British Airways
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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…
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British Airways Realigns Its Program to Make Big Spenders With Large Point Balances Happier (And the Rest, Not So Happy)
On Monday, British Airways reached out to me seeing if I’d like to get a briefing on something big coming up. I…