DLD 299: Openings and closings
More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.
Ryanair
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Austria to implement minimum fares, short flight surcharges
Prices flying in and out of Austria are set to rise. And at least one airline is happy with the news, though expect lawsuits aplenty...
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Optimism on the horizon: The Weekly Wrap 15 May 2020
Is it time to start getting excited about a travel rebound? It appears the market finally hit rock bottom so everything that happens is good...
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DLD 219: A rough triple for Boeing
Bad things come in threes, right? Hopefully that's the case here as Boeing wraps a pretty bad run of incidents with its aircraft. Plus, a...
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Swoop: A marketing machine that happens to fly planes
Canadian upstart Swoop, the ULCC arm of WestJet, aims to succeed as an airline mostly by not really acting like an airline. Sure, there are...
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Sky-high dreams or firmly grounded: The business of connected aircraft maintenance remains in question
"Inflight connectivity doesn’t just create revenue, it could save the airline industry US$15bn a year." That's a bold claim from Inmarsat and the research it...
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DLD 186: My face is my passport; verify me
Biometrics are big these days. But what benefits do they bring to travelers? Ryanair makes a move in Austria and United makes more cuts to...
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DLD 182: Blown tires, blown service recovery
A blown tire in Newark caused rolling delays and some pretty poor customer service in Portland. Delta struck a nerve in Georgia that could hurt...
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American’s Christmas Scheduling SNAFU
Flying on American Airlines this December? Are you sure about that? The company admitted today that thousands of flights are at risk of not operating...
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Worldwide by EasyJet: Long-haul LCC partnership launches
EasyJet, Norwegian and WestJet are working together to deliver Worldwide by EasyJet, offering LCC connections across the Atlantic. Passengers can now buy a single ticket...
