Posted on April 24, 2008 by Dan
Delta Airlines has announced by the year 2010 they will install Thompson Solutions Cozy Suite seats into all of its Boeing 777 and 767 planes.
The Cozy Suite seats will over 31-inches of legroom and the seat has a “fixed backshell, which does not recline into the person behind you.”
Looks like you’ll also get your own [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Dan
When you travel by plan somewhere, I’m reasonably confident that you like either a window or an isle seat (lucky guess). Beginning May 7th, prepare to pay at least $5 more for either one of these if you fly US Airways and want to sit near the front of the plane.
The program is being called [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Dan
Delta and Northwest Airlines have announced that they intend to merge in a deal worth more than $3 billion, making the combined Delta-Northwest the largest airline in the world.
Delta will acquire Northwest in an all-stock swap with Northwest shareholders to receive 1.25 Delta shares per share of Northwest, a roughly 17-percent premium over Northwest’s closing [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by Dan
Another week, another airline bankruptcy.
Frontier Airlines has announced that they have filed for bankruptcy, but unlike ATA and Skybus they will continue to operate as it restructures.
The airline says that its credit card processor was “holding back” customer payments and threatening the airline’s liquidity, which is how then ended up applying for Chapter 11 protection.
Frontier [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2008 by Dan
Wow, tough times for small airlines.
Skybus Airlines, the “Spirit of Columbus”, announced yesterday that it was closing down and would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday.
This makes Skybus the third airline to announce that they were closing this week, with the others being Aloha and ATA.
Anyone with tickets for any Skybus flights are [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by Dan
Just days after Aloha Airlines announced that it was shutting down, word comes out that ATA Airlines has canceled all flights and filed for bankruptcy.
Once the 10th largest carrier in the US, ATA has entered bankruptcy protection for the second time in just over three years yesterday, citing the loss of crucial military charter business.
Nearly [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by Dan
Aloha Airlines announced that they have stopped selling tickets for future flights and are shutting down. Other airlines, including United Airlines, will reportedly help accommodate customers who currently have tickets.
David Banmiller, president and CEO of Aloha Airlines, said “this is an incredibly dark day for Hawaii…despite the groundswell of support from the community and our [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Dan
GPS maker Mio announced today in a press release that their new ‘Moov’ line of GPS units are coming to the US.
Kiyoshi Hamai, North American sales director for Mio, says “Our goal is to bring GPS navigation to everyone…by combining world class hardware with a newly-designed interface we are able to deliver a fantastic navigation [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by Dan
If you planning a trip that involves more than booking a flight, you might want to check out Zicasso.
Previously in private beta, Zicasso is now available to the public. When you start out, select the basics for your trip–where you want to go, how long your trip will be, when you want to leave, and [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2008 by Dan
If you travel around a lot one thing you might not be able to do as often as you’d like is workout.
Sure, a lot of hotels have gyms, but…they tend to not be so clean and/or equipped.
You could bring a jump rope and exercise in your room, or you could bring JumpSnap and get the [...]
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