May
31
2024
United Airlines is bringing a new ice cream flavor to long haul business class, along with refreshed toppings and cake starting June 1
Indulge In United’s New Business Class ‘Build Your Own Ice Cream Sundae’ Choices
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Wide Open Cathay Pacific Business And First Class Award Space For April And May
May
31
2024
There’s exceptional availability in both business and first class on the New York JFK – Hong Kong route in April and May (generally first class is just back from Hong Kong) and you can use this to connect onward in Asia.
Fly Into The Danger Zone: How American Airlines Is Re-Starting Haiti Flights Amid Unrest
May
31
2024
American Airlines is back flying to Port-au-Prince, Haiti after service was halted in March following planes being hit by bullets at the airport as violent gangs under the direction of Jimmy Chérizier (“Barbecue”) attacked.
The airline’s pilots seem comfortable going back.
From Ashtrays to Wi-Fi: How Air Travel’s So-Called Golden Age Morphed into Today’s Sky Journeys
May
30
2024
American produced a film to promote travel by air in 1933. Few could afford to fly. American declared, “All seats are first class seats, all passengers first class passengers.” Back then “One of the grandest voyages imaginable is this trip from Chicago to New York.”
Vasu Raja’s Shocking Exit: What American Airlines Lost
May
30
2024
Vasu Raja is out at American Airlines. He had a bold view of the world of aviation, and wasn’t afraid to break things. But at large public companies, you can only do that if you succeed.
American Airlines Spin on Vasu Raja’s Firing: The Story That Doesn’t Add Up
May
29
2024
Bloomberg is reporting that Vasu Raja was let go by American Airlines because of a Bain consulting report saying that corporate customers and travel management companies were unhappy with American’s new systems that hey were supposed to be using. My understanding is that this is inaccurate.
United Airlines Accused of Faking Unruly Passengers to Solve Business Class Overbooking Crisis At Newark
May
29
2024
Friday’s United Airlines Newark to Dubrovnik flight was reportedly oversold in business class. United doesn’t normally sell more tickets in business class than they have seats, and it doesn’t appear that the aircraft was swapped to one with a smaller business class cabin.
Nobody would take the airline’s generous offers of compensation, even though “[t]hey offered 2500 and then 3000.”
Southwest Airlines Raises Prices: Early Boarding Fees Now Skyrocket Up To $149 Per Passenger (Families Could Pay $2,384 Roundtrip)
May
29
2024
Southwest Airlines doesn’t offer assigned seats, although that may be changing with a premium seat offering expected to be announced this fall.
In the meantime, even though they do not sell seat assignments, they still manage to earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year on their seats.
Delta Faces Backlash After Multiple Employees Spotted With Palestine Flag Pins
May
29
2024
A reader shared a complaint sent to Delta about a gate agent in Detroit working a flight to Atlanta who was wearing a Palestine flag pin on Wednesday.
Racial Discrimination Suit: Eight Black Men Removed From American Airlines Flight Over Body Odor Complaint
May
29
2024
Three Black men have filed a federal lawsuit against American Airlines today, alleging racial discrimination after eight Black male passengers were forced off Phoenix – New York JFK flight 832 in January due to a complaint about body odor.
Notably, the men say they did not know each other before the flight and were not seated together. What they had in common was that they were black.
