It will never happen, but MAXjet has applied to launch Seattle to Shanghai service in 2009. It would be the only all-business-class airline serving Asia. No chance they get the nod, but it suggests that MAXjet is looking beyond its London routes if it ever hopes to make a profit.
Read the Rest of the Story: MAXjet Applies for Seattle - ShanghaiYou can find news about the TAM crash that killed 200 people elsewhere, but the key piece of the story is that a judge ordered Congonhas, the Sao Paulo airport where the incident occurred, to be closed earlier this year because of concerns the runway was too short. The ruling was deemed to harsh and [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Judge Tried to Close Airport Where TAM Plane CrashedI found this to be annoying:
USA Today is reporting that Delta will drop service from Binghamton, NY, to JFK and Atlanta in September because they could not make the route profitable. That’s not annoying. What’s annoying is that NY Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "blasted" the decision, with Schumer saying, "Delta’s move is premature [...]
A concourse at Miami Airport was evacuated yesterday because a passenger had human remains in their carry-on bags. Screeners said the bags contained "suspicious" materials. I’m just surprised the airlines didn’t try to charge for an additional passenger.
Read the Rest of the Story: Miami Airport Evacuated Because of Human AshesOfficials at Scottish carrier FlyGlobespan have apologized to the planeload of passengers it stranded at JFK for a week (a week!) after the aircraft it was scheduled to use on its flight to Ireland was struck by lightning. With that plane knocked out of service, a replacement needed to be flown in from Glasgow. However, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Airline Apologizes to Passengers Stranded for a Week at JFKTwo separate incidents involving three drunk passengers forced a Pulkovo Airlines plane to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from St. Petersburg on its way to Turkey. Drunk man number one reportedly slapped a female passenger sitting next to him after she declined his romantic advances. The second set of drunks got into [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Three Drunk Passengers Force Emergency Landing in RussiaA Continental Express flight attendant had a 1 1/2 year old child and his mother removed from a flight from Houston to Oklahoma City because the baby repeatedly said, "bye bye plane" during the flight attendant’s safety speech. The flight attendant was annoyed that the baby was talking during her spiel, and told the mother, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Child Thrown Off Plane For Saying “Bye Bye”Think you were annoyed the last time an airline lost your luggage?
India’s cricket team was returning from Belfast following a victory over South Africa in a cricket tournament. When they arrived back in India, they discovered that British Airways lost the trophy the team had one (as well as the Man-of-the-Series award (ie, MVP award) [...]
After 2 years of misery, the good news continues for Virgin America: The US granted the airline the right to sell tickets, which they will begin doing in the next week or two. JFK - SFO is likely the first route, which they hope to launch by the end of the summer.
Read the Rest of the Story: Virgin American Certified to Sell TicketsHave you ever felt a little un-fresh because your airplane didn’t feature a bidet? Me neither. But some people apparently did, because 2 of Japan’s airlines - ANA and Japan Airlines, will outfit their new 787s with bidets.
Read the Rest of the Story: 2 Airlines to Feature Bidets on 787