Frequent Flyer News
Welcome to FF News
Sun, 2010-01-10 17:44 — JimGFF News is intended as a place to access aviation/airline news articles that may be of interest to frequent fliers regardless of airline affiliation. For that reason I try to keep the linked articles non-specific to particular airlines/alliances unless the article is discussing important or significant events. If you would like to see any change in that criteria, more or fewer articles in any specific areas, or comment on any of the articles please post those in the forums under the FF News forum. If you are not already a FFOCUS member, I urge all to join FFOCUS since the forums are available to FFOCUS members only.
Members wishing to make comments or suggestions of a general nature can add those to the "Suggestions and General Comments" thread in the FF News forum. For comments on a specific article please start a thread (if one doesn't already exist) using the title of the FF News entry as the thread title.
Your FF News editor, Jim Garner
Pilot Program Tests Paperless Passes
Fri, 2010-09-03 19:14 — JimGMSNBC - The Transportation Security Administration is working with some domestic airlines to test paperless boarding passes, which allow air travelers to download the document onto a cell phone or other mobile device. Read More>
Germany to Approve Air Passenger Duty
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:58 — JimGAviation Week - Germany’s federal government is expected to approve of the much-criticized air passenger duty at a cabinet meeting in Berlin on Sept. 1. Read More>
DOT Releases Updated "Fly Rights" Consumer Guide
Wed, 2010-09-01 13:22 — JimGDOT Press Release - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today unveiled an updated version of Fly Rights: A Consumer Guide to Air Travel, its popular guide to air travelers’ rights. Read More>
Last Call for Comments on Proposed Aviation Rules
Tue, 2010-08-31 10:23 — JimGWashington Post - The federal government is giving travelers an extra month to comment on proposed new consumer rules for airline passengers. Read More>
New routes to help ease congestion
Mon, 2010-08-30 22:42 — JimG{the RNP routes are one of the building blocks of the NextGen ATC system}
Chicago Tribune - The equivalent of "Lexus lanes" are being created in the skies above Chicago that should help reduce traffic jams that often block arrivals to a vital runway at Midway Airport. Read More>
Mexicana Could Shut Down in Days
Thu, 2010-08-26 11:22 — JimGAvWeek - The new owners of Mexicana’s parent company will close the entire operation by week’s end if the mainline carrier’s flight attendants fail to accept new contract terms. Read More>
FAA Seeks Multiple Perspectives to Stop Near Collisions
Tue, 2010-08-24 18:23 — JimGWSJ - Responding to a spate of midair near-collisions in recent months, the Federal Aviation Administration wants to bring pilots and air-traffic controllers together to voluntarily share information after such events. Read More>
Airlines cash in with peak-day surcharges
Mon, 2010-08-23 17:35 — JimGSeattle Times - Round-trip surcharges of $20 to $60 are set for as many as 33 days still this year, or almost one out of every four, according to Tom Parsons, chief executive officer of Bestfares.com, and Graeme Wallace of FareCompare.com. Read More>
Inflight Cell Phone Use faces uphill battle
Wed, 2010-08-18 18:22 — JimG
Reuters - A battle is brewing in the court of public opinion and in Congress over whether U.S. airplane passengers should be allowed to use cell phones in flight as many foreign airlines now permit but which critics say is unsafe and annoying. Read More>
