Recent content by LoneStarMike

That number of gates can't be right. See Item 3 in the link I posted above. Under the terms of the 5-party agreement, the airport cannot grow beyond 20 gates and 4 of those will be leased by other carriers - 2 for AA and 2 for CO. No hardstand operations will be permitted and each gate can...

Here's a link to the 5-party agreement See Item 10: So in 2025, Southwest could choose to operate from other airports within an 80-mile radius of Love Field (including DFW) without having to give up any of their existing gates at Love Field. Until then, they're limited to the 16 gates they...

Now delayed until May 25 American Airlines Extends Cancellation of Flights Between Chicago and Beijing

Here's my problem with Mr. Smith's publicity-seeking rantings. It's from another story posted on CNN's website Kevin Smith: 'I'm never going on Southwest again' So he basically is admitting that he buys that second seat for comfort. What a deal. Let's say I'm on a flight that's booked with...

Many folks have been begging for WN to add BOS-PHL flights. Today, they got their wish Service starts June 27 with 5 daily roundtrips.

Charter flights are subject to the Wright Amendment, but different rules apply. SEC. 4. CHARTER FLIGHTS AT LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Charter flights (as defined in section 212.2 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) at Love Field, Texas, shall be limited to— (1)...

According to the accounts by the passenger and the witnesses, it was his request for OJ that prompted the FA to launch into a tirade about it not being the proper time of her "service" that started the whole argument. She ended tirade #1 by asking "Have you ever even been in first class...

It's so incredible, you could make this story into a Country & Western Song. So I did. To the tune of the Wabash Cannonball :D The AA Orange Juice Song (Link loads midi for some karaoke fun.) Listen to the story Of an AA morning flight When a passenger And a flight attendant Had a...

I guess this video from WFAA Channel 8, the local ABC affiliate in Dallas/Ft. Worth was for them, then. Frequent flier fears for future after midair incident They interview the passenger who ordered the OJ as well as the man seated behind him from one of AA's terminals at DFW. LoneStarMike

I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle of the two conflicting versions. Even over at snopes.com, they don't say true or false. They rate it "mixture." Flight 297 Within the above link are two accounts - one from a chaplain who was originally booked on Flight 297, missed the...

This is too funny. Being a native Texan (y'all) - it was a little hard to understand the New Zealand accent and I had to watch it several times, but I think this is the gist of the challenge. (All hyperlinks are to youtube videos.) Air New Zealand has an ad campaign - At Air New Zealand, Our...

Lufthansa does this Link to press release And from Lufthansa's website: Doctors on board If the same thing happened in a store or restaurant, the doctor wouldn't have had to assist the patient for 4 hours, unless that's how long it took the ambulance to arrive which is highly doubtful.

In AUS, the only route adjustment was AUS-LAX. It drops from 2 to 1. And from The Denver Post: the number of daily flights between Denver and Las Vegas will be cut from nine to eight, between Denver and San Francisco from four to three and between Denver and Seattle from three to two.

My favorite WN commercial was "We're spreading LUV all over Texas" from 1978(?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUsmNvRix3k

Here's the problem. Back when the details of the Wright Amendment Compromise were being worked out, AA, DFW, and Fort Worth pointed out that WN had an unfair cost advantage because the cost per enplaned passenger at Love Field was much lower than DFW. One of the elements contained in the...