Irrational expectations in the world of airfare pricing
I’m often intrigued by the information I can glean from Twitter chats. I tend to avoid them more than participate in them but a chat...
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Fighting a fare war the old fashioned way: in court
The launch of service by Virgin America between Newark and both Los Angeles and San Francisco touched off a bit of a fare war. Most...
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The vultures are circling India’s Kingfisher Airlines
India’s Kingfisher Airlines is dead (all claims by founder Vijay Mallya to the contrary) and the vultures are circling its carcass, picking up the scraps...
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Delaware to see commercial service again
Wilmington, Delaware has a rather inconsistent history with commercial air service. Denver-based Frontier Airlines will start service during the first week of July to five...
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Emirates to resume service between New York and Europe
Passengers will have one more option for flights between Milan and New York City starting this Fall. Emirates will launch the route in October 2013...
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Brand v. Content: where is the value??
The past year or so for the Frommer’s brand has been a particularly interesting one. Last August Google bought the Frommer’s series from its publisher...
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Why we won’t see “pay-your-weight” pricing in the rest of the market anytime soon
There has been a ton of noise lately (including one story by me) about the announcement earlier this year that Samoa Air is going to...
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JetBlue announces Worcester service
JetBlue and the Worcester, Massachusetts airport have been going back and forth for several months now, working on plans to add service to that city....
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New uniforms coming to JetBlue in Spring 2014
Probably not at all significant in the real world, but I just happened upon a video from JetBlue describing the process they went through in...
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Big bounce in Qantas’ European bookings
Heading in to the launch of the Emirates/Qantas strategic partnership this month some numbers were released by the Australian carrier regarding booking trends. Most notable,...