Airlines
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This Week on BNET (Nov 17 – 21)
AirTran Follows Delta with First Bag Fee It wasn’t much of a surprise when AirTran followed Delta’s fee for a first checked…
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United Gets Beaten Down Over PhoCusWright Presentation on Customer Experience
It’s been a long but interesting few days here at PhoCusWright. Mostly, I’m here to meet with people and learn more about…
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Southwest Wants to Fly to LaGuardia, Virgin America Not As Interested in O’Hare
Back at the Southwest Halloween contest last month, the planning group had us try to guess what the next Southwest city would…
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Alaska and Delta Announce Closer Ties
For years, Alaska has been the slut of the industry, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. The airline has…
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This Week on BNET (Nov 10-14)
LiveTV Tries to Solve the Onboard Internet Business Case Problem Everyone wants to have internet onboard aircraft, but not everyone is convinced…
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Delta Channels Pan Am, Decides to Fly to Every Airport on Earth
Delta released early details of its summer 2009 schedule, and all I can say is . . . wow. They are moving…
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Time to Revisit the ExpressJet Model?
I’ve seen unleaded gas for $1.75 a gallon here in Oklahoma, a barrel of oil is hovering around $60, and jet fuel…
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This Week on BNET (Nov 3 – 7)
Delta Announces New Team of Officers Now that the Delta/Northwest merger is done, the airline has decided to roll out its new…
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Delta Invades Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh with Flights to Paris
Delta whipped up a surprise yesterday when it announced it would begin flights from both Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh to Paris/Charles de Gaulle…
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Lufthansa Now Owns bmi, Time to Talk to Virgin Atlantic?
Lufthansa has owned a 30% share in UK-based airline bmi for some time, and now bmi chief Sir Michael Bishop has exercised…
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Air New Zealand’s New Fast Check-In Process
Air New Zealand recently rolled out its new check-in process for domestic flights, and I have to say that it takes the…
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Continental to Have 80 TV Channels, Program Guide Onboard
I had the chance to spend the afternoon yesterday with the LiveTV Crew (not to be confused with 2 Live Crew), and…