Environment
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Contrails are The Enemy, and There’s a Plan to Stop Them
Other than the wacky conspiracy theory belief that those long streaks of white in the air are actually “chemtrails” where the government…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue New Routes, Cleaning Supplies, SoCal Flights
How JetBlue Just Flouted Airline Industry Norms by Launching New Routes – SkiftIn case you missed it, JetBlue rolled out a bunch…
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Going for a Biofuel-Powered 747 Ride in Premium Economy on Virgin Atlantic
Geoff Fischer is back with the second post in his Virgin Atlantic biofuel adventure. Picking up where he left off in Part 1,…
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Some Have a Real Impact While Others Don’t, But Aviation Emission Reduction Efforts are Picking Up Steam
It’s been far too long since I’ve written about aviation and the environment, so today seemed like a good day to catch…
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Cranky on the Web – The Future of Flight
Is this how we will fly in 2050? Aviation experts share hopes for the future – CNN Twitter Chat You may have…
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Let’s Avoid Ebola Paranoia and Stop All These Airplane Quarantines with Some Handy Tips
Had I said to you a month ago that your flight was quarantined because of an Ebola scare, you would have laughed…
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Cranky on the Web (November 19 – 23)
The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I took a look at the recently-suspended…
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Eliminating the Need for Deicing (aka Science is Awesome)
Let’s take a break from some of the more depressing subjects out there (eg, labor strife) and talk about something cool. Once…
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Why Algae Won’t Fly Anytime Soon
We’ve heard people talk about biofuels for quite awhile now, and algae has always been promoted as one of the best possible…
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787, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Boeing, Continental, Environment, Frontier, Fuel, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Republic, Schedule Changes, Sukhoi, United, US Airways
This Week on BNET (June 22 – 26)
US Airways’ Charlotte to Honolulu Flight Might Just Work At first glance, the new US Airways flight from Charlotte to Honolulu seems…
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Air New Zealand, American, BNET, Continental, Distribution, Environment, Fuel, IND – Indianapolis, Mergers/Finance, United, US Airways
This Week on BNET (June 1 – 5)
United Shakes Up Marketing and Distribution Groups Dennis Cary is out, Graham Atkinson is back in, and marketing and distribution areas and…
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This Week on BNET (April 27 – May 1)
I just realized I accidentally didn’t publish this last week. Sorry! JetBlue Challenges Southwest at BWI The focus is on Boston and…