Google Reader (which I love and posted about recently) has an Amazon-like feature that suggests other blogs one might be interested in based on those to which the reader already subscribes.

That’s how I heard about PlaneBuzz. PlaneBuzz is a blog about the airline industry in all of its inglorious glory.

Holly Hegeman is the force behind PlaneBuzz. She has years of experience in all manner of enterprises ranging from owning a bar in New Orleans to running her own marketing consulting firm. Mostly though, her focus has been in the airline industry both from the inside as well as observing it from the financial world.

Something about her writing style reminds me of the late Molly Ivins. She’s a pleasure to read, and the humor is served up along with a great deal of useful information and insight.

When an airline announces a development it thinks is just about the greatest thing to happen to commercial aviation since Kitty Hawk, you can depend on her to put it in its proper unvarnished perspective.

Hegeman also edits another aviation industry website called PlaneBusiness. The heart of PlaneBusiness is a weekly electronic newsletter called PlaneBusinessBanter concentrating on airline finance and business. It is currently available for an annual subscription of $147.

But PlaneBuzz doesn’t cost a penny. Take a look and see what you think. If you’re at all interested in the loopy world of commercial aviation then I’m certain you’ll enjoy it.

For extra credit:

Because the internet consists of links that can lead to all sorts of interesting places, another website I got to thanks to PlaneBuzz was The Cranky Flier.

I’ll spare you the story of how I ended up here but I found a Cranky Flyer post that was simply hilarious. It involves adventures with Jenn, the “virtual assistant” that Alaska Airlines provides to help users negotiate its website.

Read the Cranky Flier story entitled “Across the Aisle from Alaska’s Hot Virtual Assistant”.