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 ...

For all you Oneworld mileage runners (or for anyone looking for a cheap vacation), AA's got a deal for you.

American is offering r/t airfare from LAX-MEM for $156 a/i for September-December travel.

Sample routing: LAX-ORD-MEM-DFW-LAX.

As always with these cheap fares, if you are interested place a ticket on hold or book immediately.

My life as a road warrior is about to end.

I'm an educator by training, and for the past few years I've worked for a small company that publishes textbooks. A big part of that job has been training teachers at school around the country, which is what has me on the road. (Last year I did about 100,000 butt-in-seat miles, but double EQM had be at around 140k when all was said and done.)

I recently accepted a job running a school. It's a good career move for me in pretty much ...

Yesterday, I blogged about AA's assertion that its FAs are the highest paid and least productive in the airline industry. Not surprisingly, the AFPA doesn't agree and offers this response:

Convincing?

 What is it with OneWorld and strikes? First BA, now AA?

American Airlines flight attendants authorized their union leaders today to call a strike against the second-largest U.S. carrier if they are freed from further negotiations.

About 97 percent of those voting cast ballots to support a walkout, Association of Professional Flight Attendants President Laura Glading told members in a recorded message. Discussions are proceeding today between Fort Worth, Texas-based ...

On this week's UPGRD podcast, Matt contributed to one of the more popular myths about Southwest Airlines.

He said, "If you're a consultant who travels between LA and San Francisco each week, it [Southwest] is pretty much your only good option."

Matt's point (and the seeming consensus of the great unwashed masses) is that Southwest is good for frequent short trips. I think he might be wrong. A couple weeks ago I offered up thoughts on why Southwest's ...