In the latest earning call, United announced that they are bringing Economy Plus and First Class to Bombardier Q400 planes.

While one may wonder why they are putting first class on a prop plane, it does actually make sense.   Currently, the Q400s fly for Continental and a large number of them are based at Newark.   As many folks know Newark is known for it's ATC delays, along with it's other NYC area counterparts.  The regional carriers are generally the first ...

Earlier today United announced that the surviving frequent flyer program would be Mileage Plus and that Onepass will terminate on Decemeber 31.  No big news, this is what was being expected all along.   But all this really means is that the program name will be Mileage Plus.

United has seperately stated that it will be migrating off of Apollo onto the Continental IT infrastructure, known as SHARES.   Everything that lives on United for Apollo, ...

Since the merger between Continental and United there has been rampant speculation as to which reservation system will survive.  United currently uses a system called Apollo which is hosted by Amadeus.   Meanwhile Continental uses an in-house system called Shares. 

In this article from Travel Weekly is reporting that United has terminated its agreement with Amadeus to move to the new Altea platform and has decided to standardize on Shares. 

As with ...

Now that we're well into the merger of Continental and United the realization is starting to set in that we're going to be losing Channel 9.  You may be wondering why.   It's not a political issue, it's not a personnel issue, it's due to a technical limitation.

For a number of years, the Continental folks have been asking for Channel 9 and Continental was even ready to introduce it, until an issue arose.   You see, the LiveTV system, that Continental has standarzied on, lacks the ability to host an external audio source.  

Given that the new United has hinted that LiveTV will be standardized platform for inflight entertainment, when you put the pieces together the writing is on the wall. 

In my case, I've chosen to enjoy it while I can and speak with my wallet by not paying for the LiveTV product.

So I've been laying low lately with a number of things going on in the other parts of my life and I'm noticing all the "Save the Tulip" campaigns.

Really folks?  Do you have nothing better to do than worry about the logo an airline?  Sure, the UA logo is unique, but it's dated and the use of primary colors reminds me of something I'd expect of my nephews.

And yes, I do like the CO logo better.  I think it does a far better job ...

In a press release this morning, Continental and United officially announced their intentions to merge and released some details.  Additionally they've launched a website for the merger here.

It's already evident that this isn't another Delta/Northwest.  In that case, it was clear that Delta acquired Northwest.  There was no merger, make no mistake about it, it was an acquisition.  In a merger, both sides bring something to the table for a combined ...