A few weeks ago, United Airlines seemed poised to make some big changes, with a new CEO on-board, Oscar Munoz, from rail giant CSX. Munoz acknowledged that United, one of the Big-3 legacy airlines, has struggled since its 2010 merger with Continental,…
This week has seen a number of airlines announcing new service and expanded capacity on routes foreign and domestic.
Despite weakening considerably during Saturday, Tropical Storm Erika appears increasingly likely to give Florida grief early this week, and airlines are offering customers with flights in and out of the area a waiver of fees on changes based on the…
Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage. You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from…
You see baggage, the airlines see even bigger profits. Photo: Jarcje / Wikimedia Those darn bag fees, change fees, fee fees and more just keep piling up at America’s airlines. For the first quarter of 2015, they set a…
No, they don’t join your socks that disappear in the dryer. They’re not stored in Area 47 at Roswell, NM. And they definitely cannot be claimed at the baggage window in the Twilight Zone.
As you settle down into your seat, comfortably at the front of the plane (above) or squeezed into the last inches at the back (below), you must have sometimes wondered how the airline chose the plane you’re sitting in or why the schedule…
Say goodbye to this much space as Boeing plans to squeeze the toilet to install more seats. Photo: Kristoferb / Wikimedia
Map of theoretical search areas for MH370. New technology would track planes every 15 minutes A new system that will “ping” flights every 15 minutes, and could have helped located missing flights such as last year’s Malaysia MH370, is on the…
A few weeks ago, United Airlines seemed poised to make some big changes, with a new CEO on-board, Oscar Munoz, from rail giant CSX. Munoz acknowledged that United, one of the Big-3 legacy airlines, has struggled since its 2010 merger with Continental,…
This week has seen a number of airlines announcing new service and expanded capacity on routes foreign and domestic.
Despite weakening considerably during Saturday, Tropical Storm Erika appears increasingly likely to give Florida grief early this week, and airlines are offering customers with flights in and out of the area a waiver of fees on changes based on the…
Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage. You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from…
You see baggage, the airlines see even bigger profits. Photo: Jarcje / Wikimedia Those darn bag fees, change fees, fee fees and more just keep piling up at America’s airlines. For the first quarter of 2015, they set a…
No, they don’t join your socks that disappear in the dryer. They’re not stored in Area 47 at Roswell, NM. And they definitely cannot be claimed at the baggage window in the Twilight Zone.
As you settle down into your seat, comfortably at the front of the plane (above) or squeezed into the last inches at the back (below), you must have sometimes wondered how the airline chose the plane you’re sitting in or why the schedule…
Say goodbye to this much space as Boeing plans to squeeze the toilet to install more seats.
Map of theoretical search areas for MH370. New technology would track planes every 15 minutes A new system that will “ping” flights every 15 minutes, and could have helped located missing flights such as last year’s Malaysia MH370, is on the…
