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American Airlines Flys to Paris without a Panel
The Airliner Blog | May 9th 2008 by airlinerblog
On April 20th 2008, an American Airline’s airplane (Boeing 767) took off from Dallas Fort Worth Airport for Paris. While climbing up to the cruising altitude a 3-foot by 6-foot panel made of composite material feel of the plane’s belly. T read more
Me vs. the airlines: a battle plan
Perceptive Travel Blog | May 9th 2008 by Sheila Scarborough
After a week spent flying in coach from Austin to Washington Dulles to Chicago and back, I am in full-on rant mode about the horrid state of air travel in the U.S. Never have I felt like such an underappreciated sack of potatoes; an abused commodity read more
Half airline accidents occur upon landing
Q8-Travel Guide Blog | May 9th 2008 by alazzam
GENEVA (Reuters) - About half of the 100 airline accidents worldwide last year took place during landing, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. Many of those accidents could have been avoided if pilots made a second att read more
Mandala Air Fleet Improvement
Wonderful Indonesia | May 8th 2008 by PI situmorang
This news is dated back to December 2007, but I would like to bring it just to inform you that some of Indonesian Airlines are trying hard to improve themselves. I am interested in gathering more news and reviews about Indonesian airlines especially read more
More Assurance for Garuda Passengers
Wonderful Indonesia | May 8th 2008 by PI situmorang
Garuda Indonesia and Jasindo Insurance Extent Existing MOU to Cover more Conveniences to Passengers In order to improve its service and to coop with the customers needs, Garuda and Jasindo extent their existing MoU to cover cargo as well instead of o read more
American Airlines: The On-Time Machine
The Airliner Blog | May 8th 2008 by airlinerblog
For March 2008, American Airlines finished last among 19 US Carriers in on-time arrivals. Though a lot can be attributed to the ripple effects of MD80 cancellations. This American Airlines commercial above is from 1988. The punch line was “Am read more
Flights Canceled: Pilot Shortage?
The Airliner Blog | May 8th 2008 by airlinerblog
Airlines in Australia are going through a pilot shortage. A lot of destinations are seeing fewer flights. The reason of this pilot shortage is high cost of pilot training and even after the pilots go through the required training, they end up flying read more
Video: Pan Am Advertisement from 1958
The Airliner Blog | May 8th 2008 by airlinerblog
Facts Pan Am introduced the Boeing 707 jet service with this advertisement Flying was so much more fun then read more
Westjet Airlines
Travel Explorer UK - Free Travel Blogs | May 7th 2008 by Mark Kester
WestJet is Canada’s leading low-fares airline offering scheduled service throughout its 34-city North American network. Based in Calgary and named Canada’s most respected corporation for customer service in 2005, WestJet pioneered low-cos read more
Open Skies for Australia
itravelnet Travel Blog | May 7th 2008 by James Clark
Australia and USAirfares to London and L.AWhen booking international flights from Australia it is not uncommon to see the ridiculous situation of flights to London being cheaper than flights to Los Angeles. This currently stands because only two airl read more
Lufthansa does mobile boarding
Marketing in Tourism. Tourism Internet Marketing. Travel Bus… | May 7th 2008
From today (28 April) Lufthansa passengers can use a new mobile telephone boarding pass service on flights from Hamburg to Munich or Frankfurt, erasing the need for printed tickets. Travellers need to have internet-enabled phones, and must select the read more
More FAA Revelation
The Airliner Blog | May 7th 2008 by airlinerblog
I have started questioning FAA’s objective of “Regulating civil aviation to promote safety“. From AtwOnline - US FAA said that more than five years have elapsed since it conducted assessments on 103 system designs at eight airlines read more
Long Lost Airlines: Independence Air
The Airliner Blog | May 7th 2008 by airlinerblog
(A lot from wiki) Independence Air (owned by Flyi, Inc.) was a low cost airline based in Dulles, Loudoun County, Virgina, USA (greater Washington DC Area). Facts - Started on - December 15th 1989 Start - It started as Atlantic Coast Airlines operati read more
Lufthansa interested in Austrian Airlines Group
The Airliner Blog | May 7th 2008 by airlinerblog
Lufthansa (Europe’s second biggest airline) has announced that it is considering a stake in Austrian Airline Group after their Saudi-Austrian investor Mohamed bin lass Al-Jaber exiting the plans to acquire 20% of the group (He has agreed to buy read more
Fuel surcharge effects
3plwire.com | May 7th 2008
With the price of jet fuel consistently setting record highs, the fuel surcharge levied by airlines for cargo movement continues to climb. Cargolux is the latest to announce an increase. Via Aircargoworld.com: The current level of the fuel surcharg read more
AA stops flying to Oakland
The Airliner Blog | May 6th 2008 by airlinerblog
American Airlines announced that in the next 4 months it will stop its service to Oakland Airport, California. American had been flying out of Oakland since 1947 and had three flights a day. Though if you want to fly on American Airlines from/to the read more
United Airlines’ Collateral Damage
Jetwhine | May 6th 2008
If I were a United Shareholder … Still trying to recover its corporate composure after a stinging slap in the face last week from Continental, United Airlines is now turning its focus on US Airways as a potential partner to reach the holy grail read more
Back from Vacation
Moue Magazine | May 6th 2008 by Moue Mag
Wow, this place has been hopping while I’ve been away. And I can’t believe that a post on the Guam Primary Results has proven to be among our most popular. I am back from my trip. As always, I found myself spending much of the time curs read more
Ryanair April Traffic Up 15 Percent
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
Ryanair said on Tuesday it carried 4.72 million passengers in April or 15 percent more than a year earlier, thanks to its growing route network, but the average flight was not as full. Europe's biggest low-cost airline said its load factor was 79 per read more
Singapore Air To Be Hurt By Jet Fuel Cost
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
Singapore Airlines, the world's second-biggest airline by market value, could post its lowest profit in 18 months as the price of jet fuel rose while slowing business travel further dents its prospects. In April, the International Air Transport Assoc read more
FAA Failed To Perform Many Safety Reviews - Report
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
The US Federal Aviation Administration did not perform several recommended safety reviews at major carriers in recent years, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing a recent evaluation by the agency. The reviews, from those of flight crew tra read more
United's next hurdle: costly repairs
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
Upkeep on its older planes is boosting United's maintenance costs at the fastest rate in the industry. Stricter enforcement of safety rules will only add to those expenses, putting more pressure on a bottom line already sagging under heavy fuel costs read more
Rockford lands carrier
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
Rockford's airport, abandoned by large passenger airlines, will soon have a new carrier to help fill the void. Southern Skyways, an Atlanta-based unit of charter specialist Aviation Advantage Inc., on June 6 begins twice-weekly flights between Rockfo read more
Lighter Loads With Increased Capacity
Your Global Travel News | May 6th 2008
Load factors at WestJet Airlines Ltd. dipped slightly in April, but a double-digit percentage increase in capacity made the decline more palatable. Calgary-based WestJet reported an April load factor of 82.5 per cent, off 0.3 percentage points from a read more
AirAsia makes it a battle in the skies with its own offer
Malaysia Hotel News | May 6th 2008
AirAsia has countered Malaysia Airline’s Zero Fare campaign claiming that their cheapest air ticket still costs less than the national carrier’s latest product that was launched yesterday. The budget carrier’s chief executive officer Datuk Tony read more
MAS profits via new scheme
Malaysia Hotel News | May 6th 2008
y offering limited zero-fare seats for domestic flights, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is actually making money for seats that would have otherwise been unsold. MAS managing director/chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala said that on average, domes read more
AirAsia boss: Let us compete against MAS
Malaysia Hotel News | May 6th 2008
AirAsia has hit out at Malaysia Airlines for competing directly with its business model but at the same time not allowing the budget carrier to compete against the national airline. AirAsia group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes said that read more
Travel Tip Tuesday:Saving on Airfare
My Melange...Infusing European Culture into your Lifestyle | May 6th 2008 by robin
True story. Remember last Tuesday, when I posted about our new and exciting events coming up? Namely Travel Tip Tuesday. Well, as luck, fate or karma would have it, across the Atlantic, in Italy, fellow blogger Cherrye of My Bella... read more
Expedia signs Air Berlin
Marketing in Tourism. Tourism Internet Marketing. Travel Bus… | May 5th 2008
Under the agreement, all of Air Berlin’s fares, schedules and inventory will be available worldwide on Expedia(R)- and hotels.com(R)-branded points of sale, as well as through Expedia(R) Corporate Travel. “As Air Berlin continues to grow the numb read more
American Airlines MD80 Cancellation: What happened?
The Airliner Blog | May 5th 2008 by airlinerblog
As pointed earlier FAA could have let the Airlines perform the MD80 wiring inspections without grounding any planes. But seems there was a discord between FAA’s regional and Washington DC office, where the former would have allowed AA to fly th read more
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