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• United Details Plans for Ted’s Death

  United has internally released its plans for how it’s going to handle the dismantling of Ted, and as usual, copies are circulating. I know that some planes have already been painted over, but that’s just the beginning. Here’s what we’re... Posted Oct 28 2008, 02:52 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Seats, Ted

• This Week on BNET (Sep 8 - 12)

  American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing more long haul international. What new routes might we see? United Stock Tanks on False Bankruptcy Rumors It was a seemingly... Posted Sep 13 2008, 03:06 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Technology, Schedule Changes, Singapore Airlines, Seats, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, Fares, Air New Zealand, American, Advertising, 757

• Three Cool things From the Aircraft Interiors Expo

  I had the chance to spend a day at the first running of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in the US this week, and I have to say, it was pretty interesting. I mean, it’s not all glitz and glamour as you might expect. Sure, there was a red carpet there... Posted Sep 12 2008, 03:09 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Technology, Seats, Inflight Entertainment

• NBTA: Check Out the Swiss Aerobed Seat

  Things got a little busy last week with the A380 flight, so I didn’t have a chance to post the last of my NBTA posts. Here it is . . . . Back in May, I talked about how Swiss had decided to replace its current business class offering with a new... Posted Aug 11 2008, 03:44 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, Swiss

• Flying the Emirates A380 in Business and First (Part Two)

  Now let’s see, where did I leave off after yesterday’s post? Ah yes, we were leaving coach behind and heading up to business class. (As a reminder, you can see all the pictures and videos here.) At the top of the rear stairs, we entered the... Posted Aug 08 2008, 03:29 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Seats, Inflight Entertainment, Trip Reports, Emirates, A380

• Flying the Emirates A380 in Coach (Part One)

  Sorry it took me an extra day to put this together, but it was no easy feat. The A380 is one big plane, and I have plenty to talk about. Because of that, I’ve decided to split this post in half. Today, I’ll cover life on the lower deck, in... Posted Aug 07 2008, 03:19 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Seats, Inflight Entertainment, Trip Reports, Emirates, A380

• This Week on BNET (July 28 - August 1)

  I have more from NBTA on BNET this week including discussions with both ANA and Lufthansa. Frontier Receives DIP Financing from Perseus I never thought we’d see it happen, but I’ve now been proven wrong. Frontier picked up $75 million to help... Posted Aug 02 2008, 01:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Seats, Continental, Delta, Air Canada, BNET, Emirates, A380, ANA

• NBTA: Qantas and Singapore’s Battle of the Suites

  It’s Friday, so let’s just forget about reality and move into the world of the super rich and famous. The hot trend these days? Private suites doubling as First Class. Emirates, Qantas, and Singapore are all entering the ring as are others... Posted Aug 01 2008, 03:34 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Seats, Emirates, A380, Qantas

• NBTA: OpenSkies’ Earth-Shaking Announcement in Los Angeles

  OpenSkies has been full of news this week. First it was the announcement of Amsterdam - New York flights and then yesterday it was the decision to ditch coach and go with all premium economy and business class. The news was quite literally earth-shaking... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:32 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, Seats, British Airways, OpenSkies

• NBTA: Continental Goes Flat in BusinessFirst

  It was an action-packed day at NBTA today. I think I talked to enough people and sat in enough seats to really have a couple weeks of posts here. Unfortunately, as you might expect, the focus is almost entirely on the premium cabin experience. So, much... Posted Jul 29 2008, 03:17 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, Continental

• Virgin America’s Up to Something with Premium Seating

  I received an email from a subscriber yesterday asking why she couldn’t book premium seats on Virgin America for her trip in October. (Premium seats are defined as the bulkhead and exit row in coach, and they’re currently sold for a few bucks... Posted Jul 03 2008, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Virgin America, Seats, Distribution

• Japan Air Lines Rolls Out New First and Business Class Seats

  You know I like to talk about new seats here on the blog, and this time I know some of you will be happy to hear that it’s coming from the Pacific Rim. (Yes, I know I should blog about the other side of the Pacific far more than I do.) So who [... Posted Jun 17 2008, 03:49 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, JAL

• Swiss Installing Aerobeds in Business Class

  Ok, so maybe it’s not actually an Aerobed, but it’s close enough. Anyone get a chance to see Swiss’s new business class product yet? It’s an interesting concept, but I have to wonder if it’s actually as comfortable as they... Posted May 27 2008, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, Swiss

• Delta To Install the Cozy Suite in Coach on International Fleet

  I saw a discussion about Delta installing a radically different type of seat in coach and I immediately assumed it was an April Fool’s joke. But after rooting around a bit and seeing confirmation of the news from FlightGlobal, I think it’s... Posted Apr 02 2008, 03:05 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, Delta

• JetBlue to Charge for More Legroom

  You could have seen this one coming from miles away. As of April 1, JetBlue will begin charging if you want to sit in those seats with extra legroom up front. My reaction? I can’t believe it’s taken them this long. Usually, airlines try to... Posted Mar 20 2008, 02:45 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: JetBlue, Seats