Last week the New York Times approached me about contributing to its ongoing Room for Debate feature for the third time. (First time, second time.) The point up for debate: Do Airlines Need to Be Re-Regulated? Keep in mind we’re not talking about safety regulation here. This … Read the post
Month: May 2016
This week’s featured link:
Delta Comfort+ now available as fare for flights to Asia and Latin America – Delta.com
Delta started selling Comfort+ as a separate cabin domestically earlier this month, but for international flying it remained simply an ancillary seat choice. That is changing… sort of… in some places. … Read the post
The response to last week’s post about American’s shifting fleet mix was so overwhelmingly positive, that I’ve gone and looked at both Delta and United as well. First up? Heeeeeere’s Delta.
What really stands out here versus American is that the historical reliance on smaller … Read the post
For this year’s Phoenix Aviation Symposium, I was asked to moderate a panel about the customer. I’ve always enjoyed that conference, so I knew I’d go but didn’t book flights until a couple weeks out. Fortunately, I saw award availability on American’s Long Beach – Phoenix flights for the dates … Read the post
While I was in Phoenix for this year’s symposium, I had the chance to sit with the new Aviation Director in town, Jim Bennett. Jim was at Phoenix many years ago before he went on to DC and eventually Abu Dhabi. Now he’s returned. I initially was going to … Read the post
On Approach: A Brand New LAX Is Coming – CBS Los Angeles
A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with the local CBS folks for a story they were putting together on the modernization of LAX. That ran Thursday night. The final cut is a very positive story … Read the post
This week’s featured link(s):
Delta’s Comfort+ upgrades could turn into frequent flyer problem – Runway Girl Network
Delta to end sponsorship of Fox Theatre over Qatar Airways event with JLo – AJC@ATL Blog
Airline wars wound Seattle Pride Parade marchers – Seattle Times
I’m not sure why Delta keeps shooting … Read the post
I haven’t done a post about NextGen air traffic control in awhile, but something mentioned on a panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium really caught my attention. It’s called Data Comm (short for, wait for it, Data Communications) and everyone on the panel was really excited about what it’s going … Read the post
In an internal memo last week, American explained that it was going to retire two more fleets in the next couple of years with both the Embraer 190 and A330-300s hitting the road. Both these moves make sense in the context of the airline’s future plans, but it made me … Read the post
I’ve taken three flights in the last couple of weeks and the Pre Check lines have been open for exactly none of them. Regular lines continue to get longer, and as we approach the peak summer period, the ugliness is coming to a head. The airline lobbying group A4A has … Read the post
It’s CEO week here on the links I love, so let’s get started.
This week’s featured link:
Airline Weekly podcast – Episode 38 (CEO Interview: Delta’s Bastian) – Airline Weekly
At the media day I missed, Airline Weekly sat down with new Delta CEO Ed … Read the post
They say it’s a good idea to have a lot of news to break if you host a media day, and Delta certainly took that to heart. I’ve written about the C-Series order and the CLEAR partnership already, but now I want to talk about what might be the most … Read the post