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American’s bankruptcy, United’s cert, Airlines 4 America, passenger data, Air France missing its screws & a Gleeful commercial

December 3, 2011 by Darren 1 Comment

In other airline, hotel and travel industry news this week… This is old news now, but if you’ve stayed away from media of all types this week you should know American Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Long-time CEO Gerard Arpey also resigned as CEO and now Thomas Horton is taking the lead position.…

Asiana Airlines Trip Report: OZ 723 Seoul-Incheon to Hong Kong

December 2, 2011 by Darren 14 Comments

Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Introduction & Itinerary Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Check-in & Star Alliance First Class Lounge LAX Asiana Airlines Trip Report: OZ 201 Los Angeles to Seoul-Incheon Asiana Airlines Trip Report: OZ 723 Seoul-Incheon to Hong Kong Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Check-in & CNAC Lounge HKG Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Singapore Airlines SilverKris…

Asiana Airlines Trip Report: OZ 201 Los Angeles to Seoul-Incheon

December 1, 2011 by Darren 19 Comments

Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines Super 80 in 1985, aka MD-80 today

November 30, 2011 by Darren Leave A Comment

I figure with American Airlinesâ€™ announcement of bankruptcy yesterday that they are deserving of a Vintage Airline Seat Map post this week. Here is the commonly unattractive Douglas Super 80, now known as the MD-80. Itâ€™s nearly the same as it is today, but this variation was seen flying before the â€œMore Room Throughout Coachâ€…

New JFK-based airline Baltia to serve five Baltic region cities… will it survive?

November 29, 2011 by Darren 8 Comments

Someone I follow on Twitter posted a link today to an informative and actually quite funny look back at startup airlines that failed since airlines were deregulated in 1978 here in the United States. Itâ€™s definitely worth a read and brought back some memories since I flew on one of them, Kiwi International Air Lines,…

Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Check-in & Star Alliance First Class Lounge LAX

November 28, 2011 by Darren 2 Comments

Asiana Airlines Trip Report: Introduction & Itinerary

November 25, 2011 by Darren 2 Comments

Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines DC-10-10 LuxuryLiner (1977)

November 23, 2011 by Darren 8 Comments

Itâ€™s time for another edition of Vintage Airline Seat Maps and this is probably one of the coolest layouts for a Douglas DC-10-10 that Iâ€™ve ever seen. The American Airlines configuration shown below seated a total of 264 passengers and was flying in the pre-deregulation era when airlines were less concerned with packing the greatest…

Status downgrades at United Airlines also impact its own retirees

November 22, 2011 by Darren 17 Comments

The rollout of the new United Airlines MileagePlus program for 2012 saw several tiers of elites getting their benefits slashed â€“ from a 50% cut in bonus redeemable miles for many Premier Executive flyers to the loss of Economy Plus at the time of booking for Premiers â€“ and the carrier also downgraded travel benefits…

How to use United Airlines systemwide upgrades on Continental Airlines

November 21, 2011 by Darren Leave A Comment

Thereâ€™s not a whole lot of cheering among elites, particularly on the United Airlines side, with the merger, but one thing I am happy about is the new destinations opened to me on Continental Airlines metal. There are many European cities Iâ€™ve been wanting to visit and look forward especially to visiting Oslo and Stockholm,…

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