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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…
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Cranky on the Web (May 2 – 7)
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For Fliers, Mixed Impact Seen – Wall Street Journal The articles have been flying fast and furious this week regarding the United/Continental merger. I was quoted in this one. United-Continental Merger: A Good Fit (If…
