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It has been a while since I’ve dug into reader mail, and tonight I was reminded of this while checking out the airplane photography of Leighton Matthews … so let’s dig in … today’s reader mail comes from H.M. Kumar who asks  “With all the fanciful  airplane designs airlines are using for promotions and branding, [...]

This week’s reader mail comes from Annette up in Canada. Annette asks “What’s the difference between a code share and interline agreement between airlines?” Annette, in fact, a code-share and an interline agreement are quite different. I can go into depth, but that really doesn’t help travelers all that much … so I’ll stick with [...]

Its that time of year again, the cold winter chill has lost its charm, the sun is setting later and later allowing you to see the black ice on the road for an extra few minutes at night … and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released its list of the top (and bottom) [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/10/2009 – Continental Airlines Joins Star Alliance Its been quite some time in the making, but as the sun rises over Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) this morning the former Continental Airlines SkyTeam alliance logos have been taken down and a shiny Boeing 757 sits in a hanger painted in [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/09/2009 – Guest Posts From My Favourite Bloggers : Dan Webb – The Next Future CEO of Some Airline Somewhere As a photographer, traveller and airline industry geek there are a few blogs I read on a daily basis. With the broad range of readers that Flying With Fish attracts [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 08/09/2009 – Guess who co-authored the “First comprehensive Guide to Airline Social Media strategies” …well the full headline from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation as of right now is “First comprehensive Guide to Airline Social Media strategies released” Still taking a guess at who co-authored it? If you guessed [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 20/05/2009 – Airlines & Twitter : 10 Ways Airlines Can Succeed & Drive Business Businesses are engaging in ‘social media’ at a breakneck pace, but how many are using these tools effectively? Yesterday JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines sat down together at the annual Media Relations Summit in New York [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/04/2009 – …and the winners of the top Freddie Awards for hotels and airlines are…. Last night the 21st Annual Freddie Awards for the top international airline and hotel loyalty programs were handed out at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Throughout the evening I had the [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 21/04/2009 – Airlines That Embrace Twitter & Why It Can Be A Valuable Tool For Them –DUE TO THE NUMBERS ON TWITTER CHANGING CONSTANTLY ALL INFORMATION IS VALID AS OF 12:04PM EST (GMT -5) ON 22-APRIL-2009– With airlines continuing to lose money, the global economy in decline and competition for [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 15/04/2009 – The Passenger Experience Can Create Friendly Skies Or Unfriendly Skies This morning I found an interesting story on The Consumerist, by way of a fantastic airline industry blog Shashank Nigam’s SimpliFlying (www.simpliflying.com). This story details how a woman and her boyfriend were trying to catch a United Airlines [...]