I mentioned the big press event at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in yesterday’s post, and I said I’d follow it up today with a podcast with American CEO Doug Parker. You’ll find that embedded down below, or if you can’t wait, you can find it here. But …
Earlier this month, I was invited to dig into the weeds on Virgin Atlantic’s latest alternative fuel efforts and take the first flight using the new fuel developed by LanzaTech. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go, but I was able to get Geoff Fischer to take the trip and report …
How about something a bit different today? It’s not uncommon for me to get requests to read a manuscript, and I will often do so if it’s related to the airline industry. But it’s not every day that I get asked to write a foreword. Korry Franke is a young …
From Layover to Stayover – Travel Weekly
I had a long conversation with the author for this lengthy and interesting piece about stopover programs. If you have any interest in their evolution, then you might enjoy it.…
Shortly after US Airways and American announced their merger in 2013, I made some predictions about what I thought would happen to the various hubs. So far, those have held up fairly well with a couple exceptions. I thought Dallas/Ft Worth would remain strong but possibly see a small …
If you thought I was done with the Boyd Conference, you’re wrong. I’m just slow. While I was there, I had the chance to sit with Southwest EVP and Chief Revenue Officer Andrew Watterson. We talked about a variety of topics, but there were two that stood one. One, the …
At this year’s International Aviation Forecast Summit, I was particularly excited to have a chance to sit down with Spirit. Last year when I spoke to CEO Bob Fornaro, we talked about a variety of topics, and I was looking forward to following up on those. But I also …
It was just two weeks ago that I wrote about ominous clouds hovering over OneJet. Now there’s been another blow: flights and bookings have been suspended. The company says it will resume selling tickets in October though the actual date for the resumption of flights is unclear. I would …
Honolulu’s Long-Awaited Airport Modernization
You already saw my post this week about how difficult it is to deal with the airports in Hawai’i, but Icons of Infrastructure asked me to write a bit more about the specifics of the biggest projects that are underway or at least proposed. I looked …
I headed out to gate 152 in the Bradley Terminal at LAX last Thursday to watch British Airways board a 787 bound for London. This may sound incredibly boring, but it was actually rather fascinating. The test was really a media event designed to show off technology to board an …
I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me how different their insolvencies have been handled thanks to varying bankruptcy laws. Americans are used to seeing nothing change when an airline files for bankruptcy protection. Everything operates …
Every time I hear airlines talk about capacity constraint, my mind drifts to small town England. It’s not a real small town, actually. It’s the fictional small town of Sandford from the movie Hot Fuzz. The local Neighbourhood Watch Alliance there is a secret society that does despicable things …
