Is Iran Really A Big Impact On The Airplane Industry?
Can a country 1/4th the size of the US make waves for Airbus and Boeing?
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Cheap Flights To Japan, Stolen Car From A Car-Sharing Service And Delta Up To No Good Again
Today’s Best of the Rest includes a crazy story about a stolen car you need to read. If that’s the only link you click on today, I’ll be happy.
DOT Sends Delta To The Back of The Line Again On Haneda
There have been a whole bunch of chapters in the saga to find a home for the last non-operating frequency between the US and Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Delta had the slot for a while and was operating the bare minimum of service from Seattle…
American Airlines Had No Real Choice In Deciding Whether To Move To Revenue-Based Earning
Evolution is a part of any industry. Finding better ways to target customers for rewards is the current evolution phase of the airline industry. This, at the same time that they fight a battle against low-cost carriers, and not on their own terms. So, are these choices? Or has the die already been cast?
Cheap Caribbean Flights, How American Flight Attendants Union Resemble Congress, And An Airline Is Removing Seats?
Today’s Best of the Rest includes cheap flights to the Caribbean and Alaska, the tale of how the American Airlines flight attendants union chief became like Speaker of the House, why one airline is removing seats and more…..
Delta Fighting A Bit Dirty With American On Their Old Haneda Slots
Foolishly, I may have thought the fight over Haneda slots was over between Delta and American. But, Delta seems to be interested in pushing the issue again. They might technically be right on this one as well…..
3 Idle Thoughts For Friday
In honor of Terry Maxon, who hung it up after 20 years on the aviation beat last week, my swing at 3 idle thoughts….
No Interline Agreement Between American And Delta Is Bad For Travelers
Delta and American have decided to go their own way the next time stormy weather descends. That’s bad for you and I when we travel.
TWA Has Been Defunct For Almost 15 Years, But A Lawsuit Lives On….
There’s some more news in the never-ending saga of the TWA pilots to sue pretty much everyone, everywhere for their losses.
The FAA Is A Hypocrite For Demanding Delta Be Accommodated At Love Field
Talk about being the last one to show up at the dance looking for an attractive date. The FAA woke up yesterday and decided it should get involved in the Dallas Love Field debate, demanding the city maintain the status quo while the FAA investigates. Can this situation really get any more bizarre? The amount of economic waste over one of the smaller commercial airports in the country continues to grow by leaps and bounds.