Wither DFW International?

The latest issue of The New Republic wonders, quite simply, “What will happen when America can’t afford to fly?” And no, surprisingly, the answer isn’t, “Transporters.” It’s a little more doom-and-gloom-scented, as Bradford Plumer takes a look at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and portrays it as the center of an…

United’s Rolling Up the Red Carpet

United Airlines’ Red Carpet Club lounge is located in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B, near Gate 30. There, frequent fliers willing to shell out a few hundy for a gratis T-Mobile® Hotspot®, some snacks and coffee and a cash bar can kill time comfortably whilst awaiting their delayed…

How the Dallas Mavericks’ Jet Spends the Off-Season

MLW Air The Dallas Mavericks’ Boeing 767-200 Mark Cuban has a piece of a pretty nifty fleet of planes: a Boeing 767-200, which holds 102 passengers in cushy comfort, and a 757-200, which’ll travel 63 folks willing to suffer with “lavatories so large they have windows.” Both appear to be…

If Nothing Else, Further Proof of Southwest Airlines’ Marketing Genius

Wacky, wacky Southwest Airlines. Looks like the Dallas-based airline, already responsible for one of the greatest print ads in recent memory, has done gone and rounded up Fort Worth-based comedy quartet Curtis Needs a Ride for this zany travel-tip infomercial regarding airport security do’s and do-not-ever’s. Note to Southwest: I…

Take That, Naomi Klein!

We’re the first, because we’re the best! Coming to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in August: “Baggage Carousel advertising.” Or, as it’s more commonly called, “screw-you money.” AdWeek’s blog is much more sensitive: “More reasons to be annoyed at the airport.” –Robert Wilonsky…

Hey, Tim Wagner. Some Questions.

This morning’s first query for American Airlines’ Tim Wagner, following yesterday’s announcement that the Fort Worth-based carrier is eliminating five American and 37 American Eagle flights out of LaGuardia Airport. Will American take into account New York Governor David Paterson’s plea that American “take into account more than profit and…

DFW International Has New Web Site. Wow, Just in Time!

A Friend of Unfair Park, by which I mean The Big Bossman, shot me a missive early this morning in which he alerted me to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport’s revamped Web site. Seems it’s a big deal now, what with the real-time Flight Tracker and search engine that allows you…

Looked Like You Picked the Wrong Week to Stop Sniffing Glue

Not a scene from DFW’s air traffic control, swear One week ago today, the Government Accountability Office released a report that noted the Federal Aviation Administration’s stepped-up efforts to hire new air traffic controllers, to compensate for “the projected departure of over 15,000 air traffic controllers between 2008 and 2017.”…

DFW Airport Wants to Thoroughly Check Your Naked Body

A TSA researcher volunteered to show what the body scanners will do. They’re very slimming. So, yeah, don’t be surprised when, later this month, you’re traveling through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and you’ve gotta first walk through one of those “security devices that reveal intimate body parts.” For the past…

Southwest Airlines Don’t #$*!% Around

After the jump, the Southwest Airlines ad that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. Which brings me to this week’s installment of Ask American Airline Spokesman Tim Wagner: Is that ad brilliant or what? –Robert Wilonsky…

Southwest Say Relax!

Southwest Airlines is launching these three ads — courtesy Dallas-based ad agency Dieste, Harmel and Partners — on Univision, Telemundo and other Spanish-language networks beginning today. It’s part of “a new ad campaign for the Hispanic Market titled ‘Relax!'” notes the media release this a.m. And no matter the language,…