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Republic CEO Bryan Bedford on Fees, Competition in the Hubs, and More (Across the Aisle)
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I’m back with part two of my conversation with Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic (which owns Frontier, among others). In part one, we talked about the strategy that led the company to buy Frontier and…
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Taste-Testing Airline Food at Amazing Food Creations
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Would you willfully submit yourself to taste-test a bunch of airline food? Probably not, but I did this past week thanks to the people at Amazing Food Creations. And you know what? It was good.…
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Republic CEO Bryan Bedford On the Branded Strategy (Across the Aisle)
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Last week, I had the chance to sit down with Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic, in the carrier’s northwest Indianapolis headquarters. (It’s that building on the right, in the shadow of the odd-looking pyramid buildings.)…
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Cranky on the Web (May 10 – 14)
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New Tokyo Haneda Flights: Some Strange Choices, Courtesy of the Feds – BNET Flight awards were handed out by the feds for the four coveted slots at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. They made some odd picks.…
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The Good and Bad of MegaBus (Trip Report)
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I’m still in the middle of my Midwestern swing, and I had an interesting experience that I thought was worth posting about this week. No, it didn’t have any wings attached. It was the MegaBus.…
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Southwest Advances into South Carolina
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Southwest is on the march through the South; however, instead of burning down Atlanta like others have done, the airline will simply use the old school backdoor approach that made it famous. In this case,…
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US Airways Makes Further Strides in Baggage Handling with Planeside Scanning
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Last year, I wrote about how US Airways had started scanning bags at planeside. When I was in Phoenix with the airline recently, I decided to stop in and get an update on how things…
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Lufthansa’s Beer Garden Should Inspire Others
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Let’s say you’re flying on a German airline and you’re riding in style up in business class. What would you like to see in the lounge before you go? That’s right, a German beer garden.…
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Five Airline CEOs on New Aircraft and Regulation
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And now, finally, part three of the airline CEO panel. I promise this is my last post on the symposium for this year. They finished up with a discussion about new aircraft and regulation. (See…
