Etihad
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Two Hours of Fighting About the Middle East Carriers, and I Still Can’t Get Excited
At last week’s CAPA conference, the highlight was supposed to be the panel debate between US and Middle East carriers over whether…
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US Carriers Continue to Hammer on Middle East Subsidies While Europe Fractures
I’m sure you’ve all just been dying to get an update on the US-Middle East airline fight, right? There’s little to discuss…
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The Argument That US Carriers Should Stop Complaining About Middle East Carriers and Compete on Product Is Garbage
The fight between the US carriers and the Middle East carriers is just starting to ramp up, but people are quickly taking…
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The US Carriers Show Their Case Against Middle East Carriers, But Will Anyone Care?
It was just a couple weeks ago that I wrote about how American, Delta, and United have banded together to request that…
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US Airlines Ramp Up Effort to Stifle Middle East Carriers – What Do They Know?
It looks like American, Delta, and United are getting a little nervous about those fast-growing carriers in the Middle East. It’s bad…
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Alitalia’s Turnaround Plan Looks Very Familiar
On January 1st of this year, Alitalia officially became a “new” Alitalia with partial ownership by Etihad. Does this mean Alitalia is…
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Topic of the Week: Etihad Airways Partners
Etihad is trying to put some real structure behind its group of equity investments. The new Etihad Airways Partners group has been…
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Etihad is Now the Worst Airline Ever, Thanks to the Transitive Property
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. After years of begging Air France/KLM to give it more money, Alitalia has finally shifted its…
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Etihad’s “The Residence” Is A Clever Use of Normally-Dead Space on the A380
Air travel bloggers are abuzz about the new offering from Etihad called “The Residence.” This “class above First” is actually a three…
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What is Preclearance and Why Are Airlines So Mad About Abu Dhabi Having It?
It’s one of those days that ends in the letter “y” so that means there’s an international spat brewing in the airline…
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Etihad is Building a Fourth Alliance
Prevailing wisdom suggests that that airline industry should always do things in “threes.” We’ll soon have three big legacy carriers in the…