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So we now have the formal view on 2009 from the venerable IATA. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA),the world...

Here is a nice picture of said Prototype courtesy of flight. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/assets_c/2009/01/kpae4515.html ...

Boeing is likely to postpone its all new 737 Replacement aircraft perhaps until the well into the 2020's. In 2008 it was reported that t...

Two recent cases have brought to the fore the problems of drinking and flying. However this time its the passengers who seem to have the pro...

The family patriarch of the Constantino family Nene (78) for second time is facing charges. Authorities accuse Nene Constantino, 78, of orde...

OK listen up chaps - time to learn the new Lexicon for 2009. Nominated for the award of the word of the Year 2008 - Staycation will be join...

Northwest Airlines was very keen to win the Seattle to Beijing route when it was first mooted. Back then there was competition from even Max...

In the category of sure win bets - WN CEO Gary Kelly is offering a steak dinner to anyone who can prove that Southwest Airlines does not ca...

Southwest is still fighting the fine it has imposed on it for operating approx one thousand flights with aircraft that had not been properly...

2009 Predictions, Prognostications and Other Views into the Future – Part III So in my last part of the year in review – lets look into the ...

Since this is the holiday season and we all need some frivolity here is a great story. This is a post I once wanted to write but never got a...

Awards, Brickbats, Comments etc 2008 was yet another year of turmoil in the Aviation, Travel and Tourism space. We kissed goodbye to the ded...

Expedia EMEA seems to be having a hard time getting it right. After a stellar start and early market share capture almost entirely organic i...

Just a big thank you to all for the support during the past year. As you can see we are taking it a little easy over at the Professor's ...

For our annual 2008 review we are going to do a three parter. In part one we will examine the world order and its potential impact. In part ...

New Alitalia? Think again... its the same one. On Monday "Labour" disputes caused nearly 100 cancellations and yesterday a further...

Dear All I received a lot of comments on the charity choices. I would like to thank all the people who sent me comments and suggestions on t...

Thanks to Professor Joe for this link. I will admit that I am late to this part of the debate. I also have to say I have never been a big fa...

Aer lingus - the little Irish Airline that tries quite hard to be nice - is doing a dramatic about turn and going after some new business by...

For many of you who follow the Professor - there is an interesting sense of some of the arcane nature of the distribution business for ATT- ...