Flight Blog » News http://www.flight-club.org/blog Chat About Air Travel, business flight tips, and social networks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New category on Flight Club: Airport Security Issues http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2010/01/new-category-on-flight-club-airport-security-issues/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2010/01/new-category-on-flight-club-airport-security-issues/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:14:33 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=221 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2010/01/new-category-on-flight-club-airport-security-issues/feed/ 0 Commenting on Flight Blog is fixed and working again. http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/11/commenting-on-flight-blog-is-fixed-and-working-again/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/11/commenting-on-flight-blog-is-fixed-and-working-again/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:29:18 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=206 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/11/commenting-on-flight-blog-is-fixed-and-working-again/feed/ 0 New on Flight Blog: The airline death pool http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/04/new-on-flight-blog-the-airline-death-pool/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/04/new-on-flight-blog-the-airline-death-pool/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:18:02 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=176 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/04/new-on-flight-blog-the-airline-death-pool/feed/ 0 “Environmental groups were annoyed by the news.” http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/07/environmental-groups-were-annoyed-by-the-news/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/07/environmental-groups-were-annoyed-by-the-news/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:09:44 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=134 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/07/environmental-groups-were-annoyed-by-the-news/feed/ 1 Cargo Planes: Not such a safe way to fly http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/10/cargo-planes-not-such-a-safe-way-to-fly/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/10/cargo-planes-not-such-a-safe-way-to-fly/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:04:41 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=93 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/10/cargo-planes-not-such-a-safe-way-to-fly/feed/ 0 How to get around the new air travel rules http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/how-to-get-around-the-new-air-travel-rules/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/how-to-get-around-the-new-air-travel-rules/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:57:49 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=99 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/how-to-get-around-the-new-air-travel-rules/feed/ 1 Pets on Planes: It’s actually really, really safe (update) http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/pets-on-planes-its-actually-really-really-safe-update/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/pets-on-planes-its-actually-really-really-safe-update/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:29:22 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=94 the excellent journalism blog, The Scoop (blog post link):
Paula Lavigne of the Dallas Morning News used federal data to show that “despite previous estimates from animal rights groups that thousands of animals were killed, injured or lost on commercial airlines each year, only 56 incidents were reported nationwide in the past year, the first that official statistics were kept.” Most of the incidents involved dogs, with cats, birds and a rat making up the rest. A 2003 article by the Humane Society estimated that up to 5,000 pets a year were lost, injured or killed during air travel.
» Read the Dallas Morning News' article: Airline statistics show less risk to animals than groups estimated ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/pets-on-planes-its-actually-really-really-safe-update/feed/ 2 Wired (and more expensive) passports start this month in the U.S. http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:06:47 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=96 Citizens who get new passports can expect to pay a lot more. New ones issued under this program will cost $97, which includes a $12 security surcharge added last year. Not all new passports will contain the technology until it's fully rolled out -- a process expected to take a year. Existing passports without the electronic chips will remain valid until their normal expiration date. Read the full article at wired.com ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/feed/ 0 Should air travel be free? http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:36:29 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=81 Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive of Ireland's Ryanair (Research), Europe's most profitable airline, wants to make air travel free. Not free as in free from regulation, but free as in zero cost. By the end of the decade, he promises, "more than half of our passengers will fly free." The remarkable thing is, few analysts think his prediction is far-fetched: Ryanair already offers free fares to a quarter of its customers. Read the article: A radical fix for airlines: Make flying free]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/feed/ 1 People are flying as much as they did before 9/11, though they’re complaining more http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:13:33 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/ Among the study's conclusions: • Southwest Airlines had the lowest rate of complaints, 0.18 per 100,000 passengers, while US Airways had the highest, 1.86. • ATA had the highest rate of denied boardings, 2.75 per 10,000 passengers; JetBlue had the lowest at 0. • AirTran had the best baggage handling rate, mishandling 3.43 bags per 1,000 passengers; and Atlantic Southeast had the worst, (mishandling 17.41 bags per 1,000 passengers. Read the article summarizing the report: Report: Airline delays, complaints on the upswing. Read the report itself ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/feed/ 0