Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The arm-chair upside to this OpenSkies-L'Avion merger is that we will all quickly learn a great deal more about BA's strategy for its new baby business class airline. Based on all available information, it always seemed like OpenSkies would opt for Route Map vs Frequency. They'd launch ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
British Airways is back in merger news with reports of a ménage à trois "operational merger " with American Airlines and Iberia. The article notes, "The deal would allow the companies to combine nearly all aspects of their operations, including sales, purchasing and marketing, leading to lower costs and ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The big news of the morning is British Airways' purchase of L'Avion. BA shelled out a strikingly low 33 million Euro for the airline (68 million - 35 million in cash reserves) and will absorb L'Avion into OpenSkies. I discussed the impending possibility of this purchase in my podcast ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Well, not really. This week marks the end of the first 6 months of 2008 and it has been, um, not so good for the industry. Not that you need proof but check out my handy dandy chart below:Sure, it may be hard to read the details on this chart, ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
The New Yorker chimes in with a satire on the latest round of airline fees:"Luggage surcharges are old news at my airline....Staring blankly at the seat back in front of you for the entire flight is no longer permitted on my airline. If you have brought nothing to read, a ...
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