Monday, November 30, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Farewell, Frontier: Potter picks paradise

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Jeff Potter leaves Frontier Airlines for the aptly named Exclusive Resorts.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Malaysia Airlines head Idris Jala on industry consolidation

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Malaysia Airlines chief executive Idris Jala can look forward to consolidation opportunities from a position of strength

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Get naked for a free flight

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Airline seeks 999 nude models to publicise new flights

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Picky passengers protest. Don't they understand?

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People complain about airport and airline problems, but there's always an explanation.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: A strategy to save Gulf Air?

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Loss-making Gulf Air in the last chance saloon

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Pilot error?

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The recent fatal crash of a Bombardier CRJ100 in Kentucky has highlighted once again the need for pilots, airlines and safety authorities to focus on runway and airport situational awareness.  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just started probing...

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: I've got a bad feeling about this

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Mexicana is taking a long shot with its new regional jet operation

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Virgin America's Sacrifice: Fred Reid on the Block

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Fred Reid came to Washington the other day to offer to quit. Reid, who used to be the number two at Lufthansa and then was the number two at Delta, now is the number one at Virgin America, where he...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: EasyJet's Andy Harrison takes delivery of his Airline Business front cover

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Flight journalist Victoria Moores hands over a framed cover of Airline Business to easyJet boss Andy Harrison

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: BA to give away flights to small businesses

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"We've put up the flights to allow the SMEs to travel to do business," says Walsh

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: Cutting the Connexion

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Boeing's recent announcement that it has decided to shut down its Connexion unit, which offers internet access in-flight via passenger laptops, has, not surprisingly, been less than enthusiastically received by its airline customers.The manufacturer has said it was disappointed with...

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Friday, November 27, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Fighting on many fronts

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It's a plane. No, a train. And Northwest Airlines' striking mechanics are picketing it. Yes really. In the second week of a strike largely ignored by the flying public, the union formerly known as AMFA picketed a railroad marshalling yard about...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: EasyJet rails against state aid to network carriers

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EasyJet rails against state aid requests

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: What a Weeze: Ryanair's new base in Germany

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Deep breathes and the odd snicker at Airline Business with the announcement that Ryanair will be making German airport Weeze its next base. It might sound like a breathing difficulty, but Weeze Airport has been open for commercial airline services...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Midwest's found money: adequate AirTran defence?

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A Midwest Airlines cargo handler stumbles on $265,000 worth of gems, but the airline is still seeking ways to fend off unwanted suitor AirTran

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: AFRAA 2009: Missing the boat?

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AFRAA's annual general assembly in Maputo, hosted by LAM Mozambique Airlines, has just come to a close and I'm left questioning whether this is the "same old, same old" or whether change could be glinting on the savannah horizon. All...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Qatar Airways CEO hands out top prize at press awards

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Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker at the Foreign Press Awards

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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Swiss becomes Middle Eastern

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The sale of SR Technics to a group of Middle Eastern investors could accelerate the race among the world's largest maintenance companies to expand into key growth markets. The change of ownership will strengthen SR Technics' presence in the fast-growing...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: The Embraer adventure begins

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The first 100-seater regional jets, the Embraer 190, began service in the US Tuesday with jetBlue's first flights with the type -- an inauguration that came a day after the type's 50-seat sister saw another setback with the bankruptcy of...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Swiss to use bmi slots for Geneva-Heathrow return?

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Swiss is returning to the London Heathrow to Geneva market after a six-year hiatus

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Farewell Heathrow T2

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Heathrow's old Terminal 2 is about to be knocked down

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Farewell Heathrow T2

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Heathrow's old Terminal 2 is about to be knocked down

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Spain's Vueling Airlines doubles up

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Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling Airlines is making money

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Open Skies: Less than meets the eye

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The foreigners are coming, the foreigners are coming. Well maybe next year.  At least not just yet if they're here to buy US airlines. That's despite a big blast by US transportation officials that made a lot headlines about the...

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: Emirates burns rubber

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No, not on the runway, happily. The Dubai-based Emirates has just announced another sports sponsorship deal. Beginning with this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, the distinctive "Fly Emirates" logo - in evidence at an increasing number of top global sporting events...

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Friday, November 20, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Aimee Turner: Air Berlin's brave move

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Air Berlin's announcement that it plans to set up a low-cost transfer hub at London Stansted is a potentially ground breaking development in the European low-cost sector. It is an extremely aggressive move - and a brave one too, given that...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: The term low-cost airline is all BS

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Has the term low-cost airline become meaningless?

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: easyJet waves goodbye to easyLand

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Remember back in 1997 when British Airways opened its new Waterside headquarters in Harmondsworth near London Heathrow airport? Back then, it cost a cool £17 million (equivalent to £22 million today) to develop and was one of the UK's largest...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Virgin America: Friends in low-lying places

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Friends are good to have wherever you can get 'em, and Richard Branson's would-be US venture, Virgin America, has few so far. But one has emerged from the bayous and wetlands of Louisiana: Air Gumbo, which calls itself a "starting-up...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Airline Business UK is snowed in - literally

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The UK comes to a standstill as a huge snowstorm creates transport havoc - but Airline Business is still working


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[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Monarch's viral campaign

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Monarch has launched a viral campaign to promote its Ibiza services

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Bisignani pleads the fifth over Alitalia's future

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"As the director general of IATA I am a bit like a catholic priest - I can't disclose what I know," says Giovanni Bisignani, responding to a press question at the association's annual press briefing over what he thinks will...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: The future is free flights

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Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary is predicting free airline travel as a standard business model within a decade. He claims that eventually "the spend on board will be so high that the flight will be free". Speaking at a recent...

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Air New Zealand promotes 'leaf-peeping'

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Air New Zealand promotes "leaf-peeping" in New Zealand to attract visitors in the low season

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Batting back: American?s Ding! antidote

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American Airlines' new DealFinder fights back against Southwest's Ding! desktop fare alerting software.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: Global warming debate heats up

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As the argument rages as to the relative merits of the European Commission's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme versus the UK's Airline Passenger Duty charge, due to double next month, transatlantic premium startup Silverjet has come up with another idea. In...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Time to let Alitalia die with dignity

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Surely the time has come to let Italian flag carrier Alitalia to lay down and die

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Friday, November 13, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Chinese whispers...

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Been to Beijing? Have any top tips? Then please share them with us... Photo credit: Sipa Press/Rex Features The 2009 World Routes Development Forum in Beijing is fast-approaching and the Airline Business team will be there, producing three daily papers from...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Does Malta really need it's own airline?

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Does the small island of Malta really need it's own airline or is it a major cost burden?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Kayak steps up the meta-search assault

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Two major meta-search engines combine in the combative on-line travel agency field

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Einstein's revenge, or Delta fights back unsolicited suitor US Airways

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Weeks after an unsolicited suitor showed up at its door uninvited, bearing a wedding proposal and about $9 billion in hand, Delta has recovered from its shock and begun fighting back. US Airways, the suitor with the hot eye and...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Keeping blue green, OR, Pass the collection plate

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JetBlue founder and chief executive David Neeleman has a become something of an apologist now that the darling of the low-cost, low-fare airline industry has shown its feet or landing gear of clay by racking up a major deficit...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: For sale: bargain Heathrow slots

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Slot values at London Heathrow Airport have fallen through the floor

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Shouting back from the rooftops

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Philadelphian takes his pointed anti-airplane protest to the roof

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Panning Panama

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Why do people go to Central America? Well, the natural sights are gorgeous, there's the Panama Canal and for so many Norteamericanos, there's the strong dollar, the weak peso or Bolivar and the shopping. Maybe though with Panama, it's best...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: No Sopranos on board: Southwest seeks to entertain

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Southwest takes a tiny step toward in-flight entertainment with downloads from a cable site

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Going boldly, or not so boldly, where airlines have gone before

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Delta has been true to its word: It said it would fly where there might be profits. Now it is poised to move dramatically into international service where profits can still be made and where low-fare rivals can still be...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Signs of momentum for onboard phones

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After a pretty tortuous path overcoming the regulatory hurdles, there appear increasing signs we might be getting a bit closer to finding out how popular mobile phone use onboard aircraft is going to be, as there is a bit of momentum...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Kingfisher boss tracked down by Airline Business

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Airline Business editor Mark Pilling presented Kingfisher chairman Dr Vijay Mallya with a framed copy of the July issue of the magazine at last week's Farnborough Airshow. The July issue featured the flamboyant Indian entreprenuer on the cover and contained...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Mexicana's oneworld livery shots

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Mexicana debuted a mainline A320 and a Boeing 717 operated by its Click subsidiary in the oneworld logs during a joining ceremony on 9 November. Here are some pictures I snapped quickly during the festivites at Mexicana's maintenance base in...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: VIDEO: Middle East carriers riding out the storm

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Ahead of this month's Dubai Air Show, Flight International's Max Kingsley-Jones has been out in the Middle East talking to the major Gulf carriers about how they have been riding out the economic storm.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Making the best of bad news

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Here in the northern hemisphere inclement winter weather is with us again, putting the topic of aircraft delays back on the media's agenda. But while it's all doom and gloom to some, German carrier Lufthansa is putting a positive spin...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Uniform freak: the A-Z of flight attendant outfits

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A KLM steward has collected over 600 flight attendant uniforms

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Virgin Atlantic-James Bond tie up

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Virgin Atlantic is the global partner for new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Europe to get tough on airports?

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With little fanfare, and only after a small delay, the European Commission has released its long-awaited proposal on airport regulations. It was partly prompted by IATA's rantings on airport charges, which grew in volume in recent years. Airline Business will...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Farnborough Blog 3: From burgers to Boeing

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Six years ago Rusdi Kirana was eating a burger with his wife sitting on the grass overlooking the Farnborough runway. He was at the show looking to acquire his first aircraft for Indonesian start-up carrier Lion Air. The contrast with...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: New routes are expressly Californian

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ExpressJet picks three new points in a bid for intra-California service

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Missing and meeting deadlines at IATA

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For IATA and its dwindling membership, 2007 is the year of deadlines. All carriers have until the end of December to conduct the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and transition to 100% e-ticketing. That sounds a bit ambitious because 45%...

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Friday, November 6, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Ryanair?s new revenue stream

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Ryanair is to utilise the space on overhead locker doors for advertising

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Walsh questions future of two-class cabins for short-haul at Gatwick

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Interesting insight from Willie Walsh today into the possible future of BA's operations at Gatwick airport, as he indicated the days of it operating two-class cabins on short-haul flights from the airport could be numbered.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: What capacity cuts?

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This past weekend I flew through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport twice and I struggled to find any signs of DFW's recent double-digit drop in traffic. In fact, two things occurred which would normally point to growth rather than contraction.


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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: New Alitalia lodges first profit

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We've not seen the words 'Alitalia' and 'profit' in the same sentence for a while, but owners of the new look, combined Alitalia/Air One operation have at least lodged their first profitable quarter

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Two words: Snakes, Planes (SoaP)

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Airplane. Snakes. That's enough to pack American movie houses ('cinemas') for a new hit film that's raking in big bucks and bad reviews. Word ('buzz') in Hollywood is that Samuel L. Jackson, a truly guaranteed box-office draw, agreed to the...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Farnborough Blog 4: Whoops wrong Farnborough

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Finnish Commuter Airlines (Finncomm) managing director Juhani Pakari missed a Farnborough air show press conference organized with ATR after his driver embarrassingly took him to the wrong Farnborough. Amazingly, the English driver ATR arranged to take Pakari to a 9:30am...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Virgin Adventures: Getting into the Aussie spirit

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Two days after setting out from London, we've arrived in Sydney which has some quirky surprises in store as we continue our Virgin's 'round the world in eight days' tour, which I'm posting live to Twitter. Sydney, Australia (Monday 23 February...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: The way to Santa Fe: upgrades attract service

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New Mexico resort city extends runways, incentives, to attract regional jet services

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Toilets: The ultimate in airline ancillary revenues?

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Could Michael O'Leary REALLY be considering charging passengers to use the toilet onboard?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Virgin Adventures: The around the world journey begins

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Ever wondered what it's like to be a guest on a Virgin press trip with Sir Richard Branson? Or to travel around the world in eight days? Well here's my behind the scenes take on Virgin's 'round the world in...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Loyalty 2009 conference: Austrian says it will survive

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Austrian Airlines takes drastic action to ensure its survival

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Tilton's take on the recovery

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So how does United Airlines chief executive Glenn Tilton think the recovery will pan out?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Royal Air Maroc to be privatised: World Air Transport Forum news

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Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc is set to be privatised

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Red Letter Day

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The first of the month is a red letter day for most US airline observers. That's when Continental Airlines issues a revenue report. It's all the more closely watched because Conti is the only major to break out revenue...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Missing blogger?

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Airline Business blogger moves to Left field

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Colin Baker: Open skies: Congress needs convincing

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Delta Air Lines has become the latest US carrier to state its support lifting ownership levels beyond 49%.  Its managing director for the Atlantic region, Loren Neuenschwander, makes clear that the carrier is prepared to see this restriction lifted as...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: No regrets at AirTran, the opportunist

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AirTran may have rebuffed in its merger attempts but it's seizing every opportunity it can to steal a march on its rivals, including former target ATA.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Aer Lingus WAS behind strip-off stunt

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Aer Lingus was behind naked publicity stunt

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: European budget carriers: still making money

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Amid all the gloom in the European airline sector right now, Ryanair's increased first half profits published yesterday showed further signs that at least some of the region's budget carriers are not only surviving, but seeing profit growth.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: European budget carriers: still making money

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Amid all the gloom in the European airline sector right now, Ryanair's increased first half profits published yesterday showed further signs that at least some of the region's budget carriers are not only surviving, but seeing profit growth.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: An A380 cul-de-sac

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A dead zone creeps up in this Air France A380

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Message from a disloyal blogger

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Airline Business is Twittering, but we won't forget blogging

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Good news on nickels and dimes

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The legacy carriers may have the ancillaries idea down right, suggests a poll.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Duty Free Discrimination

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New security regulations, in particular a European Commission (EC) restriction on liquids in hand luggage, are the hot topic at this week's Airport Council International (ACI) annual general world assembly in Cape Town. ACI members approved a resolution today calling...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Airlines vs Airports - Round One

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Separating fact from fiction when airlines and airports bandy claims and counter-claims about airport fees is sometimes as tricky as deciphering just what Italian soccer player Marco Materazzi actually did say to French player Zinedine Zidane. But the headline in...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: BAA supremely confident in smooth Heathrow T5 opening

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BAA boasts about the IT systems supporting London Heathrow's Terminal 5.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: 50 in 5 for AirAsia

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AirAsia took delivery today of its 50th aircraft, an impressive accomplishment given the Malaysia-based low-cost carrier is only five years old. The carrier, which pioneered low fares in Southeast Asia, says with the 50th aircraft it will embark on...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Royal Jordanian celebrates its 45th birthday

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Royal Jordanian is celebrating its 45th birthday

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Dinosaurs still roam the earth

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British Airways and other network carriers accused of behaving like dinosaurs

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: O'Leary keeps pressure up on Aer Lingus

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Here's today installment in the Ryanair/Aer Lingus takeover battle. The two have been in a war of words again since Ryanair renewed its attempt to takeover its fellow Irish carrier before Christmas. Ryanair has since extended the deadline for acceptance of...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: O'Leary at the front line

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Michael O'Leary transfers to the check-in desk

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Jetblue online ads prompt ire of NBAA

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The campaign has certainly succeeded in getting attention since launching last month

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Management moves at easyJet

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The retirement of Ed Winter, easyJet's chief operating officer (COO), makes this an opportune time to discuss the make-up of the management team at Europe's second largest low-cost carrier as it continues its search for a new chief executive to...

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