Economy Class & Beyond

Republic finally decides which brand would survive… and it…

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... Frontier Airlines!Indeed - the airline with the animals on the tail (Frontier Airlines) will be the name of the combined Republic and Midwest Airlines, merging the Airbus fleets of Frontier and ERJ-190 fleets of Midwest together.So what does this mean (lets get down to the nitty gritty)All booking valid. Systems have to merge eventually. More routes pairs to be … [Read more...]

Merger mania!

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Welcome to International Airlines Group.Who's that you're asking? It's the new name of the the combined BA/Iberia merger (or what the holding company is called) when it completes at the end of the year. Both the British Airways and Iberia brands will be maintained as is.The company will have its headquarters in London, with BA shareholders retaining 55% ownership and Iberia … [Read more...]

Don’t Grab the first *S Silver you see…

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(I was going to write a bit on BA and IB merging up, as well as the UA and US mating dance, but it's going to have to wait for a bit...)No doubt you've been round the interwebs and seen an entry on View from the Wing and Lucky's One Mile at a Time about a free Star Silver with 2000 miles to boot with BMI (and I'm not linking up the post - and there's a very good reason for … [Read more...]

Sense breaks out: BA and Unite talk, LH and Vereinigung Cockpit also talk.

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It seems that sense has been slapped into these companies - and not before too long.British Airways and Unite have resumed talks with"serious progress" had been made and discussions would continue over the next few days.  It's been noted there will no further strike dates would be set while the talks continued. Meanwhile Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed … [Read more...]

Apple iPad – TSA Says you don’t need to get it out….

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According to Yahoo and Blogger Bob's TSA Blog, you don't need to get your iPad or any Slate type product out for screening.The TSA state "Electronic items smaller than the standard sized laptop should not need to be removed from your bag or their cases. It’s that simple."andOnly electronics the size of a standard laptop or larger (for example Playstation®, … [Read more...]

The race to the bottom sinks to new lows – Spirit charges for HAND LUGGAGE.

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Just when you think travel can't get any worse with airlines unbundling every charge (translation - asking you to pay more), Spirit Airlines has decided to take it one step further... by charging for large hand luggage items.You read that right Hand Luggage.Now, this is the "American" definition of Hand luggage, which is 1 large Rollaboard bag and 1 personal item (say a … [Read more...]

Err… What the? (Women try to take body on plane)

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As I'm trying to avoid any Election 2010 coverage, this is the top story in England at the moment"Women try to take body on plane at Liverpool airport"Obviously this warrented a look.The police arrested two women after they tried to take the body of a dead relative onto a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.I'm  honestly *speechless*, and I can't come up with anything … [Read more...]

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