Archive for November, 2008
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
The airline fee blitz unfolded rapidly and I imagine the marketing departments of traditionally slow moving companies were challenged in ways that they never truly anticipated. As a result, you end up with strange names for services that used to be free. One of my favorites is United's "Travel Enhancements." ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
An advertisement off of the nytimes.com website takes you over to Lufthansa.com's "Lufthansa Moment." The angle isn't new asking you when you had your "Lufthansa Moment" realizing that Lufthansa was the right international airline for you. But, the execution is excellent. The interactive site takes you through the lives of ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
....over at Kayak.
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
IATA published September data today: "According to the International Air Transport Association, business- and first-class ticket buyers fell 8% in September from a year ago, far deeper than the decline of 1.5% seen during August. The sharpest decline occurred in the Middle East with a 14% slump, while business travel ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Sorry, I've been busy at work(school) this past week so have been unable to post as much as I would normally prefer. However, I wanted to comment on Southwest's announcement that they are seeking gates at LGA. Given Southwest's move to "Business Select", this should be viewed as a move ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Allegiant announced yesterday that it is moving 70 miles west on I-96 from Lansing to Grand Rapids. Although Allegiant has been in Lansing for 5 years, this can't be terribly surprising. Lansing is only 88 miles from DTW which has low cost competition from Spirit. In addition, the Grand Rapids ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Southwest was out yesterday with plans to expand to Mexico via codeshare with Volaris. First, Volaris needs to start flying to the United States (Wikipedia mentions Los Angeles). That is supposed to happen in 2009. Then the codeshare needs to materialize the following year. Volaris has a hub in Toluca and ...
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
One thing is sure. You can't fault Delta for not trying. Via the OTR, Delta has announced non-stop service to Paris from Pittsburgh and Raleigh-Durham. My thoughts:
1. As I alluded above, Delta has a strategy and regardless of whether it will work, they are at least implementing it. They are going ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
We've reached the point where it is safe to say that Allegiant is no longer an unknown (or undervalued) player on the street. That is, while every other airline stock has tanked this year along with the rest of the market, ALGT is up 20%. It hit a 52-week high ...
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