- Continental’s going to have a retro livery? Sweet. (Hat tip to my friend Chris.)
- The Paris Air Show was this week. Instead of linking to individual stories, just check out FlightBlogger and Runway Girl, who did a fantastic job covering the show.
- Now the DOJ wants to take a look at Continental’s attempt to get anti-trust immunity as it joins Star. Please, really, can we get this over with?
- Continental released results of its biofuel test flight earlier this year.
- Air France is considering cutting more jobs.
- Southwest and WestJet still don’t have their passenger codeshare set up, but the two carriers now have a cargo agreement.
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- Evan Sparks has a great article with his own suggestions on how congestion at New York City airports could be reduced.
- This week’s “The Middle Seat” column in The Wall Street Journal covers the issue of “passengers of size.”
- Brett Snyder reports that Virgin America continues to burn cash.
- Lufthansa Regional has received its first E-195.
- Meanwhile, JetBlue just unveiled a new special livery commemorating the airline’s partnership the Real Salt Lake soccer team.
- Jon Ostrower provides an update on the preparations for the first 787 flight.
- There was an airline investor conference this week, and, well, the outlook isn’t the rosiest.
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- The Southwest airlines pilots have voted down the tentative agreement with the company by a razor-thin margin.
- Check out PlaneBuzz for some interesting commentary on that.
- Oil broke $70 for the first time this year during trading on Friday.
- US Airways estimates a 18-20% decline in PRASM and 14-16% decline in RASM for May.
- The TSA has prevented Delta from inaugurating some African routes.
- In a shocking move showing that the airline might actually have a fleet plan for the future, United announced that it is mulling an order to replace widebodies and 757s.
- Patrick Smith, writer of the “Ask the Pilot” column on Salon.com, had a nice piece in Reader’s Digest. (via One Mile at a Time)
- United is following the lead of fellow Star Alliance carrier US Airways and tacking on a $5 fee for checking a bag at the airport. (Might Continental eventually join in to provide consistency among Star carriers?)
- AirTran will have its entire fleet of aircraft equipped with Wi-Fi service by the end of July.
- As usual, Evan Sparks has a great post about government in aviation, and this time its about how disorganized it can be. Your tax dollars at work!
- There were hearings on Colgan Air flight 3407 this week, and they had some interesting results. (More on this next week here, maybe.)
- In other Colgan news, the wheel of one Q400 came off upon landing in Buffalo.
- The former America West pilots won their lawsuit against US Airways “East” pilots this week.
- Simpiflying had a few interesting posts on Singapore Airlines this week, and I found this one to be really interesting.
- Regional carrier Pinnacle posted a profit. ExpressJet and SkyWest also put out their results.
- Airbus is trimming down its A380 production.
- Cranky had a simply fantastic article about media this week.
- The state of Washington has decided that it isn’t appropriate to fine Asiana for dumping fuel in preparation for an emergency landing.
- Some more 787 orders have been canceled.
- Yesterday, Continental, United, and US Airways all put out press releases detailing their capacity cuts to Mexico. (Let me know if I missed one!)
- On a related note, PlaneBuzz has a great post on the potential financial risk of a decrease in Mexico has for the airlines.
- For the final swine flu link, Kayak has posted data showing how searches for Mexico travel have changed.
- The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the airlines’ latest hedging strategies.
- Airline Biz has an interesting chart comparing AA’s income statement before and after the TWA merger.
- Lufthansa reported a loss this week.
- Delta is launching service from Dallas Love Field to Memphis.
- If anyone missed it, I guest posted on Cranky this week.
- Boeing saw a pretty steep decline in profits.
- Flightblogger, as always, has a good 787 update.
- Well, it’s actually happening – Pet Airways. Middle Seat Terminal has the details.
- V Australia is delaying deliveries of a couple of 777s.
- Anna.Aero has a good list of routes that were recently launched.
- American also released earnings this week. The airline did post a loss, but it was less than expected.
- The Boyd Group has a very interesting report on Southwest’s LGA service.
- Speaking of Southwest, apparently CEO Gary Kelly is taking a 10% cut in base pay. (HT to curbcrusher on FlyerTalk)
- Cranky was on vacation this week, but Evan Sparks had a great guest post on international alliances.
- Sun Country posted a profit this week, and will also finish paying back all deferred wages next week.
- Allegiant pre-announced earnings and says the company will earn between $1.34 and $1.38/share.
- Alaska and ALPA have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.
- The 6000th 737 has rolled off the assembly line.
- 40 years have passed since the Concorde’s first flight, and the BBC has a great video about it. (Hat tip to Kaveh)
- The Dutch “eco tax” on air travel has been repealed. Both Evan Sparks and Cranky have good posts on it.
- Lufthansa’s traffic results weren’t the greatest.
- United has been allowed to delay opening a new China route due to weaker travel demand.
- Boeing is slowing its rate of 777 production and no longer planning to expand production of the 747-400 and 767.
- More power to the bloggers! Cranky’s post on JetBlue and Long Beach Airport got the attention of the city council.
- Rep. Oberstar is now questioning if Virgin America is in compliance with U.S. foreign ownership rules (not that I’m particulary surprised).
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines had some operational issues when it had to ground 60 CRJs for engine inspections.
- AirTran announced seasonal service from ATL to Harrisburg and Portland (Maine).
- Airline Biz has a great summary of the new, yet-to-be-ratified contract for Southwest pilots.
- American is looking to raise some cash by selling miles to Citi.
- Air Canada’s CEO Montie Brewer “resigned” this week as the airline faces some financial issues.
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