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This Week on BNET (Sep 15 – 19)
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Vegas Hotel Rooms Growing; Flights Shrinking Hotels rooms in Vegas are growing rapidly but flights are disappearing. How are they going to find enough people to fill all those rooms? Hawaiian Adds Winglets to Some…
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Air Canada Gets a Gold Star for Rolling Back Fees
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Those of you who live in Canada got a nice dose of gold star-worthy airline goodness yesterday when Air Canada announced it was rolling back some fees and other airlines followed with reductions of their…
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United Pulls Out of Palmdale as Quickly as Possible
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Let’s stick this one in the “I told you so” file. Back in June, I said, “I’m sure that the second that subsidy is gone, United is out of there.” I was right. United started…
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Spirit Brings Ads to Overhead Bins, Bulkheads, and More
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To be honest, I’m really surprised that it took this long for an airline to do this, but if anyone was going to take the plunge, it’s Spirit. The airline has decided that it’s time…
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Spanair Aircraft Did Not Have Flaps Deployed; Not Necessarily the Cause of the Accident
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The preliminary report is in, and it appears that the Spanair aircraft that crashed on takeoff last month did not have its flaps extended. While it’s not clear if this was actually the cause of…
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Lufthansa Buys Stake in Brussels Airlines, Looks at Alitalia
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“The Germans marched into Brussels today as they discussed further cooperation with the Italians.” I can’t say I ever thought that statement would be looked upon favorably, but that’s exactly what we’re seeing now. Yesterday,…
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Five Great Things About Portland Airport
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I was up in the Pacific Northwest this past weekend, and on my way home yesterday, I had a chance to walk around the Portland Airport. Since this place has been rated the best airport…
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This Week on BNET (Sep 8 – 12)
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American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing more long haul international. What new routes might we see? United Stock Tanks…
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Three Cool things From the Aircraft Interiors Expo
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I had the chance to spend a day at the first running of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in the US this week, and I have to say, it was pretty interesting. I mean, it’s not…
