Over the weekend, the Department of Transportatin (DOT) announced that they have given the oneworld Alliance provisional antitrust immunity. This brings oneworld into line with SkyTeam and Star Alliance and is the final nail in the coffin of advancing competition between scores of airlines in the international arena.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) seems to have discovered consumers after decades of pandering to the airlines. Recent enforcement actions are unprecedented — fines for misleading advertising, fines for tarmac delays, new directives on lost luggage compensation, closer inspections of maintenance and now DOT is telling British Airways (BA) to pay expenses passengers incurred because of a BA advertising mistake.
Southwest Airlines leads the airline pack with air traffic modernization. Budget Travel lists innovations that you will love and that will make travel easier. British Airways starts flying from London to Las Vegas.
The new JetBlue JFK terminal is scheduled to open in September. The airline is not taking any chances. Acutely aware of the British Airways Terminal 5 fiasco, JetBlue is looking for frequent traveler guinea pigs to fully test their terminal systems.
The demise of American Airlines’ JFK-Stansted (London) service appears to have taken no one by surprise. The canceled route served its purpose — to drive the new all-business-class airlines into bankruptcy — and is no longer needed.
American Airlines one of the main airlines in the One World Alliance with British Airways said that Heathrow was the worst airport that they serve in Europe.
After the sketchy opening of T5 this month, BA has decided to wait until June to make the transfer of 60 long-haul flights to Terminal 5.