Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Time has a piece out this week discussing L'Avion's successful sell to British Airways. When L'Avion sold, much of the press was about how this marked the end to the first batch of business class airlines. And while that storyline wasn't all that wrong, it did miss one thing: L'Avion ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Following on yesterday's post, American Airlines is notably absent in offering a value-add service to those looking for something extra. Today, AA announced it is ordering 6 more 737-800s for a total of 76 fuel efficient aircraft to be delievered by 2010. These aircraft will replace the aging MD-80s ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
As oil dips back down to the $110 mark and airlines start to breathe a little easier it is worth taking a look back at what the past year has brought us in the way of change. Higher Fares? Yes. A la carte pricing? Yes. Paying for luggage? Yes. Is ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
...flying was really this much fun.
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This is part of United's new ad campaign that debuted this weekend focusing on its international first and business class. A couple of the other commercials focus on the 180-degree flat bed, such as the Moondust spot. And, for those romantics out there there is ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
This morning the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Northwest has written off its investment of Midwest Airlines. One could argue, as Northwest's spokesman does, that this is simply Northwest following the simple rules of conservative accounting. However, it is more than likely another sign of Midwest's impending demise ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
So British Airways has a neat little micro-website out promoting its new terminal 5. It has a daily update on the average check-in time and a generic story about some customer's success story at T5. I appreciate British Airways understanding what it has to do to sway customers. ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Time is out with a survey on the latest round of airline fees attempting to answer "Who is the stingiest?" Their answer: US Airways. The list goes (from stingiest to least stingiest): USAirways, United, American, Northwest, Continental, JetBlue, Delta, Virgin America, Southwest. A few comments:1. I love seeing ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Tom Parson's, CEO of Bestfares.com, did a solid job today refuting the non-sense that MSNBC was trying to report in regards to the JetBlue $7 pillow. If you ask me, the only reason this is a big story is because New Yorkers are semi-obsessed with JetBlue and thus the ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
A couple interesting things regarding July traffic:1. Allegiant posted a ridiclious 95% load factor for July up from 91% year over year. That is a crazy number. The stock is up 14% up over the past week, jumping 11% today.2. You might be seeing this headline out there: ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
These turbulent times have led to some amusing marketing messages on websites. So if you happen to go check out usairways.com, you'll see some super relevant News. In case you missed it, US Airways has some new fees for bags, ALL beverages now cost money in coach, and, oh yeah, ...
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