Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Earlier this month JetBlue auctioned off a bunch of trips on Ebay. As Channel 9 noted, the flights seemed to be going at a discount. Now, JetBlue's manager of business development confirms that the trips sold at about a 40% discount to published prices. JetBlue claims they ran the ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Continental is offering a $45 one-way fare on US Helicopter between Manhattan and EWR for all first and full fare economy passengers. That's a $44 discount on the current promo available at US Helicopter's website. As reminder, US Helicopter offers 8-minute (plus security time) rides to JFK and EWR, sparing ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The Times has a nice roundup on the state of business class fares between NYC-Lon. The headline is that after OpenSkies came into effect, capacity in the NYC-Lon market went up 24% and fares went down by the same percentage.
But, as with airlines, nothing is that simple. Eos' demise was ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
The New York Times has a nostalgic piece on Shea Stadium's meaning to the aviation world. With the stadium expected to close its door's Sunday, pilots landing at LGA will lose an important landmark (although I'm sure the new stadium can replace it just as easily).
La Guardia is one of ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
...Airlines start behaving like normal companies (at least partially). According to Reuters, airlines are now holding corporate customers to the terms of their contracts, or worse pulling corporate contracts. At least, that is what ACTE is reporting. Kevin Mitchell of the Business Travel Coalition noted, "If you’re at an airline every single manager is ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
In a little bit of irony, JetBlue founder David Neeleman has made a deal to lease up to six E-190s from JetBlue for his Brazil startup Azul. JetBlue needs to slow its growth in the wake of the industry slowdown and Neeleman needs planes. Azul plans to launch in early ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
I mentioned this last week and now Joe Brancatelli is on board with a column out detailing the issues that airlines are go to face with the meltdown on Wall Street. He calls it the "Horny Banker Theory of business travel." Simply, "Airlines can charge corporate fliers 10 or even ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
It seems like a long time ago, but less than 1/2 year ago there were many discussions going on at Eos about how to integrate social networking into the brand conecpt. The airline went under before it got anywhere, here's a story on what Lufthansa is up to . They ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Something fun for Friday. Looking to pimp out your 747? Air New Zealand has the answer , unveiling a subsidary that will turn planes into "palaces." The company's general manager said that potential customers should have, "around $1 billion, have the need to travel and, importantly, not be vulnerable to ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Everyone's favorite airline, Direct Air has updated its webpage , with more info on its contracted flights. So, as orirginally advertised you might end up on a new, Virgin America A320 with a full entertainment system. Or, just for fun, you may end up on one of USA Jet Airlines ...
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