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Does It Take a Fee for Airlines to Offer Decent Service?
It’s hard for travelers to really see a difference, but maybe you are surprised when your bag shows up and you feared it hadn’t made the same flight you just flew. But there really has been a change in airline baggage handling, as this week’s Middle Seat shows.
Analysis: Shadowboxing no more, CSeries gets a challenger
Make no mistake about it, the Bombardier has been successful on at least one indisputable point. Airbus and Boeing have been forced to respond to the CSeries.
Southwest to buy 737-800s, pilots approved new contract for the aircraft
Southwest Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will buy the larger Boeing 737-800 aircraft now that its pilots' union has approved a contract agreement to operate the aircraft.
Continentals top BTN airline survey
Business Travel News says Continental Airlines is at the top of BTN's annual airline satisfaction survey , but merger partner United Airlines finished ahead of only US Airways.
F-35 engine too big to carry to carriers
Then there is this doozy: The F-35 engine -- either one of them -- is so large it cannot be transported aboard the light cargo planes the Navy uses to fly stuff to its carriers at sea, Navy Times reports.
Zagat names top airlines in its annual airline survey
Zagat's annual travelers survey identified Continental Airlines as the top carrier among large U.S. carriers for premium seating, while JetBlue Airways won the same distinction for economy seating.
Lufthansa First Airline to Use BioFuel on Passenger Flights
There have been quite a few airlines testing out different biofuels, but none that have run biofuels on a long-term basis during scheduled passenger service. Starting in April 2011, Lufthansa will start a six month trial using an Airbus A321 on scheduled flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt using biofuel.
Citigroup´s Calio to head Air Transport Association
Nicholas E. Calio, a Citigroup executive who served in the administrations of both George H.W. Bush and George Bush, will take over as president and chief executive officer of the Air Transport Association on Jan. 1, the ATA said Monday.
The FAACs, or the Truth about Aviation’s Future?
Don’t feel bad if you don’t find the acronym FAAC jumping right to the head of your aviation conversations these days. It’s not exactly front page news to anyone in the aviation industry, except perhaps the few dozen hand-picked participants of that group. FAAC stands for the Department of Transportation’s Future of Aviation Advisory Committee Secretary Ray LaHood initiated last spring.
Want Some Airline Humor? Check Out This Blog
If you don’t care about facts and like a little humor with airlines and the local Seattle area, then you should check out The Airline Blogger blog.
The lighter side of the airport security debate
THE debate over the new policies of America's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) grew to a dull roar last week. Activists upset by the airport security agency's new "scope or grope" (i.e., full body scanners or full-body pat-down) policies launched their less-than-successful "opt out day" protest.
What do air travellers really want?
AS MY colleague noted yesterday, the planned national "opt-out" day to protest America's burdensome new airport security procedures was a bit of a bust.
Boeing nears end to 787 fire investigation
In the 15 days since ZA002, Boeing's second of six 787 flight test aircraft, suffered a fire in its aft electrical equipment bay, forcing a fleet-wide halt in certification testing, the airframer is days, if not hours, away from releasing its findings of its investigation and disclosing the impact to the aircraft's first delivery, say company and industry sources.
Qantas´s A380s to fly again
QANTAS is to start flying two of its six Airbus A380s this weekend. It grounded all the planes almost three weeks ago, after an engine failed on a flight heading from Singapore to Sydney. The Australian carrier spent the intervening period working with Airbus and Rolls-Royce, the maker of the Trent 900 engines that power its A380s, and is now, according to Alan Joyce, the CEO, "completely comfortable with the operation of the aircraft".
Chief says USAF version of F-35 doing well
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force version of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 jet is “moving along,” the service’s top uniformed official said, as the Marine Corps’ model lags behind its test schedule.
Forget the TSA, Bad Weather May Be the Turkey
Storms that disrupt air travel are typically the biggest threat to air travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, and this year blizzard warnings are up in the Northwest and rain stretches across a swath of the Midwest.
Response to "Young Boy Strip Searched by TSA"
A video is being widely circulated showing a shirtless boy receiving secondary screening from a Transportation Security Officer (TSO). A passenger filmed the screening with their cell phone and posted the video on the web.
Airbus customer memo defends A380 redundancy
HONG KONG -- In an customer memorandum dated Wednesday, November 17, Airbus's Toulouse-based Flight Safety Department issued an incremental update to its findings on Qantas Flight 32. The brief memo is a clear, if not directly stated, defense of the A380's redundancy following the QF32 investigation into the uncontained failure of the aircraft's number two Trent 900 engine.
Breaking: Comac´s C919 to launch with six customers Zhuhai10
ZHUHAI -- Comac's C919 narrowbody is set for its mega debut here at Air Show China with orders from six launch customers, including GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
Allegian Goes to Partial Open Seating
I know, I know, I have posted a lot of blogs not only on Allegiant’s new Boeing 757′s, but also their semi-new livery. What can I say, I love new liveries and new airplane types. Put them together and I can’t resist.