- CNN has a cool article on “mileage millionaires.”
- ANA is upgrading its seating options, and Cranky has the pictures we can all drool over.
- Found via Benet Wilson’s famous “Strange But True Aviation News“: a man ended up making his flight divert after stealing a beer and trying to flush the can down the toilet. Really.
- Jon Ostrower has some great pictures from the Dubai Air Show.
- There is speculation that United will be making an order from either Airbus or Boeing in the next few weeks.
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- Frontier is introducing a new premium economy product. The airline also received a $25 million loan from Airbus.
- The first 747-8 has been rolled out.
- American and TPG (yes, the same group that invested in Midwest) have teamed up for a potential investment in JAL.
- Mexicana became a member of oneworld this week.
- JetBlue and Lufthansa launched their codeshare partnership this week.
- British Airways is considering single-cabin service out of Gatwick, and is delaying its first A380 delivery.
- Jon Ostrower, like always, has a very informative 787 update. Basically, the 787 won’t be flying anytime until December (at the earliest).
- Ben has the first part of his review of British Airways’ new London City service up, and it’s really well-done.
- The WSJ has an interesting blog post on airline layoffs.
- A Untied passenger was denied access to fly in first class because he was wearing a track suit. The gate agent thought he was an employee, and employees are required to dress up. Whoops.
- Kirean Daly has an interesting blog post on Chinese aerospace.
- This week, Boeing selected Charleston, South Carolina, as the location for the second 787 line. Not surprisingly, Jon Ostrower (aka Flightblogger) is all over it. (First Post, Second Post)
- TACA has been talking with Star about joining the alliance.
- ALPA has come out to defend the pilots of Northwest flight 188, who have had their ATPs revoked (they can get them reinstated). Delta also stated in a press release that they would be terminated.
- In other union news, the IAM withdrew a bid for a union election for some of Delta’s workers.
- I need to see Up in the Air. Right now. Ben has another trailer.
- Just what the airlines need…oil is creeping up again.
- The ATA released its monthly data on revenues, and fares and yields are still falling. (More on that next week.)
- A bunch of airlines reported earnings this week, and unfortunately due to school I haven’t been able to take a good look at them, so here are the releases from the airlines in no particular order: Allegiant, Hawaiian, United, AirTran, American, Continental, Alaska, Delta, JetBlue, US Airways.
- Southwest was the first airline to release third quarter earnings, and they posted a profit excluding items.
- US Airways and United received fines from the FAA for some maintenance issues. Cranky has the details.
- United has changed its upgrade policy, and, of course, Ben is all over it.
- Online Travel Review has a good piece on airline fees and Air Canada’s approach.
- As usual, Jon Ostrower has an insightful update on the 787.
- Boeing announced a delay on the 747-8 this week.
- This week, United announced a new yearly subscription that covers two bags for you and companions. Cranky has the details.
- TACA and Avianca announced that they would be merging.
- Discussions on the next phase of the EU-US open skies agreement are continuing. Please, can the US loosen its foreign ownership rules?
- The CEO of TAM resigned yesterday, and did so surprisingly.
Apologies for no weekend posts last week – I couldn’t do so as I was away on a trip. But here we are, back again. 
- Joe Brancatelli has an interesting piece on airline bag fees.
- United has installed Gogo Inflight Internet on the first of its 13 Premium Service aircraft.
- US Airways is close to signing a deal to sell 10 of its 25-strong E190 fleet. (More on this next week.)
- Frontier has left bankruptcy, and the WSJ has a good article on what Republic does from here. (Again, more on this next week.)
- British Airways launched its premium London City-JFK service thisweek.
- US Airways finally unveiled a new business class seat, and it looks great.
- Flightblogger has some renderings of concepts for an A320 replacement.
- Virgin Blue is planning to take advantage of this weak environment to order new aircraft to replace 737s whose leases are expiring.
- Aer Lingus had a bit of an embarrassing incident recently.
- Qantas has said it is not in any negotiations about a deal with JAL.
- Could business travel be bottoming out? (Hat tip to Marshall Jackson)
- Aircell is looking for stimulus money to expand Gogo.
- The Pentagon is going to release rules for the tanker bid (again) very soon. Remind me, for how long has this thing dragged on?
- Mitsubishi has made some adjustments to the MRJ schedule.
- Azul might take advantage of today’s economic environment to order more aircraft from Embraer.
- UBS is saying cuts in aircraft production are necessary.
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