AirTran Boeing 717 taking off while Midwest sits in the background

Dan Webb over at Things in the Sky take a look at AirTran and Frontier deciding to end their mutual relationship. Yesterday Webb looked at AirTran announcing they would give you 32 A+ credits (that will get you two round trip tickets) if you donated [...]

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A Ryanair Boeing 737 protecting one of its engines from ash.

What a crazy last few days with the volcanic ash huh? Unless you ONLY get your news from airlineworkersunite.com (not advised btw), you probably know about this volcano in Iceland that erupted and causing complete havoc for flights to and from Europe.
I don’t want to [...]

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Here are the liveries in their full glory!

Yesterday I gave you guys what I thought was the ULTIMATE LIVERY TEST. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting many (if any) people to get them all right. I have once again underestimated some of my readers.
I got a lot of great feedback from people on this (even from those [...]

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Frontier Airlines Airbus A319 (N928FR) taking off from Seattle, WA.

Last year Republic Airways bought both Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines. Back in February the chairman of Republic, Bryan Bedford, stated he wanted to unify the brands. He said that Frontier and Midwest have “great brand value,” and that the combined airline will “keep the best [...]

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One of the many pages of the TSA agent's notepad. Pic from RunwayGirl

Remember back when the TSA harassed another aviation blogger about a leaked TSA directive? I didn’t think the story could have gotten any crazier, but I was wrong.
Mary Kirby (RunwayGirl) was given photos, from a very reliable source, of a notebook that was [...]

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Egypt Airlines Flight 736 after landing in Cairo

A man tried to use an in-flight knife to hijack EgyptAir flight 736 from Istanbul Turkey to Cairo. 30 minutes into the flight the man used his knife to threaten a flight attendant. The hijacker demanded the flight be diverted to Jerusalem. Luckily there were air marshals aboard [...]

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