Brett
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Flying Main Cabin Extra One Way and First Class the Other on an American A321 (Trip Report)
About a month ago, Salesforce.com asked if I’d be willing to come speak at an event they were holding for a small…
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Why Does Congress Keep Trying to Over-Regulate Airlines?
It seems like every week, as of late, there’s a new proposed bill coming out of Congress that tries to slap over-reaching…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Board Room Brawl, Amazon Airlines, Alaska’s Eclipse Flight
This week’s featured link: And it Turned in to a Boardroom Blitz – Wandering Aramean I was debating writing a full post…
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Self-Cleaning Toilets Sound Great, But Why Not the Entire Airplane?
Has everyone heard about Boeing’s so-called self-cleaning lavatory prototype? Sounds great, but there’s some false advertising here. (It doesn’t actually clean itself.…
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Walking the New Connector Between Terminal 4 and the Bradley Terminal at LAX
One of the big issues at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the inability to make connections between terminals without having to…
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Airlines Fight to Be Able to Lose Money in Cuba
It’s been a long time coming, but the thawing relations between the US and Cuba have finally borne fruit for the airline…
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Cranky on the Web: Fare Increases, Cuba
Airlines have raised fares 3 times this year, but with little impact – Travel Weekly Airlines have increased fares a few times…
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3 Links I Love: Brazilian Airlines Get a Lifeline, Cleveland Bounces Back, Tenerife Interview
This week’s featured link: Brazil to raise foreign ownership in local airlines – Reuters Brazil is in a world of hurt. The…
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CEO of Turkish Airlines Goes Across the Aisle To Discuss Gulf Carriers and Partnerships (Part 2)
On Tuesday, I posted part 1 of my conversation with Temel Kotil, CEO of Turkish Airlines. Today we finish that discussion. Cranky:…
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Across the Aisle from the CEO of Turkish Airlines About Tremendous Growth and Airport Constraints (Part 1)
A couple weeks ago, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, was in Boston to speak at Harvard Business School. No, I…
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Republic Goes Bankrupt And I Wonder If It’ll Survive the Process
The long, drawn out descent of Republic Airways continues. The company, which flies as a regional feeder for American, Delta, and United,…
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3 Links I Love: Really Cheap 737s, Jet Bridges, Germanwings Crash In Depth
This week’s featured link: In strategy shift, Boeing backs 7 MAX: sources – Leeham News Though this article is about Boeing trying…