Comments on: Airline News

By: john seidl

john seidl — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:56:24 +0000

Travel to Italy twice a month, every month. Security hasn’t really changed that much – no changes on the outbound from the US. From Milan back to the US they now do an additional check at the gate while boarding. At the end of the jetway near the plane door are several security people who search each carry on bag and pat down each flyer. Slowed the boarding process a little but otherwise no impact.

By: Bob Sabin

Bob Sabin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:41:36 +0000

Speaking of the misnomer for “Dreamliner,” I remember the first time I heard an Eastern Airlines “Whisperjet.” Hardly. It was a little quieter than a DC-8 or B-707, but that’s only because it had three LOUD Pratt & Whitney engines – not four.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:45:10 +0000

Sent to my by TICKET reader A Selden: Chris–For future reference, in relation to AirTran’s hub at MKE, note that there is free shuttle service at MKE to the Amtrak station AT the Milwaukee airport (located at the northwest corner of the perimeter fence; the tracks Amtrak uses there run N-S along the west fence, directly under the approach for the main E-W runway). The timetable for this is linked below, or you can get it at http://www.amtrak.com under “Hiawatha Service.” The Amtrak code for this stop is MKA. (They already used “MKE” for the downtown Milwaukee station.) This station offers service to Chicago, including a north suburban stop at Glenview, several times a day.