Dan Webb

Another Saturday, another set of links to interesting stories that I didn’t get to post on or other good blog posts from the week.

1. British Airways and Iberia are considering an Air France-KLM type merger. The Middle Seat Terminal points out that if the merger goes through, there won’t be any huge changes for passengers.
2. Fedex introduced the 757 into service as its 727 replacement aircraft.
3. Check out this week’s posts on Cranky Flier. Brett was able to attend the NBTA (National Business Travel Association) conference this week and has some good reports from it, like this one on first class suites.
4. PlaneBuzz has a very interesting post comparing how airlines report gains on fuel hedging and the effects on second quarter earnings.
5. Emirates took delivery of its first A380 and is ordering even more planes, reports ATW Online. The superjumbo had a successful first flight to New York.
6. The Lufthansa strike is over. Yay.
7. Jon Heckman has started and is expanding a nice little page of common airline/aviation abbreviations that you might find useful.
8. Towers and Tarmacs links to a great article about the lure of planespotting.
9. Lucky has a great trip report on his recent Asian trip. You can start reading it here.
10. And finally, if you were planning to depart from a Swedish airport with a dwarf in your checked luggage as a prank, just don’t do it. Apparently the employees don’t like it. (Hat tip to my dad for the article.)