Recent Articles
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3 Bailout Links I Love: Alitalia, Hong Kong Airlines, and South African
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This week’s featured link: Alitalia set for €400mn gov’t bailout after talks collapse – ch-aviationNobody wants to rescue Alitalia, so the burden has now fallen…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson On Future Potential Applications for Blockchain in Travel
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Welcome back to the second part of my discussion with Pedro Anderson, Founder and CEO of Winding Tree, the company that has partnered with Hahn…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson Explains Blockchain's Place in Travel
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There are some things in the world that I just don’t understand, and one of those things is blockchain. I mean, I get it technically,…
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Allegiant Is the Latest To Get Operational Religion
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Walking through Allegiant’s recent investor presentation is like walking through an alternate universe. For years, Allegiant was known as an airline with poor operational performance…
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Cranky on the Web: The Rise of Travel Insurance
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Yes, you are being asked if you want travel insurance more often – MarketplaceIt was a quick one minute story for Marketplace on the rise…
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3 Links I Love: Jetlines Sues, South African Screws (Itself), Float to Cruise
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This week’s featured link: CANADA JETLINES LTD. and : CANADA JETLINES OPERATIONS LTD. v. DAVID NEELEMAN, DGN CORPORATION : and BREEZE AVIATION GROUP, INC. –…
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An Aborted Attempt to Fly a KLM 747 (Almost A Trip Report)
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Last week, I mentioned how the good people at Hahn Air asked me to be the first passenger to fly on a reservation ticketed via…
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Tokyo Tipping Point: Next Summer, Haneda Will Have More Flights to North America Than Narita
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Travelers have always preferred Tokyo’s Haneda Airport over Narita, but artificial restrictions that prevented most international flights from operating at Haneda forced airlines to fly…
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3 Links I Love: When Boeing Strayed, Qantas Pouts, Airplane Water is Fine
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This week’s featured link: The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course – The AtlanticDon’t worry, this isn’t a 10,000 word traditional Atlantic article. It’s…
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Delta Should Have Bigger Plans For Its Silver Airways Codeshare
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I linked to the press release announcing the Delta and Silver Airways would be entering into a codeshare arrangement on Friday, but I decided this…
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Hahn Air Issues the World’s First Ticket Using Blockchain… Does It Matter?
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Blockchain! I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed to revolutionize the…
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IAG Looks to Consolidate Power At the Top
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Airline mergers within Europe have gone very differently from how they’ve proceeded in the US. As we all know, in Europe, the merged brands tend…