News and notes from around the interweb:
- The simple generous Air Canada Aeroplan status match offer is still live. A new partnership between StatusMatch.com which is processing the matches and Award Wallet makes it even easier.
When I log in, Award Wallet knows I have qualifying status for a match – real, verified status from checking my accounts for me – and offers to pass my data through to get the match.
- It’s not just Iberia, but the least well known member of the American Airlines-British Airways et al transatlantic joint venture is adding service from Helsinki to Dallas:
.@garyleff @IshrionA .@_ZachGriff Finnair is launching flights to DFW in June 2022, was this public? (Read last sentence of article) https://t.co/WJ27XLn054
— Conrado A Asenjo, Esq. (@CAsenjoEsq) November 9, 2021
- As lawsuit proceeds there’s a lot more coverage of Hertz falsely reporting its cars stolen and sending custoers to jail I’ve been on this story for ages, it usually happens when a car gets swapped for a different vehicle or a rental gets extended and employees don’t do the paperwork properly.
- Republicans demand FAA contingency plan if vaccine mandates lead to significant air traffic control firings. Incidentally this year marked the 40th anniversary of the air traffic controller strike.
- Airbus in crisis, but too big to fail
- People who care about their job.
BA announced today that Dallas gets an A380 from March. AA is VERY keen to get some feed.
As information has come out over the years, Airbus management knew the A380 was going to be a financial disaster before it first took flight. They hushed it up. Two key design decisions sealed its fate. Never mind the scandals, the program’s lifetime loss is north of EUR 20 billion.
Spirit probably is planning an additional “proper handling” charge on top of the checked bag fee they now charge to abuse your luggage.