Friday, April 2, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Wings, prayers (multi-denominational)

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A wing and a prayer. That's a phrase that comes up a lot whenever an airline is in deep trouble, as Delta has been for months. The carrier marked its third week in bankruptcy reorganisation with the announcement of a...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Southwest plays defense

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So it all started with Delta and US Airways offering WestJet five pairs of slots at LaGuardia as part of a strategy to approve their massive slot swap at LaGuardia and Washington National Airports. Then new WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: The fuel hedging story: from boom to bust in no time

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Why has fuel hedging become so important in the past 12 months?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Airline video mayhem - some Easter viewing pleasure

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A selection of whacky airline videos

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: CAPA's daily update: Lufthansa to buy Air France

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Hats off to the team at CAPA for their "scoop" this morning about Lufthansa buying Air France, along with a series of other fantastic breaking stories. To give you a flavour, here's the Lufthansa-Air France story. "In breaking news, Lufthansa is to...

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: How easyJet and Ryanair are approaching social media

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For watchers of airlines and their social media policy, here are a couple of interesting pieces I have stumbled across online about European budget carriers easyJet and Ryanair, and their different approaches to social media.

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: A Virgin (America) birth nears

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Just in time for Christmas, there is a virgin birth, of sorts.After more than a year of road shows with investors, and after months of "news any day now", followed by pregnant pauses, Virgin America has come up with real...

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Gas Attack II: Bye-bye, beaches

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US gas pains are cramping airlines nationwide. American says fuel costs will force it to cancel about 1% of its flights, maybe 15 daily roundtrips from its O'Hare and DFW hubs, through January, while its Eagle subsidiary is pulling down...

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Paris Air Show Blog 8: Indigo's Bhatia exactly two years later

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Exactly two years after it announced a surprise order for 100 Airbus A320s at the Paris Air Show, Indigo Airlines founder Rahul Bhatia turned up at the 2007 Paris Air Show to sign a much smaller deal with business aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Read all about it - Guardian ends bulk copies to airlines

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The current financial woes are making everyone look again at long-established practices across their industries, and here's one cost-cutting development in the publishing world with an airline impact.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Kaminski-Morrow: Grauniad chief to head EasyJet

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Twelve hours since this story broke and no sign yet of the obvious gag. So here you go:    ...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Kaminski-Morrow: World Cup ban hands Kulula a free kick

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In a classic demonstration of the Streisand Effect - the spectacular backfiring of censorship that generates publicity far in excess of original fears - an attempt to gag South African carrier Kulula's don't-mention-the-Cup posters has simply spurred it to prod the...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Guardian media chief McCall takes flight to easyJet

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Easyjet, McCall

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Praising pro-rate

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Hot Tub Time Machine isn't the only outlet celebrating the, ahem, charm of the 1980s. US Regionals are heralding some old school tactics as well. For months talk has centered on a transition from current fee for departure contracts that are...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: O'Leary's gone mad, he's helping BA!

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Imagine the scene. You're a BA passenger, a bit cheesed off by the strike, but your flight is apparently operating. So you turn up at Gatwick only to find your BA flight flying in Ryanair colours. Yep, Ryanair has...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Relaxing in the beer garden, at the airport?

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Lufthansa is claiming a new lounge first at Munich, and I like the idea of this one, with the creation of a Munich beer garden at the airport.

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Monday, March 22, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Nothing happens at Christmas - you've got to be joking!

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There use to be a time when the air transport industry shut down over the 10-14 days of the festive season/turn of the year. Not any more. Just look at the happenings over the past five days since 24 December...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Aer Lingus green-lighted for Atlantic aspirations

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Aer Lingus wins US Transportation Department clearance for US-EC flights wherever it wants.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Grounded for gas

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You don't have to be bankrupt to pull down routes or park planes. Even 'healthy' carriers do it, which may be part of the point as to why they're not bankrupt. But it's happening as the cost of jet fuel...

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Norman conquests: Mineta resigns

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Norm Mineta, the longest serving US transportation secretary, resigned after a 5 1/2 year tenure that encompassed the 2001 attacks, the reshaping of aviation security and the airlines' financial crisis. Mineta, 74, one of three remaining members of President George...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: More BA names in the limelight

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British Airways managers have been named in court documents in the price-fixing saga

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Phone recharging gets the kiss of life Helsinki Airport

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Here's a pretty cool little innovation that's popped up at Helsinki Airport; a wireless phone recharger device which passengers can use to recharge their mobile phone while having a coffee at the airport waiting for their flight

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: ITB: All the fun of the fair

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The great and the good of the travel industry met for the annual ITB Berlin travel trade show last week.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Flying Torah

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In a new twist to in-flight entertainment offerings, Israir Airlines has installed a Torah - a scroll of Jewish laws - on a Boeing 767-300ER. The Israeli carrier says in a statement that it has become "the first airline to...

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Monday, March 15, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Whoops, my airline's failed again!

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"Baby Branson" Martin Halstead may only be 23 years, but he already has two failed airline projects under his belt. One never flew. The other got a little futher, operating just 11 flights before suspending services after just one week. Aviation...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Race time again at Gulf Air

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And as the race name suggests, the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, it is equally significant for the race's title sponsor, Bahrain's carrier Gulf Air

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: P&W's new-found affection for Republic

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It's not surprising that Pratt & Whitney is commending Republic on its recent order for the Bombardier CSeries, powered, of course, by P&W's PW1000G geared turbofan. While no one knows the final price paid by Republic, the deal itself does give...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: bmi: the branding mystery revealed

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Ever since bmi rebranded from its former incarnation as "British Midland", it has insisted that the 'i' in bmi didn't stand for anything. In the first few days following the announcement, I witnessed the confusion of passengers and staff first hand (I worked for bmi when...

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: At last, some good news

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It's been a while coming, but it seems like the recovery might actually be here at last. This morning IATA halved its 2010 loss outlook. "For a change today we have some good news to present," said IATA director general...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Southwest gets the community spirit

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Southwest launches new online community

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Smisek to Washington: Step aside

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Continental's CEO Jeff Smisek has a simple message to the US government -- Get out of the way. Responding candidly and colourfully to a question about the relationship between industry and Washington during the recent JP Morgan Aviation, Defense and Transportation...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: Silverjet offers a new transatlantic temptation

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The recent pain felt by travellers leaving from London's major airports should make premium start-up carrier Silverjet's proposal sound particularly tempting. It is offering passengers a service whereby they can arrive at the carrier's planned dedicated terminal at London Luton Airport...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Ryanair in rare apology to French president

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Ryanair apologises to French President

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Sort of sad

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Visiting US airways the other day for a farewell luncheon was sort of sad. Quite, actually. The hallways were empty, the offices were empty and behind some of the glass doors you could see that whole departments just weren't there...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Nude charter flight - only in Germany

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A German travel agency is selling a nude holiday flight

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Who remembered BA had a stake in Air Mauritius?

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BA is selling its minority stake in Air Mauritius - but why did it have it in the first place?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Kaminski-Morrow: Bold gendarmes shoot Air Austral's new 777

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Police on the French overseas territory of Reunion have managed to bring a counter-hijacking exercise to a truly Clouseau-esque conclusion by, er, accidentally shooting the aeroplane.   Not an inexpensive aeroplane, either, but one of Air Austral's brand-new Boeing 777-300ERs,...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Network 2010: A new face to lead Aerodom's marketing drive

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Michael Nicolaas arrives in air service development role at Aerodom

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Network 2010: Windsor's royal flush as WestJet returns

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Windsor airport lures WestJet to begin service once again

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Short-haul business travel: share your views

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Following on from my blog last month about CityJet ditching its business class fares from London City and Willie Walsh's thoughts on permanent changes to short-haul business travel, there's an Airline Business feature in the making. Since the advent of low-cost carriers we've seen...

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Monday, March 8, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Consolidation fever: Could India's Jet enter the bmi picture?

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Paper reports that Jet Airways wants to talk to bmi about a take over

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Nice Airport holds a candle for another US route

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Nice Airport is angling for another US service this year

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Network 2010: GaryChicago Airport pitches for first scheduled business

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Gary Chicago Airport is hoping to secure a home base carrier in the near future

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: British Airways now the world's favourite headline

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Every year, around this time, British Airways hosts a press gathering at London's Langans restaurant to mark Burns night (the presumed birthday of Scottish icon Robert Burns). "We've provided you with more than our fair share of column inches," said...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Network 2010: Colombia's AIRES going strong in Florida

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Colombian carrier AIRES is growing up quickly in Florida

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Friday, March 5, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: What goes on behind the NMB curtain?

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If you ask me (I know, you didn't), the US National Mediation Board is a curious and mysterious entity. It is tasked with the Herculean job of ensuring labour stability in the country's rail and airline industries, which by no stretch of...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Is passenger acceptance growing on extra charges?

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Interesting insight on passenger habits from market research agency BRDC which suggests travellers are, at the very least, getting used to the idea of paying separately for extras when booking flights

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Hawaiian's CEO talks Tokyo and Consolidation

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Impressed with Hawaiian's stock skyrocketing almost 200% since last March, CNBC invited carrier CEO Mark Dunkerley in for an interview. Among the wide-ranging topics covered were Hawaiian's pursuit of slots at Tokyo Haneda and ticket pricing. Hawaiian is lobbying to...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: IATA sees French Government in court

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Giovanni Bisignani slipped the revelation that the world's airlines have taken none other than the French Government to court on page 5 of his recent speech to the UK's Aviation Club. This piece of remarkable news was somewhat buried in...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: MEPs on collision course with ministers over airport security financing?

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MEPs look set to clash with European ministers over the thorny issue of who should pay for heightened security equipment and measures at European airports.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Videos: pre-coverage from the IATA AGM

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As industry executives gather in Kuala Lumpur for the IATA AGM, which formally kicks off tomorrow, we have been gauging the mood. So far we've caught up with IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani, Malaysia Airlines chief executive Idris Jala and Icelandair boss...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Ryanair passenger eats winning scratchcard ticket

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No cheap jokes about airline food or budget carrier service needed here - this story is just bizarre: Angry Ryanair passenger eats his winning scratchcard


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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Air transport starts slow recovery after Chile quake

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Air transport in Chile is struggling to recovery following the earthquake

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Friday, February 26, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: United bets on Super Bowl

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United Airlines' big day is Wednesday but it is waiting until Sunday to celebrate, when it is betting on a big sports match to bring back the business. On 1 February it formally emerges from its three-year bankruptcy - the...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Kenya Airways and AFRAA make up

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Kenya Airways has rejoined the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) after a six-year rift between the two, delivering on its promise to return once the leadership of the body changed. Titus Naikuni, who is Kenya Airways chief executive, says the change of...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: New revenue stream for budget carriers: Premiership footballers

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Could low-cost carriers, already picking up additional business traffic as a result of the recession, be about to tap in to a new demand - premiership footballers?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Keep waiting for that O'Leary transatlantic plan

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But now we have had a recession, how close to reality does a such [low-cost transatlantic] plan look now? Not very it seems. "It won't happen for at least four to five years," says O'Leary, given the manufacturer's current backlog of widebody aircraft

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: No let-up in early February traffic figures

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Further signs of how tough it is right now in the premium traffic sector as British Airways today disclosed its premium traffic was down a fifth in February compared to the same month last year.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: So that was 2008 then

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2008 has been year a tumultuous year for the airline industry. First its record high oil prices, then its what IATA chief Giovanni Bisignani terms the even bigger threat of global recession. Inevitably this has seen a year punctuated with high...

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Caribbean consolidation: the debate

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The debate over airline consolidation in the Caribbean is reaching fever pitch

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Stuart Clarke: technorati

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Technorati Profile...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: How do UK airlines score on customer satisfaction?

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The airlines category debuts in NCSI with a score of 69, below the national average but substantially better than the US

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Slot scramble in the States

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Landing slot dispute in New York centres on auctions


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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: PayPal bags another airline

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In the March 2010 print edition of Airline Business, which has just gone to press, we ran a piece talking about airline strategies to cut credit card transaction costs.   As part of this article, we looked at alternative payment options, such as...

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Joining Simigdalas on Olympic's odyssey

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This month Airline Business was in Athens to talk to Antonis Simigdalas about Olympic Air, the project aimed at re-invigorating the Olympic name after years of losses

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Victoria Moores: Is short-haul business class dead?

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London City Airport sits right at the heart of the UK capital's financial district, making it a key airport for business travellers. If short-haul business class is going to work anywhere, it's here. But yesterday key London City operator CityJet announced that...

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Monday, February 15, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: One-way tickets to ride

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SAS has become the latest European carrier to go for one-way fares on its short-haul route network, following in the footsteps of Aer Lingus and the UK's bmi. The Irish flag carrier became the first network major to follow the example of...

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Air traffic tools with a political return

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It won the seal of approval from the Air Transport Association the other week as key to replace the FAA's ageing infrastructure of ground-based radars and other vacuum-tube era terrestrial technology. Now this new navigation and surveillance system, dubbed ADS-B,...

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Anatomy of slot swap

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. Delta and US Airways are still digesting a decision by DOT to require the divestment of a portion of slots they want to swap at Washington National and LaGuardia airports. They claim that if DOT succeeds in its effort...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Anatomy of a slot swap

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Delta and US Airways are still digesting a decision by DOT to require the divestment of a portion of slots they want to swap at Washington National and LaGuardia airports. They claim that if DOT succeeds in its effort for...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: Anatomy of a slot swap

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Delta and US Airways are still digesting a decision by DOT to require the divestment of a portion of slots they want to swap at Washington National and LaGuardia airports. They claim that if DOT succeeds in its effort for...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Asia's Red Devils head for Vietnam

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AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes is taking the low-cost carrier to Vietnam

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Friday, February 12, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Colin Baker: Up in smoke

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Good news for smokers - a proposed German long-haul start-up is looking at the possibility of putting a container in the hold to cater for their needs. Hapag-Lloyd pilot Tobias Kloss is working on a project to start direct flights...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Hooray for the New Global Airline

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The merger between Delta and Northwest has finally been announced

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Is there a profitable future for Aer Lingus?

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Aer Lingus gets to the facts of its financial story

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: No hand-biting in Houston

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Profit sharing fails to please American pilots, while Continental offers a nice payout. But don't buy that yacht just yet.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: BA boss reacts angrily to Tory Heathrow plans

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BA boss hits out at Tory plans to scrap third runway at Heathrow

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Dillon departs, Dave discusses: alternative airports and New England

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The Manchester airport, an alternative to Boston Logan in the southern part of New Hampshire, loses and able man as Kevin Dillon heads to Orlando. But its future - and its interesting past - remain solid.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Your body is an advertising opportunity

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Is flight attendant uniform advertising coming to an airline near you?

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: The besieged castle: Midwest's gates opening?

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Midwest seeks a deal as unabated AirTran assault rages.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Kaminski-Morrow: How to find yourself on the wrong side of Turkish Airlines

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There are probably several good reasons for choosing an escalator in a Muscat shopping mall as the site for a Turkish Airlines advertisement, but this isn't any of them....

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Brendan Sobie: Bumpy start

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Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, which could become the poster child of the until now untested long-haul/low-cost model, finally got off the ground yesterday, much to the relief of chief executive Stephen Miller. The carrier, which originally aimed to launch...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Paris Air Show Blog 5: Sukhoi nets first western customer

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ItAli Airlines has given Sukhoi its first western customer for the Superjet 100 jetliner

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: A new line in the sand?

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Long-time industry analyst Jim Parker offered an interesting point in his opening remarks recently at the Raymond James Growth Airline conference. Parker thinks as employee groups seek to regain some concessions made early last decade as a host of carriers spent...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: 'Security blanket' is more than a concept

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A New York artist designs a literal security blanket for flyers who are anxious about airport checkpoints and others who must face up to their fears.

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Monday, February 8, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: That's the spirit: Florida carrier wants to be asked

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Spirit Airlines asks airports to ask for its service.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Jackie Thompson: Will long-haul low-cost take off?

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The UK's Bank of Scotland clearly does not subscribe to the belief that the term "long-haul low-cost" is an oxymoron. It has paid C$12 million ($10.7 million) for a 7.5% stake in Canada's Zoom, a transatlantic carrier with big plans...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: What do you get if you cross plane spotting with star spotting?

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Here's the latest twist in the battle for hearts and minds in the UK over aviation and the environment. Pro-aviation grouping Flying Matters has a launched campaign in which it wants the public to spot celebrities who have been vocal critics of the expansion of aviation,

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Milton in London: Airlines are fun, but not to own

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ACE head Robert Milton is ready to sell of the rest of the Air Canada group

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Europe sets carbon date: cautious welcome from airlines

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Today, Wednesday 20th December, after much leaking, the European Commission (EC) has released its proposals to bring airlines into its Emissions Trading Scheme. It has received a cautious welcome across the airline and airport sector, with IATA, the Association of...

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: A Decade after the Disaster

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It's been a decade since one of the worst airline disasters in modern US aviation, but in the 10 years since a ValuJet DC-9 plunged into the Florida Everglades just minutes after taking off from Miami's airport with flammable matter...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Kulula's anatomy of an aircraft

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Just stumbled across this colourful and entertaining rebranding job on a Kulula aircraft - the Flying 101 giving an idiot's guide to all the elements on an aircraft.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: ICAO aims to allay fears about flying

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ICAO is dedicating two days to a conference on fear of flying

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Gulf Air CEO Bjorn Naf: Playing catch up in Bahrain

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Gulf Air is struggling to keep its revival plan on course

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Monday, February 1, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Safi Khan joins the Airline Business editorial team for a week

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Student Safi Khan is working with the Airline Business team for a week

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[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Fly In, fly not: Northwest cancels as pilots stay away (again)

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Pilot absenteeism forces Northwest to cancel flights as the big Oshkosh 'fly in' takes off

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: Aer Lingus: Training ground for the big time

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Alan Joyce named CEO of Qantas

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Kerry Ezard: BA and Iberia in merger talks

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BA and Iberia hold merger talks

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Graham Dunn: Ryanair sees improving yield picture

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More signs of an improved economic picture today from Ryanair, which minimised third quarter losses and raised its full-year guidance today off the back of better than expected yields

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from David Field: Suspense! Midwest-AirTran cliff-hanger nears its end

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A possible White Knight emerges for Midwest Airlines as it twists and turns to avoid AirTran's hostile pursuit.

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Lori Ranson: JetBlue's key cutover

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 This weekend JetBlue reaches a major milestone and potential customer service disruptions as it makes a key shift to the Sabre customer service system. Almost a year after unveiling its plans to switch from its current Navitaire platform that doesn't have...

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Friday, January 29, 2010

[Airline Business] New Entry from Andrea Crisp: Best kept secrets - WIN

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When you're visiting a new city, surely the best person to show you around is someone who visits regularly. And who'd be better travelled than airline crew? That's the thinking behind two new travel guides put together by the travel...

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[Airline Business] New Entry from Mark Pilling: Price-fixing gets personal - part 2

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BA executives will appear in court in September on charges of airline price-fixing

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