Archives: February 2008

Flummoxed by Feb. 29

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 29, Categories: Now boarding

The leap year was a problem for United Airlines’ “Easy Check-in” system this morning. The nation’s No. 2 airline said the date fouled software that allows passengers to check in...

Pilot Pay: A Closer Inspection

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 28, Categories:

Pilot seniority is the crucial sticking point in a deal between Delta (DAL) and Northwest (NWA), according to media reports. Less problematic in terms of the negotiations, but certainly no...

A 777 Whatdunit Puzzle

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 27, Categories: Airplanes

It's the Mystery of the 777 for aviation authorities probing the crash landing of a British Airways flight last month at Heathrow. USA Today published an interesting story about...

A Hitch on the Path to Airline Consolidation

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 26, Categories: Airline Industry

Merger talks between Delta (DAL) and Northwest (NWA) may have struck a rocky patch. That's the takeaway from a memo sent to Delta employees today by CEO Richard Anderson and...

Skimming the Ground at 300 mph

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 25, Categories: Airplanes

Did you hear the one about the pilot who did a runway fly-by in a brand new jumbo jet? Nope, not a joke. It really happened -- there's video of...

No Room at the Inn (Airport)

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 21, Categories: Airline Industry

One of the central topics in the debate about U.S. airline consolidation has been the role of low-cost discounters. Over the past 15-20 years, the rise of such airlines squeezed...

US Airways cuts minimum miles for each trip

Posted by: Dean Foust on February 20, Categories: Frequent Flier

Maybe I'm old....nah, that can't be it...but I remember when airlines would credit you for a minimum 1,000 frequent flier miles on each leg of a flight you took, and...

Will European airlines buy into U.S. carriers?

Posted by: Dean Foust on February 20, Categories: Mergers

I wrote a story in the current print edition of BusinessWeek on the issue of airline consolidation, but with a different twist: The story looks at consolidation in the context...

Airport agents searching cell phones, laptops

Posted by: Dean Foust on February 20, Categories:

The Washington Post has a fascinating story about the experiences of Americans traveling abroad, many on business, and who when going through security and Customs have had their cell phones...

All This Merger Talk in the Air

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 08, Categories: Airline Industry

Delta and Northwest will unveil their grand merger plans next week. Everyone is saying so: analysts, journalists, bloggers, et al. It's certainly plausible that a big airline proposal will be...

My wife thinks business travel is glamorous...

Posted by: Dean Foust on February 04, Categories:

But this TV commercial says it all about how smoothly most of my trips go....

Have your say with the TSA

Posted by: Dean Foust on February 04, Categories: Security

Okay, so maybe the whole blog thing has gone too far. Now comes news that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched its own blog, joining Homeland Security in the...

Do You Check Bags?

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 04, Categories: Airline Industry

United revved up its revenue-generation machine today. The target? Luggage. The company will now charge you an extra $25 to check a second bag. The policy affects all non-refundable domestic...