Emirates
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Qatar Copies Etihad, Not Emirates In Its Quest to Fly Between Europe and the US
Just recently I wrote about how the real threat posed by the Middle East airlines to those in the US was fifth-freedom…
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Trump Gets Tough on the Middle East Airlines… Or Possibly Not
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven…
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The Best Part About the New Emirates First Class Is Its Virtual Windows
I don’t know about you, but when I saw the new Emirates First Class product, I gasped. No, no. I’m not talking…
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3 Links I Love: Emirates Having a Rough Ride, The Power of Rich Content, Fixing Airplanes With Tape
This week’s featured link: Emirates president pledges to ‘tough it out’ as airline struggles – Financial Times I try not to post…
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Emirates Plays With Fire, Announces Newark to Athens Flight
You might think that with a new, anti-globalist administration in the US, foreign airlines might want to tiptoe carefully until they figure…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest Further Sheds AirTran Markets, NewLeaf Backs Down, Emirates Trouble
This week’s featured link: Summer is Here—Summer 2017 Schedule is now Published! – Southwest Airlines Community Southwest’s summer schedule is out, and…
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Nobody Wants the A380 and That’s Breeding Creativity
There isn’t anything quite like the A380. The airplane is enormous, and frankly, it is a true delight to fly (as a…
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Cranky on the Web: Loyalty and American, Emirates Seat Fee
Loyalty only goes so far as American Airlines, others revamp rewards programs – Dallas Morning News This was a broader look at…
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Airlines are Racing to Add Ultra Long Haul Flights, But Not Always For Good Reasons
It used to be that if you wanted to go between continents, chances are you’d need a stop or two along the…
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The Only Thing Shocking About Delta Ending Its Interline Agreement With Emirates is That It Took This Long
It happened so quietly that very few people seemed to notice, but over the holiday weekend, Delta ended its interline agreement with…
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3 Links I Love – Southwest Shakes Up Small Cities, Emirates’s Godfather, and Air Canada’s Pit Crew
Last week, most of you liked the idea of doing a weekly news roundup, but not all. So I’m trying something a…
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Alaska Airlines Gives a Number That Helps Explain Why Some US Airlines Love the Middle East Carriers
We’ve seen so much about the fight between the big US and the big Middle East carriers that it’s easy to forget…