2008
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My Sneak Preview of the New Indianapolis Airport That Opens Tonight
Next stop on the roadtrip: Indianapolis. My main reason for being here was a visit with the in-laws, but while I was…
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LAWA Gets a Gold Star for Ditching Palmdale
There’s some great news of out Los Angeles these days now that LA World Airports (LAWA) has finally decided to give up…
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This Week on BNET (Nov 3 – 7)
Delta Announces New Team of Officers Now that the Delta/Northwest merger is done, the airline has decided to roll out its new…
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Delta Invades Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh with Flights to Paris
Delta whipped up a surprise yesterday when it announced it would begin flights from both Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh to Paris/Charles de Gaulle…
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Lufthansa Now Owns bmi, Time to Talk to Virgin Atlantic?
Lufthansa has owned a 30% share in UK-based airline bmi for some time, and now bmi chief Sir Michael Bishop has exercised…
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Air New Zealand’s New Fast Check-In Process
Air New Zealand recently rolled out its new check-in process for domestic flights, and I have to say that it takes the…
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Continental to Have 80 TV Channels, Program Guide Onboard
I had the chance to spend the afternoon yesterday with the LiveTV Crew (not to be confused with 2 Live Crew), and…
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Ryanair is Not Starting Transatlantic Flights Just Yet
It’s amazing how much traction a false story can get. Last night, it was supposedly leaked that Ryanair would announce in its…
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Judging Southwest’s Halloween
It’s always hard to write about an event like Halloween at Southwest. I mean, the airline invited me out to judge the…
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This Week on BNET (Oct 27 – 31)
International Air Traffic Disappears in September And you thought air traffic numbers in August looked bad? International traffic fell off a cliff…
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Three Things I Learned at Southwest’s Halloween Contest
It was a fun day at Southwest headquarters today when I was invited with three other bloggers (Holly Hegeman of PlaneBusiness/PlaneBuzz, Ellen…
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Thoughts on “An Open Letter To The Airline Industry Leadership”
I received an email from the author of the blog, “Think for a Moment,” suggesting that I take a look at the…