No-frills budget carrier Spirit Airlines is coming to Burbank, California. Today, the carrier announced it will offer three daily flights between Burbank and Las Vegas starting in June 2019. Burbank becomes our second airport destination in the Los Angeles Basin,...
A Loyalty-Free Weekend on Alaska and American
I spent the weekend in Seattle, flying up on Friday and back on Sunday. Oddly, for me at least, the weekend included no flights on United. It was strangely liberating to fly from Burbank to Seattle on Alaska on...
President Trump Weighs In On Boeing 737 MAX Crash
U.S. President Donald Trump has just weighed in on the Boeing 737 MAX crash…via Twitter. Let’s first look at what the president said in a series of two tweets just after 10:00AM ET this morning: Airplanes are becoming far...
Exclusive: U.S. Commercial Pilot Addresses Boeing 737 MAX Safety
121pilot, a frequent commenter on this blog, is a U.S. commercial airline pilot. I asked him to address the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX and he graciously agreed. His thoughts are below. There has been a great deal...
Philippine Airlines Hints At SkyTeam Preference
Philippine Airlines (PAL) may join the SkyTeam alliance…but it is in no rush. PAL Vice President of Sales Ryan Uy was asked about alliances at a conference in Cebu this week. He proceeded to give a rather detailed answer:...