Delta versus Alaska on each carrier’s Boeing 737-900ER
With US airlines offering generous ticket flexibility in a post-Covid world, I find myself splitting trips between multiple airlines more th... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Boeing 737-900ER
Limited catering and lavatory quirks sully Delta A321neo experience
As a somewhat loyal Delta flyer, I jumped at a recent opportunity to book a roundtrip transcontinental journey on the airline’s newly acquir... Continue Reading
2021: Aviation’s once-in-a-century opportunity to reset seat sizes
The next twenty years in aviation will define what commercial aircraft — and their cabins — look like for the next century. What looks futur... Continue Reading
FAA issues AD for 737s fitted with Viasat IFC under specific STC
The FAA has issued a new airworthiness directive for certain Boeing 737-800 and -900ER series aircraft fitted with Viasat’s satellite-based ... Continue Reading
United, Southwest and a long overdue family vacation
After sixteen months and two previously cancelled family trips due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my family of four was ready for a vacation in C... Continue Reading
Comparing Delta’s 737-900ER and 757 on New York-Seattle
If I were to tally up all of my flights over the years, New York-Seattle probably tops the list of routes I’ve flown the most. It’s a rather... Continue Reading
Intelsat positions for recovery; share of Delta IFC is wild card
As COVID-19 restrictions ease and passenger traffic increases at airports in key markets, including the US, Intelsat believes it is “w... Continue Reading
Delta vows to equip domestic fleet with enhanced IFC by end of 2022
Delta Air Lines is vowing to equip nearly all its domestic mainline fleet with “enhanced” inflight connectivity by the end of 2022, after it... Continue Reading
Delta takes Main Cabin consistency seriously, and it shows
At what point does reliability and fleet commonality become so prevalent within an airline that all of my past experiences on said airline s... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines begins upgrade to faster Gogo inflight Internet
Fully aware that passengers’ appetite for bandwidth has increased Alaska Airlines has begun to upgrade its Gogo ATG inflight Internet ... Continue Reading
United celebrates women during Boeing 737-900ER delivery flight
There’s always a bit of real and ceremonial paperwork, and often a dinner and some sort of party, when an airline takes delivery of a brand ... Continue Reading
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