February 2009
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Airbus, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Boeing, Civil Aviation, Delta, Distribution, Fares, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Northwest, PMD – Palmdale, Safety/Security, Schedule Changes, Technology, United
This Week on BNET (Feb 23 – 27)
JetBlue Leaves Open Skies for Sabre The Open Skies system may be simple, but it no longer provides what many low cost…
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Forget Charging for Lavs, Ryanair Is Eliminating Ticket Counters at Airports
All the Ryanair buzz this morning is about some casual comments made by Michael O’Leary suggesting he wants to charge people to…
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Ask Cranky: When Will Continental Airplanes Have LiveTV Installed?
Several months ago, Continental announced a partnership with LiveTV that would bring the company’s next generation entertainment system onboard much of Continental’s…
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Emirates Continues to Grow While Dubai’s Economy Crumbles
US airlines have done an excellent job of holding back on capacity lately, and that has left them with at least somewhat…
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Why Did US Airways End Charges for Soda and Water? To Enhance Its Rep
Over the weekend, US Airways said it would stop charging for soda, water, coffee, and tea on March 1. You’ve probably read…
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TSA Begins Testing Security Without a Metal Detector
Pop quiz: Where is the one place in the continental United States where you’ll never be asked to walk through a metal…
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Delta, Frontier, Go!, Government Regulation, Hawaiian, Inflight Entertainment, LAX – Los Angeles, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Mesaba, Mokulele
This Week on BNET (Feb 16 – 20)
Delta Starts Consolidating Regional Carriers Delta is taking pieces of Compass, Comair, and Mesaba and mashing them together. Seems like a good…
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Allegiant Details LAX Plans
Despite all the skepticism around my initial post, Allegiant did, in fact, announce this week that it’s coming to LAX and not…
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Southwest’s Next City is Boston
In case it wasn’t clear, the days of Southwest heading to secondary airports are over. Next stop? Boston. Flights begin, well, we…
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US Airways and the Death of the Vegas Hub
It appears that more cuts are coming at the US Airways (formerly America West) Las Vegas hublet. Over the next few months,…
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Fly.com is a New Travel Search Engine Without Much Differentiation
You would have thought that Fly.com would become the most incredible travel search site of all time. Why do I say that?…
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Air Canada Offers to Pay You If You’re Willing to Be Bumped Early
Air Canada has long been the leader in finding things to sell that were not previously offered at all, and it appears…