Travel Weekly’s Preview 2018 – Airlines – Travel Weekly
My posting schedule is a little backwards since I won’t even have my review of your 2017 predictions out until Tuesday, but Travel Weekly asked me some questions about my thoughts for 2018 when it comes to the airline industry and … Read the post
There’s no question 2016 was a bad year for flying for me, but 2017 was so much better. The only thing 2017 lacked was a long haul trip. I surprised myself when I looked back to find that I haven’t left North America since May 2015. That’s going to change … Read the post
It is that time once again where I pause to remember all the airlines that flew off into the desert this year, never to take to the skies again. It’s a motley group this time around, though several have ties to Etihad, the former king of handouts to failing airlines. … Read the post
Your boarding pass does contain information about you, but whether it can be used for evil is another question – Los Angeles Times
It was fun sitting with the author poring over her boarding pass and picking apart what everything meant. Though I couldn’t decipher some of the info that … Read the post
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Now what? KC Council’s airport vote creates chaos and betrays voters – The Kansas City Star
Do you hate local government? Here’s a story for you. If you recall, the good people of Kansas City overwhelming approved the new airport terminal, finally. But guess what? The … Read the post
At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly, done just that but only on connecting flights. Weird? It may seem that way, but there is a method to this madness. I don’t write about miles and … Read the post
As anyone who happens to be flying to or through Atlanta this week knows, it has not been a good week for Delta. The Sunday power outage in Atlanta forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and put holiday travel plans in limbo. Since it was an Atlanta problem, Delta … Read the post
Last week Sun Country was sold by the Davis brothers to funds managed by private-equity-giant Apollo. Apollo isn’t in this just to be nice. It wants to make money. Now, I find myself trying to figure out just how that’s going to actually happen.
Sun … Read the post
Fliers paid a record $1.2 billion in baggage fees last quarter – CNN Money
When CNN asked me why airline bag fees were up 10 percent in the 3rd quarter versus last year, I had to think about it. Of course the airlines won’t give any details since they don’t … Read the post
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Horizon Air operations stabilize as crisis abates – The Seattle Times
It’s good to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Horizon, but this is far from over. Next year, instead of the growth Horizon promised, it’s just going to … Read the post
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven for being extremely confused. What happened was reported in very different ways depending upon the interpretation, so you ended up seeing headlines like these:
When airberlin finally went under, there was a great deal of concern that Lufthansa would pick up all the pieces and leave Germany without any serious competition. Fear not, competition-lovers. The good people of easyJet have other plans. And they aren’t waiting around – new service starts in early January.… Read the post
