Virgin America to Portland, OR; maybe Washington National
Lots of interesting news coming out of hometown carrier Virgin America this week… First, the carrier has announced new flights to Portland, Oregon starting on June 5. Introductory fares are just $198...
View ArticleUnited reveals big changes on PS flights to New York
United’s super-popular “Premium Service” (PS) flights on the business-travel-heavy route between SFO and New York-JFK (as well as LAX-JFK) are about to undergo a radical re-do. To me this is great news...
View ArticleOutlook for fall travel
Election-year uncertainty and a weak US economy combined with higher gasoline prices, airfare and hotel rates have not deterred American travelers this summer, and healthy demand should carry on into...
View ArticleComing soon: Inflight video streaming
JetBlue announced this week that it will (finally) offer a new, faster satellite-based inflight wi-fi product. (Currently, JetBlue does not offer inflight wi-fi at all.) JetBlue, which flies from both...
View ArticleDelta & Virgin like ice cream & hot fudge
When news broke over the weekend about the possibility of Delta Air Lines buying a large stake in Virgin Atlantic, I knew I had to get the opinion of Henry Harteveldt, co-founder of The Atmosphere...
View ArticleVirgin America adds 20th city
Today Virgin America announced that it would begin nonstop service three times per day to the second largest business travel destination from San Francisco. Can you guess which city it is? Does the...
View ArticleVirgin America moves into San Jose
This morning, Virgin America announced that it will add four daily nonstops between San Jose International (SJC) and Los Angeles (LAX) starting May 1. Virgin CEO David Cush told The BAT that he has...
View ArticleHow we use inflight wi-fi [Infographic]
Bay Area Travelers (BATs) are lucky. Since the area’s technocratic elite demand wi-fi access on planes, most airlines offer the service on flights to/from Bay Area airports. Hometown carrier Virgin...
View Article5 ways inflight wi-fi could improve
It’s not here yet, but the promise of faster, more reliable in-flight wi-fi is on the horizon. We’ll have to wait and see how all this pans out, but for now, here’s the news: This month Gogo announced...
View ArticleVirgin’s unusual new safety video
Today Virgin America releases its new, long awaited, much anticipated pre-flight safety video. It’s the first time Virgin has updated its safety video since the droll animated cult classic that debuted...
View ArticleVirgin’s latest moves in NYC
VIRGIN AMERICA: SFO TO NEW YORK LAGUARDIA? Earlier this month San Francisco-based Virgin America snagged 12 slots at New York’s popular (but creaky) La Guardia Airport. Wouldn’t it be nice to fly...
View ArticleWhat winter storm?
Here I sit in my home office perch looking out the (open) bay window at a balmy 60 degree day watching coatless pedestrians meander along sunny sidewalks. A pack of busy carpenters and framers are in...
View ArticleFree ice cream for flyers!
Now that I have your attention… Today Virgin America announced that it has teamed up with popular San Francisco ice cream purveyor Humphry Slocombe to provide dessert for its first class passengers on...
View ArticleNew Virgin America hub?
Fresh from announcing its first annual profit, San Francisco-based Virgin America is busting out all over. This week it proudly announced that that US Department of Justice selected Virgin alone to...
View Article5 airline seats selling for $5,000+ (PHOTOS)
(Los Angeles) Every year at about this time, the business travel industry gathers for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) convention. This year it’s here in Los Angeles, with about 7,000...
View ArticleLove Dallas? + Fewer amateurs in PreCheck + $8 inflight cocktails
No surprise: Southwest adds DAL-SFO/OAK. Southwest’s big expansion of service at Dallas’ close-in Love Field later this year is adding two more business destinations: San Francisco and Oakland....
View ArticleVirgin & JetBlue or Uber & Lyft merged?
Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed a wave of travel industry mergers that seemed implausible a decade ago. Yet here we are today with four major airlines (American, Delta, Southwest and United)...
View ArticleThe most epic airline safety video ever?
Maybe! Check it out this latest in a very popular series of inflight safety videos from Air New Zealand and leave your comments below. Air New Zealand says that the safety video was shot over six days...
View Article2 new ways to fly SFO – New York
The lucrative San Francisco-to-New York City route is by far the most popular long haul route from SFO. As of this week there are two new ways make the trip. Way #1: JetBlue’s new Mint class nonstops...
View ArticleNew “secret passageway” at SFO
Delta flyers at SFO can now take a yoga break, partake of local organic food and wine or check out a cool museum space at SFO. [More...] That’s because there’s a brand new airside (behind security)...
View Article
