Welcome back to Part 2 of my interview with 
Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue. If you missed Part 1 which discusses the problems in Long Beach along with the general product direction, then you might want to go check it out.
In Part 2, Dave and I talk about …
While I was at the Phoenix Symposium last week, I had the chance to sit with Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue to talk shop. I had planned to chat mostly about the airline’s plans to keep the product fresh, but after I mentioned I lived in Long Beach, Dave became …
United Releases Weaker Revenue Guidance
United announced that like Continental (though not quite as severe), it is seeing large revenue drops as demand continues to decrease.
NBAA Attacks JetBlue’s Bigwig Ad Campaign
The NBAA has gone on the attack, and JetBlue’s Bigwig campaign is the target. This does not seem …
Greetings from the Phoenix Aviation Symposium here in, well, Phoenix, of course. The first day was action-packed with plenty of technical talk about the industry, but instead of throwing out a ton of random information, I thought I’d focus on one piece that actually can impact the public. Let’s talk …
Ok, let’s get back to our regularly scheduled programming. As I mentioned yesterday, I had the chance to go visit Southwest Airlines earlier this week. Why? Well, I was one of the winners of Southwest’s schedule planning contest, and the reward was a trip to come out to headquarters …
I do my best to get a thoughtful post out for you every weekday, so I apologize that today is a very light one. See, I spent yesterday with Southwest Airlines, and I’m just now sitting down to do some writing. As I write this, it’s 10pm, I have an …
Long-time readers may vaguely remember my “who the f***” series of posts, but it’s been quite awhile since my last one. When I saw “Air Azul” pop up on my radar for the second time, I figured it was time to bring it back. So who the f*** is …
The growing popularity of the premium economy cabin continues as Air France has decided that the time has come to roll out “Premium Voyageur” on their widebodies. Upon first glance, it looks like a strong entry.
Premium Voyageur just sounds fancy, right? I mean, without that last “u” in …
Hawaiian Still Having Major On-Time Problems
On the surface, Hawaiian appears to be doing well in the world of on-time performance, but when you dig down, you see that’s not the case.
News and Notes from Continental’s 10-K
Digging through Continental’s 10-K, there is plenty to talk about including all …
And now for something completely different. Today, we’re going to forget about commercial aviation and talk about Air Force One. I had the chance to see it up close yesterday, and I’ve got plenty of pics.
Some of you may know that I volunteer at my home airport, Long Beach …
There’s good news out there for those of you who like to book your travel using online travel agents. Expedia and Travelocity have both followed in Priceline’s footsteps and dropped all booking fees for flights. There don’t appear to be any catches, but this is a temporary move. Flights must …
I’ve seen many people criticize Delta for what it puts on its blog, but they’ve been putting more and more useful information on there lately. I’d encourage those interested in Delta to go back and give it another chance. My favorite posts are those from Marie Force, Delta’s archive …