Steven Slater was already having a bad day. He had just landed at JFK from Pittsburgh a tad late and his passengers were restless. One even got up to fetch her hand baggage while the aircraft was still on its way to the gate. Slater told the woman to sit down, but she just ignored him. More forcefully, he told her to leave the carry-on bag in the overhead bin and to immediately be seated.

She continued to flout his instructions, so he got up to confront her. As he neared her seat, she ...

Some members of Congress are worried about what the CO-UA merger will mean for the consumer and are considering introducing a bill to restore airline regulation if the merger goes through.

Deregulation has been credited with making airline travel affordable for the average American. But [Congressman James] Oberstar [D-MN] pointed to the $2.7 billion the airlines earned in baggage fees in 2009 as evidence that consumers are no longer benefiting from the system. He said he ...

Bloomberg had a nice piece yesterday on the über-competitive NYC airline market.

At stake is a bigger slice of the $13.6 billion spent each year by passengers who start or end trips in New York, which no carrier dominates. More than 100 million people, including the corporate travelers who pay the most for business-class and walk-up tickets, flew through the world’s largest aviation market last year.

Unlike many hub cities, no airline has a corner on the ...

FRA is my home airport, and I really want to be on the first A380 Lufthansa flight. We know today that it will be FRA-JFK, but do not know a date or what flight. LH has 2 non-stops a day FRA-JFK now served by a B747 & A333. At times both flights are on a B747.

Wolfgang Mayrhuber said today that LH will inaugurate its Airbus A380 service between Frankfurt and New York next year.

Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber said the German airline had evaluated 12 markets from ...

This week we are joined by Mark, a frequent US Airways traveler to discuss the US Airways Dividend Miles program. During the podcast we discussed:

Delta's recent mishaps when landing and generally when "situationally unaware" A new segment "Your Hometown, Your Airline" where we recommend an airline mileage program based on a particular city. This week we discuss the best airline programs for flyers in Boston. Mark describes US Airways ...