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Southwest Flies High

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Heart

Virginia Postrel goes to town on the recently-revised Wright Amendment which keeps Southwest Airlines out of Dallas/Fort Worth airport. With new changes, travelers can now fly from Love Field to Missouri, which leaves “only” 41 states off-limits to Southwest. We’ll leave the details to Virginia–who’s a great advocate for customer choice–who exposes the dirty deals that airlines make to force each other into bankruptcy.

BREAKING: Fatal Shooting on Plane in Miami

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

An air marshall fired a weapon on a jetway before an American Airlines flight could leave for Orlando. The story is developing.

Another Revolution in China: Starring Airbus and Boeing?

Monday, December 5th, 2005
Embraer 175

The aerospace industry finally has some good news, and it's the strides Airbus and Boeing are making in China. With big ($9 billion big) deals, the companies look good, but the deals are also raising ... [Continue reading this entry]

A Trip to the Travel Bookstore

Monday, December 5th, 2005
Rowing to Alaska Cover

The NY Times makes holiday shopping easy with a shortlist of new travel books. The paper correctly identifies most of the books as funny, interesting, and gimmicky. Three tales retrace the steps of ... [Continue reading this entry]

“You Wanted in Time Square & Less”

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
Hotel Carter Room

Manny Fernandez lovingly details a little-known New York landmark: the Hotel Carter. We've never been, but it sounds an awful lot like an awful lot of places we have stayed. As employee Elaine ... [Continue reading this entry]

British Airways Trims Suits

Thursday, December 1st, 2005
BA Jet

The IHT reports that British Airways plans to cut up to one third of its management. CEO Willie Walsh, who turned Aer Lingus into what some consider the first trans-Atlantic low-cost carrier, "said ... [Continue reading this entry]