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3 Links I Love: Alitalia Rescue Plan #85,083, United Takes on Cheaters, Air India Hits Wall and Keeps Flying
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This week’s featured link: Alitalia relaunch to include Italian state ownership – USA TodayThis is excellent news for all admirers of the Worst Airline Ever. For anyone who thought Alitalia might go under or get merged…
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Going for a Biofuel-Powered 747 Ride in Premium Economy on Virgin Atlantic
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Geoff Fischer is back with the second post in his Virgin Atlantic biofuel adventure. Picking up where he left off in Part 1, Geoff explores the economics of recaptured carbon biofuel and reports on its maiden…
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DOT Finally Makes Operational Statistics Accurate
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It took years of fighting, regulation, and delays but the DOT has finally started to publish a useful look at airline operational performance. Now you can see the stats by brand (including regional airlines) and not…
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JetBlue Follows the Numbers
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JetBlue has taken a fair bit of flak lately for falling in line with other airlines and their less customer-friendly policies, but this really isn’t all that surprising. After all, JetBlue is a public company,…
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3 Links I Love: Comet Across the Atlantic, Overhead Bin Sensors, A380 in Trouble
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This week’s featured link:British Airways Celebrates 60 Years of Jet Flights Across the Atlantic (+Photos) – AirwaysI was invited to join this event in London by BA, but I wasn’t able to go. (There was…
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CEOs of Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech Talk About the Bright Future of Recaptured Carbon as Fuel
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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…
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A New Book: 3 Feet to the Left
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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…
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A Vision for American in Phoenix: Mountains to the World (The Optimistic View)
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I wrote about possible doom and gloom for American’s Phoenix hub last week, but today I’m going to put the rose-colored glasses on and look at this in a different way… the way American itself…
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Cranky on the Web: Discovering Stopovers
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From Layover to Stayover – Travel WeeklyI 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…
