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More on Baltia Airlines 1 Jun 2010 | 06:58 am
My first post regarding start-up Baltia Airlines has generated quite a few comments, and now that more information about the airline is available, I figured that I'd write a follow-up post. For those ...
The end of Virgin Atlantic's 'splendid isolation'? 28 May 2010 | 11:48 pm
photo by 900hp from Flickr, licensed under CC The proposed tie-up between British Airways and American Airlines is moving closer to getting the green light from US authorities, and as such, Virgin At...
Is US Airways the 'ugly girl'? 6 May 2010 | 06:28 am
flickr photo by Caleb's Photography It's been posted elsewhere already, but in case you haven't heard, Continental CEO Jeff Smisek got in a little hot water after referring to US Airways, in decidedl...
A few thoughts on the United-Continental merger 4 May 2010 | 07:08 am
I thought I'd share a few thoughts on the just-announced United-Continental merger. There's a lot out there about the terms of the deal and other specifics, but just to recap, the $3 billion merger (w...
Baltia moves closer to launch 16 Dec 2009 | 06:03 pm
A few months ago I wrote about start-up Baltia Air Lines, which seeks to initially connect New York with St. Petersburg, Russia. It seems like they're moving closer to getting off the ground, now that...
A British Airways-Iberia merger: what does it change? 12 Dec 2009 | 05:03 pm
The fact that Iberia and British Airways are planning to merge isn't news by now. The deal's going to mean that the combined airlines become the third-largest airline group (behind Air France-KLM and ...
Editorial: Glenn's gotta go at United 27 Aug 2009 | 12:08 am
There has been a lot of stuff out there written about United Airlines, and most of it isn't positive. We're all familiar with the United Breaks Guitars video (the second of three is out on YouTube, by...
Baltia Air Lines, the 20 year old startup 20 Aug 2009 | 06:52 am
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a press release that said that a New York-based startup, Baltia Air Lines, had signed a letter of intent to purchase a Boeing 747. Who the heck is Baltia? I did a li...
Southwest lands in Boston 19 Aug 2009 | 01:35 am
I had known that Southwest Airlines was going to start service from Boston for a while, but it wasn't until my good friend Dan at Things in the Sky talked more about it that I started thinking about h...
US Airways and Delta work out a trade 13 Aug 2009 | 02:06 am
Some interesting news today - US Airways has announced that it is going to swap slots with Delta and get some international routes from them as well. Under the terms of the deal, which is still pendin...
