The newest, bestest airplane boarding sequence. Or is it?
Everyone has a theory on what the best method is for boarding an airplane. Back to front, outside in and random are just a few...
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United moving to SHARES – likely without FastShares
The announcement that the merged United Airlines would be keeping the legacy Continental CRS system – SHARES – was made a few months back. Not...
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A quick NYC/Irene update
All flights are cancelled. So are buses and trains. But you already knew that. Still, as a blog that is supposed to be focused on...
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American Airlines moves to charge for more seat assignments
American Airlines announced yesterday that they have expanded their Preferred Seating product offering. While this is being spun as making more seats available to all...
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Another potential setback for LiveTV’s in-flight internet service
It seems that in-flight entertainment and connectivity provider LiveTV just cannot catch a break in getting their in-flight internet product to a deliverable state. First...
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Southwest announces new routes from Atlanta
The purchase of AirTran by Southwest was, in large part, to gain access to significant gate and slot portfolios at a few major airports where...
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United announces significant investments to in-flight product
United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek has stated a few times that the company had some deficiencies in their in-flight product, bits that would be addressed...
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An updated estimate on the Continental/United 787 seat map
Today marked the beginning of the last phase in the delivery of the first Continental 787 Dreamliner aircraft: it began the roll down the final...
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For security reasons, please use the lavatory in your ticketed cabin
Apparently this concept is harder to comprehend than it should be. And, recently, the issue is apparently managing to use a lavatory at all. Ick....
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Another 18 months and JetBlue is still union-free
It was just about 18 months ago that JetBlue pilots failed in their efforts to unionize. At the time the company released a statement that...