Continental Airlines announced Friday it now has interline eticketing capabilties with all Alliance partners now that it has implemented them with Air Europa. All codeshare, Skyteam, planned Skyteam associates, and frequent flyer partners are now complete. They expect to eliminate issuing and accepting paper tickets by the end of the year, in accordance with IATA’s…
Investigators say that fatigued air traffic controllers contributed to four aviation mishaps in recent years…including the Comair crash. They are calling on the FAA to revise work schedules and take other action. Their union jumped on the report as validation of its own claims that air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed. Details available here.…
Skybus began to sell tickets this morning. As their press release mentions, at least 10 seats on every flight will be offered at $10(excluding taxes and fees). All flights will be operated by Airbus 319 aircraft and all destinations…for now, will be served nonstop from Columbus, OH…their hub. On May 22nd, service will begin to…
American Airlines will be upgrading Boeing 757 aircraft, of which it has 124 in its fleet, over the next two years. The enhancements will include new economy cabin suits, new sidewalls, new LCD monitors to replace the CRTs for inflight entertainment, and new digital media file servers for better in-flight audio and video entertainment quality.…
Ff you are a reader and want us to feature one of your stories, we are eager to. Here’s our rundown and synopsis of some of the recent ones we gleaned from other blogs…most from the Consumerist. Virgin Atlantic charged one passenger $110 for a seat upgrade, and gave the same seat to another passenger…
We’ve spent some time contemplating this issue…trying to come up with something to say on it. On April 12th, Flight International magazine announced that in an interview with Ryanair head Michael O’Leary plans to launch a new transatlantic serving the East Coast. He expects to serve secondary airports such as Baltimore, Providence, and Long Island…
Spirit Airlines today announced nonstop service to San Pedro Sula, Honduras from its Ft. Lauderdale hub. Service will be offered three times a week from July 20th through November 15, when it will become daily. Southwest announced four daily nonstop flights in six cities. Beginning August 26th, one new daily nonstop from Manchester to Phoenix…
Our recent Customer Service Stories from other blogs netted this comment from Joanne. I arrived in Newark airport Sunday, April 17 at 6:45 from Paris to take a connecting flight on USAir from Newark to Rochester, NY. I had booked the ticket on Cheap Tickets back in December. When I and my 2 traveling companions…
We hope Greyhound and other bus companies are prepared to object to the bad name Skybus is giving to bus travel in this country. It has never been luxurious…but it’ll get you there. Upgrade Travel has some things of interest about this airline. For one, be careful if you try booking a vacation package on…