Jan
07
2023
It’s time to get aggressive marketing the ways in which Southwest is better, and making it easy and rewarding to do business with the airline.
Here’s The Struggle Southwest Airlines Will Face Bringing Back Customers
80,000 Mile Offer For Tough-To-Get Yet Useful Lufthansa Miles [Roundup]
Jan
07
2023
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Review: Hyatt’s Royal Palms Resort, Phoenix
Jan
06
2023
The Royal Palms Resort Phoenix may be my new favorite hotel in the area. The grounds are beautiful, service is excellent, and the food is even good. My own quibble would be with the rooms, which could very much use a refresh.
Delta Air Lines Testing New Status Match Offers, There Are Four To Choose From [Roundup]
Jan
06
2023
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
The First Emirates A380 With Refreshed Seats Has Entered Service
Jan
06
2023
Emirates has completed the refresh of the first one of its Airbus A380s and is placing it into service today, January 6, as flight EK3 from Dubai to London Heathrow. The airline has a fleet of 120 A380s, though slightly more than half will receive the interior retrofit.
These planes are receiving 56 premium economy seats, as well a new color palette in business and first class.
American Airlines Dropping Service From Miami To Israel
Jan
06
2023
American Airlines is pulling out of its Miami – Tel Aviv route, a service they only began in June 2021 and which they expanded two months ago.
Another Air India Passenger Urinates On Woman Inflight
Jan
06
2023
An Air India flight from New York to Delhi, where a passenger walked up to a woman seated in business class and urinated on her and nothing was done about it, is making international news.
And the narrative that ‘this happens on Air India’ is being reinforced because 10 days after that incident another man urinated on a woman on Air India, this time on a Paris to Delhi flight on December 6th. Once again little was done about it.
How Much Money Did Southwest Airlines Lose From Its Operational Meltdown
Jan
06
2023
The airline has described ‘millions’ of passengers effected, though the number is over a million and likely around two million. The costs to the airline are staggering, and they are now expecting to lose money for the fourth quarter of 2022 as a result of lost revenue (they didn’t earn ticket revenue for the flights they cancelled) and higher expenses (reimbursing and compensating passengers).
Just how big of a deal was this?
Mexican Drug Cartel Shoots At Aeromexico Flight As Government Arrests Son Of El Chapo
Jan
05
2023
Aeromexico flight AM165 from Culiacán to Mexico City was cancelled after being shot at while taxiing out for departure. The Embraer E-190 (registration XA-ALW) had bullets penetrating the cabin, as passengers ducked.
El Chapo, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, has been imprisoned in the United States since 2019. His son, Ovidio Guzmán, was arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, early on Thursday. The cartel sought to break him out of custody before he could be removed from the province.
Delta Air Lines WiFi Will Finally, Officially, Be Free Starting February 1
Jan
05
2023
Delta has been talking up free wifi for years, but they didn’t have enough bandwidth on their planes. When you make wifi free, more people use it, and that slows down the service. Ditching Gogo for ViaSat solves for this.
Gradually they’ve been rolling out free wifi, and starting February 1 it’ll be for everyone on domestic flights.
