The stereotypical “good” Southwest flight is one that runs on time with a crew that’s having a lot of fun. It’s been harder to come by those kinds of flights over the last several years as the airline has grown, but I had a textbook example on our way out …
Month: June 2016
American has been talking about revamping its AAdvantage program for some time now, but thanks to the merger with US Airways, the dust had to settle before any big changes could be made. I know the airline has been hard at work on designing the new program, and yesterday, the …
By now you’re probably aware that United has launched an all-new Business Class which it is calling Polaris. This follows in the footsteps of Delta One in that it’s an effort to brand the entire premium cabin experience differently from a) traditional premium cabin branding (eg Business Class) and …
JetBlue Defends Decision to Ask Passenger to Replace Booty Shorts Before Boarding Flight. Will the Incident Affect Its Brand? – Entrepreneur
If you haven’t heard, there was another incident where someone was deemed to be wearing inappropriate clothing and was banned from flying. This time it was JetBlue, and I …
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United Continental, Delta Air Lines possible bidders for Avianca: WSJ – Reuters
Ok, so we don’t know much about this yet, but word on the street is that Avianca needs money. This isn’t a surprise considering how bad the situation is down in South America right …
There’s been a lot of focus on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) being underfunded lately. After all, those long lines could be fixed with more screeners, right? Well, yes but there is also the issue of efficiency. Couldn’t TSA just do a better job with the resources it has? Yes, …