As we are in the midst of winter, I thought some fine images of the turquoise green waters of the Caribbean oughta warm you up–or just torture you.
In any event, while doing some work in the US Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas, I had to take a quick hop over to St. […]
Archive for February, 2008
Flying between the US Virgin Islands: Conventional Plane and Sea Plane
Published by February 21st, 2008 in Aircraft, Airlines, Cape Air, Caribbean, Seaborne Airlines and US Virgin Islands. 0 Comments187 Flights Late over 80% of the Time
Published by February 14th, 2008 in Airlines, Airports, American Airlines, Chicago, Chicago O'Hare, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Northwest Airlines, US Airways, USA and United Airlines. 0 CommentsLast month we reported on the US domestic flights that arrived late over 80% of the time during the month of November 2007. “Late” is defined as arriving at a destination more than 15 minutes beyond the scheduled arrival. (Given the fluff built into many timetables, then, being “late” means you really are late.) […]
Which is cheaper: A Three-Month or Four-Month Advanced Purchase?
Published by February 11th, 2008 in Airlines, Cheap tickets, Discount travel, General and Revenue management. 0 CommentsWe are one month into our four-month fare experiment. One month ago, we began a fare analysis study to examine how the best fares for a given airline on a given route change between buying a ticket four months before take off all the way up to buying it one week before departure. Our […]
The Best and Worst US Airports for On-Time Performance
Published by February 7th, 2008 in Airports and USA. 0 CommentsToday we present the best and worst large US airports for on-time performance. Based on USDOT data for December 2007, we looked at the largest airports in the US. We defined this group as airports having at least 10,000 reported operations (takeoffs and landings) during the month. There were 39 such airports. As can […]
A Tough Day for United
Published by February 4th, 2008 in Boeing, Flight numbering and United Airlines. 0 CommentsIts not a good day for United. Apparently United Airlines Flight 915, Paris CDG to Washington Dulles (IAD), suffered a landing gear/tire fire this morning at Paris CDG just before takeoff. Emergency evacuation slides were deployed. The aircraft was a 777, making it the second 777 incident in a few weeks—the other being the emergency […]
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