Categories: Now boarding

How to Board an Airplane Faster

Posted by: Justin Bachman on September 02

Here's what happens when you annoy an astrophysicist as he waits to get to his airplane seat: First, he fumes for a year, viewing the process as an inefficiency that...

For a Fee, American Will Get You Off and On the Plane Quickly

Posted by: Justin Bachman on August 18

The airline industry love affair with optional fees continues. American Airlines on Wednesday began selling "Express Seats" for domestic coach travelers. The idea is that you'll pay extra for the...

Pets and Air Travel

Posted by: Justin Bachman on August 09

The dangers summer weather poses for pets was highlighted on Aug. 3 when seven puppies died after being unloaded from an American Airlines flight from Tulsa to Chicago. Hot weather...

Fat Nation: Kevin Smith is Not Alone in Airplane Space Wars

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 16

Southwest Airlines’ public relations malady with overweight passengers cropped up again over the weekend, with film director Kevin Smith launching an Internet assault when he was asked to leave a...

You Want Assigned Seats?! Good Luck With That

Posted by: Justin Bachman on July 30

I’ve been reluctant to mention some recent travails with seat assignments, owing to a belief that my experience may have been isolated. But now it seems someone else, a contributing...

Your Luggage Door-to-Door, from United

Posted by: Justin Bachman on October 29

The Hunt for Ancillary Revenue took an interesting turn today with United (UAUA) announcing a new program in which it has a new deal with FedEx (FDX) to collect and...

Parody commentary on today's skies

Posted by: Dean Foust on August 21

Stumbled across this hilarious video created by "Parody & Son" on the current state of air travel (or maybe I should clarify to say commercial air travel, since it appears...

The Bizarro World of air travel

Posted by: Dean Foust on July 09

I don't know which of these incidents from the past week ranks as the most bizarre: A United Airlines plane headed from Denver to Des Moines was delayed after...

Flummoxed by Feb. 29

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 29

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...

It's a cell phone -- no, a boarding pass...

Posted by: Dean Foust on January 08

This is a bit of news that broke right before Christmas, and if it got much pick-up, well I missed. And even if it did, it’s worth repeating. Continental Airlines...