Consumer Traveler Today: May 7

Consumer Traveler Today: Union infighting should be spirited in UA-UA merger
 
 
Union infighting should be spirited in UA-UA merger
What we’re reading: Boeing may replace 737, body-scanners don’t decrease efficiency, BMI has reason to survive
Research needed to better predict, understand impact of volcanic ash on aircraft
Saving your European vacation from the Iceland volcano
Union infighting should be spirited in UA-UA merger
Posted: 07 May 2010 01:41 AM PDT
Where United Airlines and Continental Airlines don’t have many routes that overlap, they do have unions that overlap and these unions are sure to be far more difficult to couple than will be the route structures. Anyone who has been involved with airlines knows that union vs. union fights are far more down and dirty than [...]
       

What we’re reading: Boeing may replace 737, body-scanners don’t decrease efficiency, BMI has reason to survive
Posted: 07 May 2010 01:35 AM PDT
Boeing may replace 737, Boston airport TSA says body-scanners don't decrease efficiency, BMI airline with Lufthansa connections has reason to survive
       

Research needed to better predict, understand impact of volcanic ash on aircraft
Posted: 06 May 2010 08:30 AM PDT
A hearing to examine the role that federal research can play in understanding the impact that volcanic ash clouds have on aircraft operations. Most recently, the eruption of an Icelandic volcano paralyzed air travel in Europe for six days, inconvenienced countless passengers around the world, and is projected to have caused airline revenue losses of at least $1.7 billion.
       

Saving your European vacation from the Iceland volcano
Posted: 06 May 2010 07:30 AM PDT
To paraphrase one of the great horror movies from the 80s … “It’s baaaack!” After a short respite, the Icelandic volcano is again affecting flights into and out of Europe.