Happy Mother’s Day! On this day in which we celebrate our mothers, I want to share with you a nice tribute to flying moms released by Emirates. The two-minute video includes pilots and flight attendants with their young children....
Toothsome Intra-Asia Meals On United Airlines
Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. Earlier this...
United’s Peculiar Redefinition Of “Cancelled” Flight
Just in time for the novel coronavirus, United has a novel definition of cancellation. Does United’s new definition fly or is it another slap in the face of consumers? Three of my favorite blogs have addressed this issue and...
South African Airways Lives To See Another Day After Court Forces It To Keep Flying
A South African Labor Court has ruled that South African Airways must continue to operate, handing a victory to union who sued to halt the carrier’s shutdown. South African Airways entered business rescue in December. Business rescue, by its...
Delta Suspends Service To 11 Airports For “Health” Reasons
Delta Air Lines is suspending service to several stations, citing health concerns as the primary reason. How convenient that all of the airports happen to be in metropolitan airports not too far from larger Delta stations… While Delta concedes...
VE Day: 75 Years Later, We Remain Thankful And Inspired
Today was meant to be a day of widespread celebration across the United States, the Commonwealth, and Europe. For today is the day, 75 years ago, that Allied powers secured final victory over Axis powers in World War II....
American And United Process Reality In Very Different Ways…
Listen to leaders at United Airlines speak and you’ll literally think the sky is falling. But listen to leaders at American Airlines and you’ll walk away feeling hopeful. And yet both live in the same reality. Who is delusional…or...
Virgin Atlantic Has Ulterior Motive Behind Job Cuts
Virgin Atlantic is fighting for survival, but its recent job cuts were less about a short-term need to shed workers and more a strategy to entice investors. Earlier this week, Virgin announced that it would cut 3,150 jobs due to...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts JetBlue Over New York City “Stunt”
The fiery Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has blamed JetBlue for a “corporate PR campaign” meant to honor healthcare workers and first responders in New York City. JetBlue conducted a “Flyover Salute” over the five boroughs of New York City last night,...
How JetBlue Paid Tribute To Fallen Crew Members
In a touching gesture, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes started today’s earnings call on an unorthodox note, paying tribute to six employees who died from COVID-19. As Dawn Gilberston aptly noted, earnings calls are usually carefully scripted events that are...
Los Angeles May Force Five Star Hotels To House Homeless
Using its emergency powers, Los Angeles may “commandeer” hotels that refuse to take homeless vouchers during the pandemic. Luxury hotels like the InterContinental Downtown and Ritz Carlton have pushed back on pleas to house the homeless. Project Roomkey is...
Would You Pay 50% More For An Open Middle Seat?
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warns that face masks are critical, but requiring airlines to block middle seats would be disastrous. Would you pay 50% more for that sense of security? Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and...
United Airlines May Restore Historic Pan Am Fifth Freedom Route
United Airlines has asked for permission to restore a historic intra-Asia Fifth Freedom route it inherited from Pan Am and retired in 2017. United Wants To Fly Cargo Between Hong Kong And Singapore…And Maybe Passengers Too Back in the...
Frontier Airlines Shamed Into Ditching $39 Empty Middle Seat Sale
Frontier Airlines has abruptly abandoned plans to charge $39+ for customers to buy up empty middle seats. Why? Heavy criticism and bad optics. Recall from our discussion earlier this week that any expectation of an open middle seat is...
Airlines Have Every Right To Cut Employee Hours Under CARES Act
I touched on this in my earlier post on American Airlines CEO Doug Parker ridiculing United Airlines for cutting employee hours but I think this warrants a dedicated post. In a nutshell, Congress was either extremely sloppy or did...
United Airlines Backtracks On Mandatory Unpaid Time Off
Rather than further inflame employee tensions and potentially force a showdown with Congress or the Treasury Department, United is backtracking on its plan to force union employees to take unpaid time off. United Airlines Backtracks On Mandatory Reduction In...
The Real Reason American Airlines CEO Unloaded On United Airlines
Want to know why American Airlines CEO Doug Parker called out United Airlines earlier this week for its choice to move some workers from full-time to part-time? Because United Airlines actually read the act. American Airlines CEO Attacks United...
EgyptAir Flies Nonstop From Washington, DC to Iraq
EgyptAir operated a nonstop flight from Washington Dulles to Erbil, Iraq, the first nonstop flight between between U.S. capital and Iraqi Kurdistan. COVID-19 has created some interesting repatriation flights, including a special charter flight operated by EgyptAir from the...
Flight Attendants Gawk As Bloody Fight Breaks Out On Spirit Airlines
Well, it’s nice to see that some things never change. A bloody fight broke out on a Spirit Airlines flight last week that ultimately led to a diversion. We’ve certainly missed those stories lately. But how about the flight attendant...
Lucrative Aeroplan Purchased Miles Promotion, But Timing Is Everything
Aeroplan miles will soon be available for their cheapest price ever. This is the sort of the deal I would jump on in a heartbeat during normal times, but we don’t live in normal times any longer… The Deal:...
