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We all know how expensive commercial flight has become. And we’re all too familiar with the cryptic way airlines seem to manage pricing their fares. Well, it just so happens that my main commercial airport, the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), is again the most expensive airport in the entire country to fly out of.
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A few weeks back, USA Today ran an interesting piece from their business travel columnist David Grossman. He presents a compelling case for why ‘08 isn’t likely to be a good, or even a decent, year for conventional business travel.
Regardless of how you feel about the rest of the content (there’s a considerable amount of political news and commentary), there’s a really cool column on the website Salon that anyone interested in private or commercial flight should check out.
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“I hate you, and I tell everybody I hate you.” That’s what one frequent flyer had to say to his airline, certainly voicing the frustration of far too many. This quote appeared this past weekend in an interesting little article in The New York Times.
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Lots of suggestions have been tossed about regarding how commercial air travel can be improved. Most of these come with hefty price tags: more airports, improved passenger management software, upgraded air traffic control systems, etc. But in a funny Time magazine essay this week, writer Steve Rushin offers up some no-cost alternatives.
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Congressional investigators reported this today: There is a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision in the United States. While we doubt this comes as a surprise to most, it’s still chilling. And one more reminder–in an endless series of reminders–that commercial flying sucks.
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While it pains us to keep sharing bad news about flying commercial, we consider it something of our sacred duty to do so. Let’s face it, the crappy commercial flight situation is perhaps the biggest reason many of us are considering fractional jet ownership. The cover story of the November 12 New York magazine presents some interesting and, yes, disturbing, facts.
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Perhaps you’ve flown on a commercial airline in the past couple of weeks and had a decent experience. Perhaps you’re re-thinking your interest in fractional jet ownership. Well let us be the first to remind you that the pleasant experience was an anomaly. Then let us recommend a hilarious site that really nails the airlines.
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In the current issue of Barron’s you’ll find an interesting editorial that suggests a way to end the chaos that has airports and airplanes way overcrowded and, therefore, more and more flights taking-off and landing way, way late.
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The rise in popularity of private jets has commercial airlines doing their best to lure higher income customers back–or to keep those they still have from leaving in the first place. I applaud their efforts (and look forward to enjoying them on occasion), but I feel they’ll fall short in stemming the tide.
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