Colorado Winter Weather Alert (Last updated 10:25 pm MT 2/1/2012)
Due to the expected impact of a winter storm, Frontier Airlines has enacted the following guidelines for travel to/from or through Aspen, Colorado Springs, Denver and/or Steamboat (Hayden).
For all customers scheduled to travel February 2-3, 2012 who purchased tickets on or before February 1, 2012:
For [...]
We’ll be hearing about this in March if it actually happens (“The giveaway is set to start in April if it receives final government approval in March.”): Japan may give away 10,000 flights.
Layovers. They happen to all of us. Airports have started to pay attention to this, and some have created “Napping Nooks” to accomodate travelers. Currently it’s just Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and San Francisco with these accomodations. You can read more about finding a place to nap in the airport here.
By Flight Blog reader RGT:
I am at Chicago O’Hare airport, awaiting the 6pm flight to LaGuardia. I just wrote United to complain about the atrocious failures of United Airways.
I was booked on flight 7126 (UA flight 7593) December 30 from Salt Lake City to Chicago, connected to flight 6770 (UA flight 694) to New York [...]
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 [...]
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.
Ever thought about taking your sex toys with you on an airplane? The San Francisco Chronicle put together this excellent guide about handling sex toys and air travel and luggage. Here’s a sample:
If you’re one of the 500,000 (half a million!) people traveling to San Francisco for this year’s Pride Parade, before you [...]
Here are a couple short videos about the mile high club:
RyanAir Charges for Mile High Club
Story: My Craziest Mile High Sex Experience – Princessara
My Craziest Sex Experience – Princessara – Click here for the funniest movie of the week
Over in Europe right now they’re getting ready for the Monday morning work shift. Many employees will be calling in sick, on account of Iceland’s volcanic ash.
Here’s what some people who are attempting to make it back to Britain in time are doing:
“Meanwhile, men in business suits and carrying briefcases were walking up and down [...]
Mohammed al-Modadi lit up a cigarette and burned himself into the annals of airline security incidents. As if breaking the no-smoking rule wasn’t bad enough, he made a joke about shoe bombs. Hi, Jack, nice to cause a nationwide scare with ya’. Ah, Qatar.
The Atlantic breaks down the al-Modadi incident in a minute-by-minute timeline here.
Here’s [...]