Or, in a way, less room overhead. By sacrificing two inches of headroom and making a few more tweaks, Boeing has created what it calls “Space Bins,” overhead compartments for 737 that can take 6 carry-ons where 4 fit before. Alaska Airlines got the…
Brad Tilden speaking on-field with plane. Photo: AP Images for Alaska Airlines Turns out that we peasants in cattle
Frontier and Southwest planes pass each other at Seattle. Photo: Wikimedia / rsocol In two different surveys recently released, Frontier takes the cake…sort of. On one, it was the airline garnering the most complaints; on the other (perhaps…
Alaska Airlines is signed up to become the first to use Gevo Inc.s alcohol-based jet fuel as soon as it completes testing and certification. The hope is to be able to reduce pollution, reduce swings in fuel price, and have a steady, domestic source of…
If you thought the boxing match in Las Vegas the other day was the “battle of the century,” you haven’t been watching Delta and Alaska Airlines fight it out over passenger traffic in Seattle. The two airlines have been codeshare partners for a long…
Delta’s guarantee that your bags will hit the conveyor belt in the terminal within 20 minutes of landing, announced as a test a few months ago, is now permanent. Delta passengers whose bags don’t appear in time are eligible to fill out an online form…
If this customer service story had been made up by Alaska Airlines to embarrass West Coast rival and also codeshare partner Delta, it would have been unbelievable…but they didn’t, and it happened. USA Today reports on a Delta business traveler who…
Alaska Airlines has been forced to cancel a number of flights within Alaska due to poor visibility caused by an ash cloud from Russian volcanoes erupting on the Kamchatka Peninsula. From USA Today, MORE That’s added to the chaos…
Alaska Airlines, for whom Seattle is a key hub, is highlighting its new codeshare partnership with British Airways by offering double frequent flyer miles on Seattle-London flights. Delta has recently been moving aggressively into the Seattle…
Emirates Airways, which serves over 130 cities on 6 continents from its hub in Dubai, has added another U.S. frequent-flyer partner: Virgin America, which flies from 7 of Emirates’ 8 U.S. cities. Emirates already has links with JetBlue and Alaska. The…
Or, in a way, less room overhead. By sacrificing two inches of headroom and making a few more tweaks, Boeing has created what it calls “Space Bins,” overhead compartments for 737 that can take 6 carry-ons where 4 fit before. Alaska Airlines got the…
Brad Tilden speaking on-field with plane. Photo: AP Images for Alaska Airlines Turns out
Frontier and Southwest planes pass each other at Seattle. Photo: Wikimedia / rsocol In two different surveys recently released, Frontier takes the cake…sort of. On one, it was the airline garnering the most complaints; on the other (perhaps…
Alaska Airlines is signed up to become the first to use Gevo Inc.s alcohol-based jet fuel as soon as it completes testing and certification. The hope is to be able to reduce pollution, reduce swings in fuel price, and have a steady, domestic source of…
If you thought the boxing match in Las Vegas the other day was the “battle of the century,” you haven’t been watching Delta and Alaska Airlines fight it out over passenger traffic in Seattle. The two airlines have been codeshare partners for a long…
Delta’s guarantee that your bags will hit the conveyor belt in the terminal within 20 minutes of landing, announced as a test a few months ago, is now permanent. Delta passengers whose bags don’t appear in time are eligible to fill out an online form…
If this customer service story had been made up by Alaska Airlines to embarrass West Coast rival and also codeshare partner Delta, it would have been unbelievable…but they didn’t, and it happened. USA Today reports on a Delta business traveler who…
Alaska Airlines has been forced to cancel a number of flights within Alaska due to poor visibility caused by an ash cloud from Russian volcanoes erupting on the Kamchatka Peninsula. From USA Today, MORE That’s added to the chaos…
Alaska Airlines, for whom Seattle is a key hub, is highlighting its new codeshare partnership with British Airways by offering double frequent flyer miles on Seattle-London flights. Delta has recently been moving aggressively into the Seattle…
Emirates Airways, which serves over 130 cities on 6 continents from its hub in Dubai, has added another U.S. frequent-flyer partner: Virgin America, which flies from 7 of Emirates’ 8 U.S. cities. Emirates already has links with JetBlue and Alaska. The…
