Here we are, the last roundup of 2007… Discounter Zoom Airlines will be operating new service from London Gatwick to both San Diego and Ft. Lauderdale. From next May, Ft. Lauderdale service will operate Thursdays and Sundays and will be…
Yearly Archives: 2007
Death of an Airline
by Guru •
Well, it is the holiday season, and nearly the end of 2007, and we thought we would briefly comment on the loss of airlines. The best review we’ve seen so far of the loss of airlines in 2007 is Cranky…
Promo Code: 5% off Continental
by Guru •
News Alert – Upgrade: Travel Better reports a working promo code for 5% off Continental Airlines travel. To redeem, go to Continental.com and choose “Advanced Search” at the bottom of the blue fare search box on the left side. On…
Holiday Travel Tips
by Guru •
The Christmas Season is here, as evidenced by the excess number of cars on the road and people at the airport leaving town. Our spinoff blog, the Infrequent Flier, had some tips during the last holiday travel season to make…
Flight Wisdom Named One of the 20 Most Inspiring Travel Blogs of 2007
by Guru •
Christopher Elliott, the syndicated travel writer, has come out on his blog with his list of the 20 Most Inspiring Travel Blogs of 2007. We knew he reads our blog for the ‘fun of it’, as he puts it, and…
As the Year Comes to a Close
by Guru •
Christmas and the New Year fast approach. What hopes do we have for 2008? USAToday seems to feel it is full of hope for fliers. Their reasons? The Boeing 787 Despite delays, the plane is set to have its test…
In Flight Internet
by Guru •
We remained quiet about the issue of in-flight internet of late. Certainly, it is controversial. We think it is a better alternative than allowing voice communication on aircraft. Let people quietly text away, send email, etc. Of course, people will…
Service Roundup – Tis the Season for New Service
by Guru •
Horizon Air announced new nonstop service from Los Angeles to Loreto, Mexico. The flights will be operated by a CRJ-700 and begin January 19th. The flights will supplement Alaska’s existing service on the route. United Airlines inaugurated Los Angeles-Frankfurt on…
And now a word from our sponsors…Skymall Promo
by Guru •
We know many of you are planning your trips and holiday purchases right about now., so we checked in with our affiliates to see what they were offering in terms of holiday promos. Skymall, those people whose catalogs we love…
Overbooking, Check-In Times and Other Airline Tricks
by Guru •
Overbooking is annoying. With the exception of Jetblue, which does not, airlines typically overbook by 33%. Find another industry where, with the approval of the government, a company is allowed to knowingly sell more of a product than they know…
Catching Up – Service Roundup
by Guru •
Things have been incredibly busy here at ‘Blog Central’. Fortunately, the holiday season is upon us, hopefully bringing lots of time for us to catch up on all the airline news thats fit to blog. So here we are in…
iPhone-equipped Passenger Takes on Flight Crew over Weather Delay
by Guru •
When we saw a recent commercial for the iPhone where a member of the flight crew uses his iPhone to find out the weather was not what he was told, and, breaking the news to the apparently clueless rest of…
Service Update – Too Long on a Regional Jet
by Guru •
Jetblue announced nonstop service between Orlando and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Service will be daily beginning March 6th. Service will be operated by Jetblue’s E190 aircraft. Delta will offer Saturday seasonal service beginning February 16th from Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado…
Cheapo Tricks
by Guru •
Last month, we berated Cheapoair for fake positive comments on our spinoff blog, Infrequent Flier in a post entitled Cheapoair Fakes Positive Comment on Site. Apparently, they didn’t get the message. We received two comments on this post. Comment from…
All the News thats Fit to Blog
by Guru •
Eos Airlines announced that every guest who registers and purchases a round-trip ticket between October 31st and November 16th will receive either a Nintendo game system or bonus points in their loyalty progam. Fares of $4000 or above will get…
Obama Lands at Wrong Airport
by Guru •
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and his aides were surprised when no one met him upon landing in Iowa Tuesday night. They quickly discovered that the plane had touched down at Des Moines Airport, 100 miles west of their actual…
Jetblue: Connects the Dots
by Guru •
Jetblue will be inaugurating service from Buffalo and White Plains to Ft. Myers. Both routes will operate once daily from January 8th through April 30th, using the E190 regional jets. This continues Jetblue’s philosophy of this year of route-building by…
The ‘NEW’ Southwest
by Guru •
The last time we spoke of Southwest, they were changing their open seating policy. Pre-boarding for families now comes after the A group, passengers are numbered within their letter class in order of check-in. Families were upset. Suddenly, they were…
Hub Modeling
by Guru •
Airlines have, with few exceptions, adopted the hub model. They establish a hub, or a focus city(aka hublet – little hub), and build service to and from it to the point that you know if you want to fly with…
Is Regional Service Dying?
by Guru •
USA Today has an article on three cities losing airline service after subsidy cuts. On October 1st, Hagerstown, MD, along with Lancaster, PA and Brookings, SD lost scheduled commercial service because they were deemed ineligible for subsidies because they are…
Service Roundup – Getting Back on Track
by Guru •
Air Canada will be offering nonstop service from Ottawa to Frankfurt beginning June 1st as well as nonstop service from Toronto-Dusseldorf six times weekly beginning May 1st…and a second daily nonstop from Calgary-Frankfurt on April 14th. American Eagle began nonstop…
Plane and Simple News
by Guru •
It’s time here at Flight Wisdom to review the latest in airplane manufacturing… Airbus Airbus delivered the first Airbus 380 to Singapore Airlines last month. After delivering the first four superjumbos to Singapore Airlines, Airbus will have to redesign cabins…
Service Roundup – Lot to Catch Up On
by Guru •
Lots to cover…never enough time… United Airlines announced new service from Los Angeles to Des Moines, IA and Austin, TX effective February 13th, and will be operated by Skywest’s CRJ-700 regional jets with 6 first class and 60 economy seats,…
CheapoAir Fakes Positive Comment on Site
by Guru •
A few months ago, we here at Flight Wisdom spun off a new blog/site, Infrequent Flier, which we hoped to do some advice stories for the less frequent traveler. One of our posts was on Cheapoair, entitled You Get What…
What Has Happened to Southwest?
by Guru •
Southwest…the Love Airline…based at Dallas’s Love Field…with the symbol LUV…An airline that once dressed flight attendants in hot pants and declared Racquel Welsh its ideal employee type has hit middle age. “That’s the day that the airline built on buxom…