Virgin Atlantic returns to Mumbai
Nearly five years ago Virgin Atlantic dropped its services to India’s financial center, Mumbai. Just five months from now the airline will bring it back. Starting...
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DLD 242: Cutting profits, cutting losses
Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases; airlines around the world have trimmed first class cabins from their fleet, for example, to control those...
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Etihad increases Heathrow flights to protect Jet Airways slots
How do you say "slot squatting" in Arabic? Etihad Airways plans a pair of additional flights to Heathrow from its Abu Dhabi home starting in...
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DLD 240: It’ll buff right out
London, eventually. Maybe a couple bankruptcies. And a plane that almost tumbled on take-off. Grab on for a fun set of stories this week!
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Jet Airways halts operations, continues to seek funding
Maybe it is temporary, as the airline claims. More likely it is a permanent situation. Without money or a coherent plan for recovery one thing...
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Further troubles for Jet Airways: Collapse appears likely
India's Jet Airways continues towards its demise as the days without new funding drag on. The latest news has critical services cut off and aircraft...
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Musing on Mint v2
After years of speculation JetBlue appears poised to finally announce its plans to serve Europe this week. And, if things go as rumored, we should...
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Eastern Airlines wants to fly once again
Eastern Airlines is back. Again. Maybe. The airline operating under that brand wants to fly twice weekly between New York City's JFK airport and Jinan,...
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DLD 228: Sassy stories from Croatia
Mid-January means a trip to Europe for the crew, with creative flight routings and adventures along the way. This year the trip brings us to...
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DLD 224: From numbers to colors
New boarding groups, new security screening and nearly 50 new airport names in Russia. An "historic" episode comes to life this week!