.... and the losers are both United and Continental with no slots allocated.Breakdown of everyone's wins thanks to the DoT:Delta - Two slots - LAX (Los Angeles) HND and surprisingly (IMO) DTW (Detroit Wayne County) HNDAmerican Airlines - JFK (New York) HNDand...Hawaiian(!!!) HNL (Honolulu) HNDHawaiin has been selected provide an out-of-alliance cat amongst the pigeon, … [Read more...]
One Day, Three Incidents.
It's been a busy olde day in the world of Aircraft doing odd things.Lets start from the top:Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Flight 836 met with a nasty end after a flight between Sorong and Manokwari, Indonesia.The flight, operated by Boeing 737-300, overran the runway on landing, coming to a rest 200 meters beyond it. The aircraft broke into several pieces on halting, … [Read more...]
iPhone Apps – Is there an App for your airline or alliance?
Update History:- List Created 27/02- Last Updated 13/10, Welcome Austrian Airlines!I hate and love the iTunes App Store with both a single breath - least of all when I'm hunting for decent travel applications.Even when hunting for Airline Apps, it can be a bit of a challenge - so to help things along, I'm going to try and build a list of Airlines who have iPhone apps - with … [Read more...]
Tokyo Haneda (HND) begins to open up – Why should you care?
I'll demonstrate in some simple graphical steps...Tokyo and her airportsView Larger MapIn distance terms (driving) it's 82.5km from Narita, or 25.2km from Haneda - or in other words, 1 and a half hours vs 30 minutes or so. Any way you cut it, that's a time saving. Japan and the USA are starting to open up HND to long range traffic (with BA having a poke around too when an Open … [Read more...]
OneWorld Antitrust Approval for BA, AA, Finair and Iberia… at a price.
The Department of Transport has made a move that will no doubt infuriate Richard Branson. The immunity from antitrust laws, for the OneWorld carriers for American, British Airways, Finair and Iberia has been granted putting it on equal footing of SkyTeam and Star AllianceQuoting the DoT:The Department said the proposed alliance would enhance competition in the airline … [Read more...]
Analysis: JAL – Remaining with OneWorld
So we finally approach an end in this JAL dating dance - and it seems that JAL will remain with the OneWorld Alliance to American's delight (and in equal annoyance to SkyTeam and Delta). So lets look a lot deeper into this. As it's common knowledge, JAL has been falling apart recently, and towards the end of last year, it was courted initially by Delta to the tune of $1 … [Read more...]
The Miracle of Flight AA331
This was going to be published yesterday - but I honestly was in superranty mood after the laughable misoperation of the ID Cards. Plus it's given me more time to write this entry with a few more facts, so all the better really.. American Airlines Flight AA331 was a simple Washington DC (Regan National) to Jamaica Service via Miami service, served by a Boeing 737-800 … [Read more...]
JAL… will it be Bachelor number 1 or Bachelor Number 2?
The Battle for JAL's heart is well and truly joined, with Delta offering $1 Billon and now American offering $1.1 Billion. Its fast turning into one heck of a battle for the Far East (as whoever wins gets a very big chuck of the network out there to integrate into their own airline or alliance) American is part of OneWorld (which JAL is part of) whilst Delta would take … [Read more...]
Freebie Time
I haven't had time to do one of these recently, but as I've not got a lot of post about at the moment (other than the upcoming wonder that is a Chicago Trip), lets do some freebies! Free $20 for staying in a Hyatt Place or Summerfield Suites. Did you upgrade to Platium or Diamond when Hyatt did their last promotion? If so, this is a little cash generator for and night … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, so it's time to have a quick wibble around the web to find out who's doing what. JAL - Seems like *everyone* is interested in them JAL has a few suitors after it now - Delta and American as reported before and now Air France has tipped it's hat into the ring. BBC News, Flight, CrankyFlyer American Airlines - One Beeillon Dollars! With no apology to … [Read more...]
