I keep forgetting to mention this:  Air Arabia, a lowfare carrier based outside of Dubai, has a cartoon mascot who looks suspiciously like Kyle from South Park, but in full Arab dress (note the non-necessarily-Arab goatee).  You can see him here.  Just thought you’d like to know…
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I don’t talk much about new routes, but I think it’s great when airlines open up nonstop routes to parts of the world that usually don’t see new service.  Which is why I’m letting you know that North American Airlines is launching once-a-week nonstop service to Banjul, The Gambia, in West Africa, with continuing service [...]

Thanks to Today in the Sky for this good one:
A passenger was detained at a small British airport because he asked his taxi driver to play Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song and London Calling by the Clash.  I wish it made more sense than that, but it doesn’t.  The passenger, who was on his way to [...]

A new airline called Silverjet announced that it will launch all-business class service between Newark and Luton Airport in London by the end of the year.  The carrier, which will compete with similar services by EOS and MAXjet, will charge about $1800 round trip for one of its 100 lie-flat seats on a 767.  They [...]

The Online Travel Review welcomes two new staff members to the OTR team:  Sage Lanter Blank and Scarlett Jules Blank joined the OTR team today at 12:19pm and 12:23pm.  Weighing in at just under 6 pounds each, they’re a huge addition to the OTR, even though they don’t really know anything about airlines yet.  Even [...]

There’s an amusing little piece in this week’s New Yorker that talks about the odd list of titles you can choose from when you sign up for a Skywards frequent flyer account with Emirates Airlines.  While most US airlines stick with the boring "Mister/Misses/Miss", Emirates offers the following options:
Admiral, Air Comm, Air Marshal, Al-Haj (denoting [...]

The 6,000 pilots at Delta Air Lines authorized a strike yesterday by an overwhelming margin.  An arbitration panel is expected to issue a ruling on April 15 on whether the pilots’ contract can be voided–the pilots union said that despite the binding nature of the arbitration panel’s findings, they will strike if it rules against [...]

Mexico’s Civil Aviation Department announced that they have shut down low cost carrier Aerocalifornia because its safety standards were not up to snuff.  Aerocalifornia, which flies to 22 cities in Mexico and Los Angeles, stranded about 2,000 passengers over the weekend.  The airline has 90 days to prove its safety standards or it faces losing [...]

Southwest Airlines announced that it plans service from Washington-Dulles airport beginning this fall.  I usually don’t bother with new city announcements, but Southwest has changed its strategy so significantly in the past couple of years that it warrants a mention.  Southwest used to actively avoid competing directly with other low cost carriers, preferring to stay [...]

You may remember that Travelocity gave away a bunch of tickets from LA to Fiji after it mistakenly posted a $0 fare on its website.  Well, there was a similar glitch yesterday (thanks to Flyertalk for all of this):  Orbitz, Cheaptickets (and others) had a $33 round trip fare from Toronto to Larnaca, Cyprus, in [...]