Its getting tougher to find great fares. The price of oil continues to rise and airlines (including low cost carriers) continue to drop out of the market. In only the past few weeks, we’ve seen four airlines announce they have ceased, or will soon cease, operations: Aloha, ATA, Skybus, and Champion Air. And late Thursday […]
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Published by April 12th, 2008 in Air France, Airline Operations, Airlines, American Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cheap tickets, Delta Airlines, Discount travel, Flight numbering, TAM, US Airways and United Airlines. 0 CommentsA 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 […]
Continental’s “Through-Flight Service”
Published by November 24th, 2007 in Airlines, Aviation Policy, Cleveland, Continental Airlines, Flight numbering, Newark and Shanghai. 1 CommentI wrote yesterday of KLM’s use of a single number for both directions of a flight (AMS-DAR and DAR-AMS) and wanted to note that I’ve seen other strange flight number issues, though none as profound as the KLM experience. Continental Airlines Flight 90 operates from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tel Aviv (TLV) with a […]
Same Flight Number in Both Directions
Published by November 23rd, 2007 in Africa, Airlines, Dar es Salaam, Flight numbering, KLM, Photos, Sudan and Tanzania. 2 CommentsI recently flew KLM Amsterdam (AMS)-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (DAR) and noticed my itinerary had the same flight number for both legs, that is AMS-DAR is KL567 and DAR-AMS is KL567. I called American Express travel, from whom I bought the ticket, and the agent couldn’t explain why. I had thought that perhaps there was […]
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