Airline information on-line on the Internet FAQ

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Transmeridian (http://www.tmair.com) ran out of money and is expected to liquidate. Ah, well.

TWA has been absorbed into American (http://www.aa.com). Where's Howard Hughes now that we need him?

United (http://www.ual.com) has resdesigned their site so that instead of being intriguingly bizarre, now it's just plain ugly. Reservations and booking via ITN. Web site requires cookies, although ITN itself doesn't. Direct link (https://wunited.itn.net/unitedair) to United's reservation sub-site on ITN is a lot faster than navigating through the main pages.

US Airways (http://www.usair.com) has schedules and reservations via a site that looks to have the same underlying engine as Travelocity. Booking is nice when it works, but half the time I get an error message rather than a ticket. (Deleting all your cookies often helps.) 1000 frequent flyer miles for tix bought online. Also weekly weekend travel specials from (and occasionally to) USAair hub cities. They've merged with America West, but for now the two airlines are operating separately with separate web sites.

USA 3000 (http://www.usa3000airlines.com/) flies a sparse schedule of A320s between the northeastern US, and Florida and the Caribbean with pretty low fares. Onboard services include food, movies, and "first flight" certificates for small children. (Nice, but not as cool as the Jr Pilot wings TWA gave me in about 1959.) Schedules, reservations, flight ops. The site uses a lot of Javascript but it all seems to work.

Via Rail Canada (http://www.viarail.ca) isn't an airline but is competitive in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto corridor. Schedule and fare info, on-line reservations. Aussi disponible en francais. (Was developed in French and translated into English, I know the guy who did it.)

Westjet (http://www.westjet.com) is a low-fare Canadian airline. Schedules, reservations, flight ops, weekly web specials.

Zoom Airlines (http://www.flyzoom.com/) flies their three planes on a sparse schedule between Canadia and Britain and France. (Don't miss the cute animated route map.) Online reservations, with date or name changes for C$50. The site will be nice when it's done, but for now there's an awful lot of place holder pages.

* Airlines in Europe

Aegean Air (http://www.aegeanair.com/aegeanen/home/index.asp) is a new full service with moderate fares, airline flying around Greece and elsewhere in Europe with nice new RJ-100s and tired old 737s. They're an attractive alternative to Olympic.

Aer Lingus (http://www.aerlingus.com/) has on-line booking with a useful fare calendar (click the Lowest Fares Availability link below the reservation box) that shows when cheap fares are available. It also explains their plans to cancel their current frequent flyer program, which means that if you don't use your points by October, you lose.

Air Berlin (http://www.airberlin.com) flies from about twenty hubs in Germany to holiday spots all over Europe and North Africa and to London. The very thorough web site has schedules, reservations, specials, and lots of other info, including the fact that the airline was originally headquartered in Oregon, USA.

Air Europa (http://www.air-europa.com), a low-cost airline based in Spain, has routes and schedules in an intriguing mix of English and Spanish.

Alitalia (http://www.alitalia.it) is the Italian flag carrier with a web site in, not surprisingly, Italian. USA site (http://www.alitaliausa.com) has info and reservations via a lightly customized version of ITN/Getthere. Also online specials, e.g., a fairly impressive 25% off what appears to be any coach or business fare through 25 Oct.

Aer Arann (http://www.aerarann.ie) flies ATR turboprops within Ireland and to Scotland, England and the Isle of Man.

Air Scotland (http://www.air-scotland.com) is a new airline apparently flying between Scottish airports and Mediterranean holiday destinations. It has a nice site full of plaid Scottish motifs, but I was unable to get it to cough up any actual flights I could book.

Austrian Airlines (http://www.aua.com) offers schedule and availability info, and a downloadable Excel spreadsheet schedule. Also special offers in a sometimes inscrutable mix of German and English.

British Airways (http://www.british-airways.com/) has schedules and reservations on an improved site with ticket-by-mail. Also flight ops, and, depending on what part of the site you believe, there may be some special offers for some flights departing from some countries, sometime.

British Midland (http://www.flybmi.com/) has a Web-based booking and ticketing system which lets you reserve and buy tickets.

bmibaby (http://www.bmibaby.com/) is a low-fare subsidiary of British Midland, with Flights from regional airports in England and Wales to business and vacation destinations in Ireland and Europe. Before you book, check that there isn't a cheaper fare from a nearby airport on bmi (above.)

SN Brussels Airlines (http://www.flysn.com) is trying very hard to persuade us that they're not Sabena. (Legally they're not, but they arose from the ashes of the Sabena bankruptcy and seem to have the same cheerfully inept attitude.) They fly around Europe and to a few places in Africa, but not to North America. Flights to the US on their web site are in fact code-shares on American.

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