For geeky (in a good way) airplane people, there’s some good news: Seven of Northwest’s ancient DC-10s, which many (?) thought were headed for the Arizona desert, will be sold to ATA, which must’ve bought the old birds for next to nothing. Good for them.
Read the Rest of the Story: Don’t Worry, Northwest’s DC-10s Aren’t Disappearing(Thanks to Nicole at Hitwise for the heads up…)
Every once in a while, a story comes along the reminds me why I get up an write this stupid thing every day:
An American Airlines flight from Washington to Dallas was forced to divert to Nashville after passengers smelled smoke on the airplane. I’ll cut to the [...]
(Thanks to reader Gloomy Joe for the heads up):
You have 300,000 or so Mileage Plus miles? You want to spend 2 hours in one of United Airlines’ flight simulators? Yes? Good. You can bid on that experience here.
You may remember a couple of years ago when JetBlue announced that they would be taking delivery of a whole bunch of Embraer 190s, observers said that they were growing too fast. Turns out the observers were correct. JetBlue announced that they would take 10 190s next year instead of the previously announced 18. They [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: JetBlue Will Slow Their Growth, Put Off Embraer DeliveriesI’m not sure why I’m fascinated with the airline situation in Hawaii, but I am — which means that you’ll have to bear with me a bit. With the entrance of go! into the intra-Hawaii marketplace, it’s been a bit of a bloodbath over there, with fares being slashed and money being lost (and whining [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Island Air to Cut Flights, Employees Because of go!Continental Airlines is taking a brave stand against, um, cockfighting. Yes, the Houston-based carrier has decided that the only reason they have been flying so many adult roosters to Guam is because people are using them to fight other roosters. Because of that, they’ve decided that they will no longer ship live adult poultry. Because [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Continental Says No to CockfightingIt’s looking like 2006 will be remembered as the year of the all-frills, low-cost airline. With Eos, Maxjet and soon-to-launch Silverjet flying between New York and London, a new airline called L’Avion has announced it will begin flying between Newark and Paris on December 27. If you care about this kind of stuff, you may [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: All-Business Class Airline to Fly Newark to Paris(Via View from the Wing):
To promote its new Washington Dulles service, Southwest Airlines is offering 8 free Rapid Rewards credits for signing up and double points for flights in and out of Dulles. What’s that mean to you? Fly 2 round trips and get a free ticket on Southwest. With Chicago flights starting at $44 [...]
Ryanair had fired a flight attendant who roped off a row of seats, read a book, then took a nap during a flight. Seems reasonable enough. But not to an Irish court. An Irish employment court has forced Ryanair to reinstate the tired flight attendant, saying that the disciplinary action had "shortcomings." Ryanair, to its [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Ryanair Cannot Fire Napping Flight AttendantA great era in aviation is over: Brazil’s flag carrier Varig, which launched in 1927, will disappear and change its name to Nordeste following a reorganization. On the plus side, it’s going to double the number of aircraft it flies. Sad to see a longstanding name in aviation disappear.
Read the Rest of the Story: Varig to Change Name to Nordeste