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Mexicana Airlines shuts down until further notice

Monday, August 30th, 2010

It doesn’t look good for Mexicana Airlines. According to their website:

Grupo Mexicana suspends flights until further notice
Current management received the company in a state of technical bankruptcy seven days ago after it filed for protection under Mexico’s insolvency laws
Financial deterioration and lack of agreements force Grupo Mexicana to stop flying
Grupo Mexicana deeply regrets any inconvenience [...]

Airlines are bumping more passengers than ever, and it’s harder for bumped fliers to find flights (via @denverbusiness)

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The Denver Post reports in their article, Lean times for airlines means bumped fliers have a harder time finding flights:
“Planes are running so full that they don’t have any spots,” Tulsa, Okla., resident Anne Green said last week as she waited between flights. “It’s like a domino effect where you can’t get another flight when [...]

Hey, future: ipads for rent on airplanes

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

I’m no Apple fanboy, and I’m no Australian either, which means I won’t be able to take advantage of Jetstar’s iPad rental service when it starts next month or whenever.

Looks like they’ll have to start teaching airplane pilots to not send text messages while landing a plane…

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Over in Australia, Jetstar Airlines is being investigated because of claims that a pilot was text-messaging while landing a plane, and because they were distracted they were forced to abort a landing attempt at an airport in Singapore.
Read the article, Pilot ‘texting during landing’, here.

Cool! A set of airline sticker photos on flickr

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Someone put together this nifty collection of photos of airline stickers — most from a long time ago. Here are the thumbnails, you can see the rest of the airline sticker photos here.

Share your complaints about Lufthansa Airlines here

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Have a problem when flying with Lufthansa? Here’s an open thread for your complaints about Lufthansa Airlines.
You can read the complaint threads for other airlines here.

Have a complaint about Virgin Atlantic Airways? Share your story here.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Want to complain about Virgin Atlantic Airways? Did something go wrong in the airport, on the runway, or with the service? Share your story here.
You can see more complaints in the Complain About Your Airline Experience series here.

Got a good story about Virgin Atlantic Airways? Something they did right? Share it here

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

If you’ve got a tail of praise for Virgin Atlantic Airways — a story about something that went right with that airline — go on and share it here.

Want to say something nice about Lufthansa Airlines? Share it here.

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Here’s an open thread for stories of praise about Lufthansa Airlines.
You can read open-praise threads for other airlines here.

Got a RyanAir complaint? Share it here, and see what complaints others have

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

It has been a while since we had a new entry in the official Flight Blog The “Complain About This Particular Airline” series, and it’s about time.
RyanAir: Have you flown them? Do you have a complaint about traveling with that airline? If so, share your story about RyanAir here.