Airlines
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This Week on BNET (April 6 – 10)
I may be out of town, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have plenty of posts from BNET this week. I also…
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Long Beach City Council Responds to JetBlue with Mixed Signals
For those of you who don’t live in the LA area, the interview with Dave Barger I published last week is probably…
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Southwest’s Interesting New York LaGuardia Schedule Construction
Yesterday, Southwest finally announced its schedule for New York/LaGuardia beginning June 28, and it’s an interesting one. The slots they acquired from…
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United’s Paper Vouchers Must be Costly
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that I had a credit on United that I was only able to partially use. The…
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Airbus, Alliances, American, BNET, Boeing, Environment, Inflight Entertainment, JetBlue, Operations, Southwest
This Week on BNET (March 30 – April 3)
Alliance Panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium The alliances discussion was one of the more interesting panels, I thought. The talk centered…
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Trip Report: Breezing Into Dallas and Phoenix
If it seems like it’s been a long time since my last trip report, it’s because it has been. I haven’t been…
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Southwest Creates Travel Guides; Will Anyone Care?
I recently had an email conversation with NileGuide CEO Josh Steinitz about airlines expanding into the world of destination information. While some…
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Ancillary Revenue and Unbundling are Not Always Dirty Words
If you fly, you probably cringe every time you hear the words “ancillary revenue.” You likely associate those words with airlines charging…
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Across the Aisle from JetBlue CEO Dave Barger Part 2: Wi-fi, TrueBlue Changes, and International Partners
Welcome back to Part 2 of my interview with Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue. If you missed Part 1 which discusses the…
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Across the Aisle from JetBlue CEO Dave Barger Part 1: Keeping the Product Fresh and Long Beach Troubles
While I was at the Phoenix Symposium last week, I had the chance to sit with Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue to…
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Advertising, American, BNET, British Airways, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Mokulele, Republic, United, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic
This Week on BNET (March 23-27)
United Releases Weaker Revenue Guidance United announced that like Continental (though not quite as severe), it is seeing large revenue drops as…
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Flying a Simulator, Throwing Bags, and Other Southwest Fun
Ok, let’s get back to our regularly scheduled programming. As I mentioned yesterday, I had the chance to go visit Southwest Airlines…