Professor Sabena's Blog

So yesterday - quietly and without fuss, Alitalia's Chairman declared: “Alitalia is finished,” Mr Colaninno said yesterday. “There is no...

From the file called bizarre attempts at world domination. Lufthansa seems to be hell bent on putting its foot down as many places as possib...

BBC is reporting that Zoom has been grounded. Down to 5 planes it had the first repossessed yesterday afternoon in Calgary. Then today one i...

Despite a turnaound that has astounded many - EI has slipped back into the red in H1 2008. Dermot Manion has had his work cut out for him - ...

A lot of noise has been made about the impact of the dramatic rise in the cost of fuel affecting US airlines. However everyone is affected. ...

OK so maybe I am exaggerating a little but this is somewhat bizarre behavior, Southwest is telling the government (according to Travel Weekl...

Inquiring minds want to know. Well someone actually did a bit of research and asked a specific question - the total lifetime expenditure on ...

So we are in the last week of the US summer and the first week of "un" summer in Europe. As people head back to work from their su...

For many years you were supposed to feel special if you were a Hertz #1 Club member. Sounds very special, but like many things in the Travel...

So today dear friends I gave up (yet again) my privacy to another government. This time to the USA government. I went for the new Enhanced D...

This week (or shortly depending on their demanding summer holiday schedule) the nice people who are supposed to represent the interests of t...

OK - I am going to deviate from our usual focus and play a little game. If you look at the medal tables - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/ol...

So Carlson Leisure Group is rebranding and renaming. Having worked extensively in multiple parts of the world I am a little sensitive to the...

I wrote recently about the Pilot Troubles at United. Well... this is not the only group of unhappy people. This is from the Dallas Morning N...

The TSA is reported by several pilot forums and airline news sources to be considering a rule making that would give TSA employees unfettere...

So crowing about how single handedly the UK Government won the 2012, 30th Olympiad, those nice people in Whitehall have decided to delegate ...

Yesterday was not a good day for the MD80. The tragedy of the Spanair accident in Madrid has yet to be determined. The impact of a potential...

The rivalry that began with the Spanish Armada may be long forgotten but Ferrovial's purchase of BAA has been a long festering problem. ...

OK this is straight forward and needs no comment. It speaks for itself. I simply reprint the notes from OAG's email blast today. Its ugl...

The UK's SFO has received a complaint and has opened an investigation according to the UK's Daily Telegraph into the circumstances s...