The Transportation Department held its inaugural "Bloggers Row" today, a media event for reporters and bloggers. Secretary Mary Peters kicked off the event by saying "If Iam going to call for 21st century solutions for our transportation system, I better communicate them in a 21st century way."
The event saw 10 of us ... Read More »

More oil woes, the EU and U.S. start Round Two, and an Indonesian startup aims for the skies. This is the Flightplan for Friday, May 16.

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Delta has long held the position as the major airline with the fewest unions on its property. But its proposed merger with Northwest is bringing new anti-management sentiment to the Atlanta carrier.
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has been working hard to convince Delta flight attendants to join the union. ... Read More »

British Airways’ new OpenSkies transatlantic venture will commence operational service on June 19.  
 (credit: OpenSkies)
 
The U.S. Department of Transportation gave the green light for operations to start and BA CEO Willie Walsh has now revealed the date. Service will start between ... Read More »

Virgin Atlantic takes the opportuity to point out the smooth opening of its Terminal 3 at London Heathrow Airport, in sharp contrast to what happened with rival British Airways at T5.

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Flying pigs, executive hubris, diversions and empty gestures. This is your Flightplan for Thursday, May 15. ... Read More »

Mesa Air Group announced the schedule for its shutdown of its Air Midwest subsidiary, having stated back in January the airline's days were numbered. The carrier is shutting down routes in stages and leaving the scene entirely June 30. This screen shot shows what I think is an accidental placement of art in the Google news ... Read More »

Brownie points for Air Canada.
That was my first thought after reading this  story on CNN. com. It goes a little something like this: Emigrating Filipino family makes a stopover at Vancouver on their way to Winnipeg. Family scrambles to make their connecting flight. Family forgets their two-year old son ... Read More »

More A380 delivery delays, a possible change in U.S. airline ownership rules and an airline CFO retires -- this is Flightplan for Wednesday, May 14. ... Read More »

Northwest CEO Doug Steenland  continued the hearts and minds campaign over the merger with Delta Air Lines, telling business leaders that most local jobs would remain even after the transaction is completed, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  Steenland was  speaking at a luncheon before the St. Paul ... Read More »