of what they would like for Chanukah and Christmas. Listening to their holiday gift [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 29/10/2009 – One Year Ago Today The World’s Largest Airline Was Created This week the landscape of US airlines changed, as did international airline alliances, and this change was cemented a year ago today.  One year ago today the United States Department of Justice approved the purchase of Northwest Airlines [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/10/2009 – Continental Airlines Joins Star Alliance Its been quite some time in the making, but as the sun rises over Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) this morning the former Continental Airlines SkyTeam alliance logos have been taken down and a shiny Boeing 757 sits in a hanger painted in [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/04/2009 – Passenger Airlines & Cargo Revenue, Is Potential Income Being Ignored? In the current economic state of global airlines, are many passenger airlines ignoring the significant potential in transporting revenue cargo along with passengers? According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), of the top 25 passenger airlines in [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 08/04/2009 – Anti-Trust Immunity, Airline Alliances & You I am sure that very few people ever give a second thought to anti-trust laws, international airlines alliance and how it could possibly affect them. If you are a frequent flyer, this issue does affect you, even if you do not realize [...]