air berlin has been a financial disaster for years, and the subsidies from Etihad have stopped so the airline had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.
The German transport ministry stepped in with a government subsidy to keep the airline running for 3 months, guaranteeing a €150 million loan.
The piece explains the blockade as a decision by ‘the anti-terrorism states’. The air blockade is arguably in violation of international agreements, yet the report suggests that not only is it legal but that “according to international law any state which forbids an airline from crossing above it possesses the right to deal with any airplane entering its realm.”
Indeed, a legitimate improper entry into a country’s air space may be ‘dealt with’. However it follows with a fairly tortured claim that international law provides a proactive right to shoot down an aircraft.
With the opening of Alaska’s C concourse lounge in Seattle Alaska relaxed the policy August 7 and allowed Priority Pass members again to bring guests into their lounges — limited them to two.
Now the policy has further liberalized allowing Priority Pass cardmembers to bring in two guests or immediate family.
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Credit card bonuses boost your balances quickly, in some cases a single credit card can get you more than one flight or a premium cabin flight. Get one yourself, get one for your travel companion, and you’re booking award travel in no time.
One way to think about which cards to sign up for is to look at the travel you want to do, and consider the cards with the biggest or much better than usual signup bonuses where it’s not expected the bonuses will stay around long.
Last week I told you that American would be doing less international flying from JFK and more from Philadelphia.
There was some skepticism out there, but this was what I was hearing, and it turns out to be exactly correct. Here are the details.
American Airlines flight AA290 from New York JFK to Dublin was enroute to an on-time departure last night when a Delta 737 headed to Seattle came up and went bam.
Small actions can have large consequences. So when SkyWest’s United Express 50 seat regional jet from Chicago O’Hare to Muskegon, Michigan cancelled Paul Kuharevicz rented a car and drove the three and a half to four hours instead.
Yesterday I wrote that Delta is adding surcharges to business class tickets for their new Airbus A350 product. Their new business class has doors. So it’s expected to be a better product, and they’re going to charge more for customers who want to fly it.
One of the things I love about having moved to Austin three years ago is the airport. It’s got the smell of barbecue, even if I don’t think Salt Lick Barbecue is very good — let alone the airport’s version. There’s often live music.
But there are three areas where they’re ‘cutting edge’ for me.
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