A few years ago, United Airlines had a really bad summer similar to the meltdown they’ve had over the past few weeks. I honestly believe that they missed a golden opportunity to bring back their “Friendly Skies” ad campaign. Imagine the CEO doing a commercial saying that the airline has gone through some tough times… Continue reading Friendly Skies
Category: Aviation
Another Airline Merger
The rumors are flying around that Delta and United are talking about merging. I agree that consolidation in this industry would be a good thing. However, I think the smaller guys should be merged into the bigger guys. Having two power house airlines merging scares me a bit, and frankly, the pilots unions will have… Continue reading Another Airline Merger
Go Round!
One of the cool things about living where I do is watching the planes take off from Logan. It’s a little more rare to see them land on that same runway. Today, I saw something I’ve not seen at Logan before, and it’s been years since I’ve seen this happen. A Lufthansa A330 was coming… Continue reading Go Round!
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US Airways to Reduce Pittsburgh Service in Early 2008
This is a really sad day for Pittsburgh. Today, US Airways announced they’re cutting a ton of flights in and out of Pittsburgh. The good news for Pittsburgh is that they’re keeping the new operations center and heavy maintenance facilities in Pittsburgh. For years, the “old” US Airways had their corporate headquarters at Crystal City,… Continue reading US Airways to Reduce Pittsburgh Service in Early 2008
Northwest to Accept PayPal
Northwest Airlines is announcing that they’re now accepting PayPal for customers purchasing tickets on their site. The geek in me thinks this is pretty cool. I use PayPal when I get hotel rooms on Hotwire. Why not airline tickets?
Canadian Air Space
I never gave this much thought, but it looks like US domestic flights regularly go through Canadian air space. I’ve seen this in the past without giving it much thought. Today, it’s pretty clear that jetBlue flight 205 from New York’s JFK to Long Beach, CA is going through Canada.
LH421
While I was out walking Reggie tonight, I watched Lufthansa flight LH421 take off over my house. The flight is operated on a Boeing 747-400. I’ve lived in this part of Boston for over a year now, and still to this day, every time I see a European airline flight come or go, I just… Continue reading LH421
A good day for planes
My friend Steve lives in London and is an aviation geek like me. Today was a great day since the planes were taking off over my house and skies were crystal clear. I sent him this message: I was just thinking about you. A British Airways 747-400 just took off over my house with crystal… Continue reading A good day for planes
Flight Memory
I’ve recently been playing around with flightmemory.com. It’s a tool that allows you to input all of your flights and then keep a history. In the past five years, I’ve flown 64 flights for over 80,000 miles, enough to circumnaviate the globe more than three times. The map here shows just my domestic flights. It… Continue reading Flight Memory