The travel industry has taken a beating with the loss of three U.S. airlines in one week: Skybus, Aloha Airlines, and ATA (American Trans Air). Us hamsters have placed bets on who would be next; I must confess I lost. Please support small air carriers - Frontier, Midwest, Cape Air, Gator Air to name a few.....otherwise I'll end up having to be shipped by UPS when I want to fly due to lack of competition and higher prices.
Speaking of higher prices, it is well worth the money to fly on Privatair - the Swiss all-business jet service which provides 737 planes for a mere 48 passengers! Many companies offer such services now, including Silverjet, EOS, probably Virgin Atlantic soon. I am partial to Lufthansa's Privatair service which I've flown twice. It felt nothing like the cages I'm used too. I though we were being grounded by a snowstorm because at 6:25pm my flight hadn't been announced (departure time 6:30pm). At 6:27 were were called to board from Newark's luxurious business lounge for Lufthansa, and by 6:32 pulling from the gate. Just 12 passengers on board and we were treated royally! The closest I've experienced is Grand Class on Austrian Airlines - featuring Ulrich the flight attendant. More on him shortly - he's currently enroute to Rio de Janeiro and we'll create some new adventures for you there.
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