News and notes from around the interweb:
- TIL: The New York Public library has free access Bloomberg terminals at this location. This wasn’t actually a secret, but I don’t think it is well known? They let you reserve access even in two-hour blocks.
most people don’t know you can use a Bloomberg terminal at this library in NYC
it usually costs $20,000 but it is free here and they have 3 of them available pic.twitter.com/7SQV4fMbEi
— Nick Gray / How to Make Friends (@nickgraynews) November 19, 2024
- Several weeks ago I wrote that, sadly, the Hawaiian Airlines Austin – Honolulu flight would be The First Hawaiian Airlines Flight On The Chopping Block After The Alaska Airlines Merger. And so it is:
Austin (AUS) is losing another airline.
Hawaiian Airlines will cancel its Honolulu (HNL) to Austin (AUS) route after March 26, 2025.
The carrier launched flights to Austin in early 2021 as part of a network shift during COVID.
Full details: https://t.co/tv6x1gmGeA pic.twitter.com/qhfleUxamI
— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) November 21, 2024
- Oman Air joins oneworld on June 30th, it has been publicly in the works for three years
- GHA Discovery adds Titanium breakfast benefit at two more brands Pan Pacific and Parkroyal. Oddly, during my recent stay at The Lyle in DC they didn’t seem to know that Lore Group was part of this benefit but the staff was so good otherwise I did not care (and didn’t want breakfast anyway since I was saving my appetite for the new Capital One Landing at DCA.
- DFW Airport broke ground on new Terminal F which lacks its own check-in, security or baggage claim. They’re renovating the more than 50 year old terminal C, also, even though the airport’s CEO said it was a poor choice to do so.
The airport wanted to build the new terminal, giving them the capacity to replace terminal C, but American Airlines wouldn’t sign off on the cost – and then the project was delayed by the pandemic.
Construction of Terminal F is officially underway! ️ Airport officials & project partners gathered Tuesday to celebrate the groundbreaking at the site of the new terminal, which will become DFW’s 6th terminal and add 15 new gates to prepare for more historic growth. #DFWForward pic.twitter.com/9XOuII0f1Q
— DFW Airport (@DFWAirport) November 19, 2024
- The owner of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, which was the city’s largest hotel, gave the property back to its lender and walked away. Now it could be converted to apartments.
- Miracle on the Hudson first officer retires
@ Gary — “Functionally obsolete” = “Sidewalks filled with homeless people”
The US Airways mafia at American won’t be happy until they turn DFW into another CLT.
Turn all of the rooms into apartments for homeless. Have a convert it and they will come moment.
RE NY Public Library offers free access to $20,000 Bloomberg News terminals.
Yowza! This is old news – like literally >2 DECADES ago Bloomberg News terminals became available for free use at what was then called the Science, Industry & Business Library, or “SIBL.”
I used them regularly when I wrote columns & created data reports for PlaneBusiness Banter, 1999-2004.
Remember the Bloomberg terminals that were at LGA Marine Air Terminal back in the days of the Delta Shuttle flights being more convenient than the train? I still miss the massive free newsstand and the free Bloomberg terminals.
Went to Hawaii on vacation. It was much less expensive to fly to the west coast and then on to the islands than to travel from AUS. No surprise that route is being axed.