Air Canada expands Tango fares, chips away at loyalty value
For Air Canada customers the process of determining earning rates and benefits in their Aeroplan and Altitude programs is a bit of a challenge from...
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Delta, Virgin Atlantic get DoT approval for joint venture
A key aspect of Delta taking a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic was gaining access to the British carrier’s slots and routes at London‘s Heathrow...
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Reciprocity in place for American Airlines and Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is joining the oneworld alliance at the end of October and is shoring up the bilateral partnerships associated with that move. Today’s announcement...
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Why should the DoJ approve the AA/US merger? To solve the union problems!
That’s the story out of US Airways this week, sortof, as they announced a schedule change planned for later this year. It isn’t particularly common...
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Another Dreamliner takes flight
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner really does fly. The plane had its first flight today at Paine Field in Everett, Washington and it got off the...
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Tales from APEX Expo 2013, part 2: IFE systems that rock
I spent last week working at the Airline Passenger Experience (APEX) Expo in Anaheim, CA. The event features both airlines and vendors covering everything from...
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Tales from APEX Expo 2013, part 1: All about in-flight wifi
I spent last week working at the Airline Passenger Experience (APEX) Expo in Anaheim, CA. The event features both airlines and vendors covering everything from...
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United’s booking troubles and systems shutdown. Again.
Thursday afternoon was not a good one for United Airlines. The company made a massive error in their fare load causing many, many city pairs...
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ViaSat promises 12 mbps for cabin-wide web browsing, not streaming
It has been a long path to deployment for ViaSat’s Ka-band connectivity service, but the solution is finally ready to take flight now that partner,...
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Gogo’s GTO: faster speeds, but still some limits
Big news is out this morning from the APEX Expo where Gogo is talking about their new Ground to Orbit (GTO) solution. It is a...