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Anytime you see me blog about the airlines you can just bet that it is mostly bad news. Today is not different but there are a few spots of sunlight in this post.
British Airways (full story in Travel Weekly) - British Airways’ flight attendants voted Monday to go on strike during the Christmas season. Ninety percent voted to strike. The walkout is expected to begin on Dec. 22 and last for 12 days. It doesn't sound like a very merry Christmas for travelers flying from or to the United Kingdom this holiday season.
Conflicting Economic News for the Airlines - The first story I read was all doom and gloom about how the airlines were going to lose 5.6 billion in 2010. Right below that article was one that offered hope due to higher air volume in November. Of course they neglected to mention that this "rise" was because of the busiest holiday season, Thanksgiving! The third story was even more euphoric extolling the good news that airline's economic woes must be over because United was ordering new aircraft. Would you believe that ALL THREE of these articles were in the SAME issue of Travel Weekly?!?
Boeing has announced it's first test flight of the Dreamliner, a Boeing 787. See it here: http://www.newairplane.com/.
British Airways (full story in Travel Weekly) - British Airways’ flight attendants voted Monday to go on strike during the Christmas season. Ninety percent voted to strike. The walkout is expected to begin on Dec. 22 and last for 12 days. It doesn't sound like a very merry Christmas for travelers flying from or to the United Kingdom this holiday season.
Conflicting Economic News for the Airlines - The first story I read was all doom and gloom about how the airlines were going to lose 5.6 billion in 2010. Right below that article was one that offered hope due to higher air volume in November. Of course they neglected to mention that this "rise" was because of the busiest holiday season, Thanksgiving! The third story was even more euphoric extolling the good news that airline's economic woes must be over because United was ordering new aircraft. Would you believe that ALL THREE of these articles were in the SAME issue of Travel Weekly?!?
Boeing has announced it's first test flight of the Dreamliner, a Boeing 787. See it here: http://www.newairplane.com/.
