Baggage Handler Caught Stealing; Justice is Served

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports this week that an American Airlines baggage handler lifted four new articles of clothing from a passenger’s bag at Philadelphia International Airport. As it turns out the pieces still had their Nordstrom price tags on them, totalling $550 in value. After a quick call to the local Nordstroms, inspectors were able [...]

Another Creative Campaign from jetBlue

I know we have been writing about them often, but jetBlue is in the news again this week with their latest ad campaign, Welcome Aboard Bigwigs campaign.Hoping to steal business from private jet companies, jetBlue is welcoming CFO’s not wanting to claim a charter flight on their expense report, broke hedge fund managers who aren’t [...]

Woman Misses Her Flight From Hong Kong to SFO

I have missed my flight back home to San Francisco in the past, so I can relate to this woman. If you have not seen this video on the news or YouTube, you may view it here. The first 30 seconds are really all you need..
I imagine TSA and airline employees [...]

Optimism in Airline Industry?

With the high gas prices, decrease in demand for air travel and the “Staycation” trend of 2008 in our rearview mirror, some analysts are hopeful that 2009 will be a better year for the airline industry.
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, author Paulo Prada reports that we have already accepted the losses reported by [...]

TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer

At the start of summer, we reported that the TSA was instituting “self-segregation” airport security lines at twelve airports across the country.
For the un-initiated, this means that you as a traveler get to decide which line you should be in: Family/Special Needs, Casual, or Expert. Here is a video tutorial from the TSA.

The program seems [...]