Across the Aisle Interviews
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American CEO Doug Parker Goes Across the Aisle to Discuss The Most Important Part of His Job
When I went up to the Bay Area a couple weeks ago to speak at Stanford, I had an ulterior motive. Doug…
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Across the Aisle From American’s SVP of Government Affairs on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control is Good (and Shouldn’t be Called Privatization)
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an interview with Steve Dickson, Delta’s SVP of Flight Operations, on why Delta opposes efforts…
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Across the Aisle from Delta’s SVP of Operations on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control Would Be Bad
If you haven’t heard, it’s time for Congress to once again try to reauthorize the FAA. I say “try” because in general,…
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Southwest’s Chief Marketing Officer Responds to My Thoughts on Transfarency
After I wrote my thoughts about Southwest’s new Transfarency campaign, I received a note from Beth Harbin, Southwest’s Senior Director of Communications.…
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Across the Aisle From ANA’s Americas Strategy Boss On New US Destinations, A380s, and More
Hopefully you’ve enjoyed reading my Across the Aisle interviews from the Boyd Conference earlier this month (Virgin America and Air Canada). We’re…
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Air Canada’s President Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About Adding Seats to Airplanes, the Rise of Rouge, and More
When I was at the Boyd conference in Vegas a couple weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with several…
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Across the Aisle from David Neeleman on Azul’s Skycouches, US Partner Opportunities, and More (Part 2)
In part 1 of my discussion with Azul’s David Neeleman, I had him focus on why this was going to work when…
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Across the Aisle From David Neeleman on Why Azul’s New Service to the US is Going to Work (Part 1)
Way back in 2010, I spoke with JetBlue and Azul founder David Neeleman (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). As he does…
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Across the Aisle from American’s Alliance Boss on Growing oneworld, the Future of the Alaska Partnership, and More
Today, US Airways and TAM both officially join oneworld, making that alliance significantly bigger. I had the chance to talk to Kurt…
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Across the Aisle from Frontier’s SVP Commercial on Lowering Costs and Building the Brand (Part 2)
Tuesday, I spoke with Frontier’s SVP – Commercial, Daniel Shurz about the airline’s network strategy. Today we’ll tackle the issues of lowering…
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Across the Aisle from Frontier’s SVP Commercial on the Future of the Airline’s Network (Part 1)
Last week, I had the chance to speak with Frontier’s Senior Vice President – Commercial, Daniel Shurz. Daniel and I had a…
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Across the Aisle from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on Important Product Features, Asia, and oneworld (Part 2)
Yesterday, I posted the first half of my interview with current US Airways CEO Doug Parker. We talked most about employee communication,…