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Archive for July, 2008

Now there’s a baggage debate: Cheaper to ship your luggage?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

If you don’t know, now you know. Airfarewatchdog and the Washington Post each have their break-down of the costs associated with checking your luggage on your trip — whether it’s one bag, two bags or more. Wired breaks down the strategy, which goes a little like “if you’ve got more than one bag to check […]

Welcome to the deathpool, Silverjet

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

SilverJet enters the deep and dark deathpool:
All 420 workers at Silverjet, the troubled business-class airline, lost their jobs yesterday after an attempt to get the airline flying again collapsed.
A rescue deal for the airline had been suggested this week by Kingplace, an Irish shell company managed by Heritage, a Swiss investment group. However, talks broke […]