Every post I had in the hopper suddenly seems irrelevant. I was working on a story about growing capacity in a small town, and I had been digging into Contour’s model. Now none of it matters thanks to this coronavirus crisis which is very close to shutting down the entire …
Dear Newbie,
I’m sure this has been a really challenging month for you. After all, since you were hired in the last decade, you’ve never seen anything like this before. Take a deep breath and get ready. It’s going to be a rough ride. I don’t know how long this …
Aviation industry stands to lose up to $113 billion from coronavirus effect – KTVU
More coronvirus talk. So much coronavirus talk. But hey, now you get to watch me.
Delta trims capacity 15% as coronavirus cuts into travel – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Add another one to the pile. It’s really …
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Coronavirus Is Pushing Some Airlines to the Precipice – Skift
The end is near for some. If this continues, there will be a whole lot of airlines either waiting for government bailouts or failing. Outside of Norwegian, it’s hard for me to think of any huge …
In April of this year, United and United Express were planning to operate 151,861 flights on 1,761 directional routes. (That means both Los Angeles to Newark and Newark to Los Angeles are included separately.) Thanks to this coronavirus, about 10,000 of those will no longer operate, a roughly 7 percent …
I was going to write today about the details of United’s big schedule change, but I’m pushing that off. Instead, I’ve decided that there’s more to write around United’s bad schedule change policy revision that I covered yesterday. Originally, I decided that it wasn’t egregious enough to earn the Cranky …
This was a close one. When the news came out Saturday night that United was altering its schedule change policy to severely restrict refunds, I immediately dusted off the Cranky Jackass award and began typing furiously. But yesterday I got a clarification that softens the blow, so the Jackass goes …
Coronavirus airplane travel: How US airlines are cleaning planes – Today Show
This wasn’t an on camera interview, but it was an in-depth look on the Today website at how airlines are cleaning airplanes. I know the common response is… how were they not already doing all this?
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Lufthansa will Verträge mit Condor auslaufen lassen – Handelsblatt
What, you don’t speak German? Neither do I, but that’s why Google Translate is my friend. Basically, this says that Lufthansa is going to let its agreements with Condor expire when they’re up. That’s somewhat surprising to …
Air New Zealand recently came out with a prototype of the Skynest, a pod of flat beds for use by coach passengers. It looks great, and it generated tons of press, but can this really work? I decided to play with numbers a little bit.
First, let’s take a look …
There’s an interesting rulemaking proposal rolling through the Department of Transportation (DOT) that caught my attention recently. DOT is looking to overhaul the way that it applies its consumer protection rules, and this new plan would tip the scales more toward the airlines. The thing is, it also tips the …
Coronavirus panic has reached a fever pitch as cases outside of China continue to tick upwards. We appear to be seeing a perfect storm of airlines, governments, and passengers all feeding off each other to create an elevated level of fear. Judging from airline reaction, demand seems to be disappearing …