British Airways
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Following Pittsburgh’s Aviation Roller Coaster Ride Through Its London Flight
British Airways has decided to return to Pittsburgh starting April 2, 2019 with a four-times weekly flight to London’s Heathrow Airport on…
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IAG Shows Its Smarts With Effort to Acquire Norwegian
There is nothing quite like watching CEO Willie Walsh and the team at the generically-branded International Airlines Group (IAG) work. Every so…
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The Trend Toward Pre-Reclining Seats in Coach is a Good Thing
This week it came out that British Airways was doing away with seats that recline on new short-haul aircraft and will instead…
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LEVEL Goes Up, OpenSkies Goes Down
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something poignant about IAG’s decision to shut down its OpenSkies subsidiary and…
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3 Links I Love: BA CEO Interview, American is Airline of the Year, Buy On Board Problems
This week’s featured link: British Airways CEO Interview: How to Bring a Low-Cost Mindset to a Legacy Airline – Skift This is…
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British Airways Targets Norwegian with New Transatlantic Flights
It’s a Europe-kind of week here on the blog, and today we’re talking about British Airways. (This post almost didn’t get finished…
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Heathrow’s New Runway is Sort Of, Kind Of Approved
If you think airport projects move slowly here in the US, just take a look at the UK. This week the semi-go-ahead…
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British Airways Tests the Lower Bounds of a Full Service Carrier
Ever since full service carriers began to cut what’s included in the base fare, people have wondered just what the breaking point…
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Cranky on the Web: 20 Years of BA in Phoenix
Since 1996, reliable daily arrival of British Airways jet has captivated Phoenix aviation enthusiasts – Arizona Republic Twenty years ago, British Airways…
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3 Links I Love: CEO Edition (American, Delta, IAG, Aer Lingus, Frontier)
It’s CEO week here on the links I love, so let’s get started. This week’s featured link: Airline Weekly podcast – Episode…
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3 Links I Love: More Love for Bag Fees, No Love for Branson, And a Little Guy Goes Bankrupt
This Week’s Featured Link: JetBlue Airways (JBLU) Robin Hayes on Q4 2015 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha JetBlue had…
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TSA and American Discriminate Against the French
Last week, we had our internal Crankyfest gathering for Cranky Concierge. We do this every year as a way for the team…