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Some Have a Real Impact While Others Don’t, But Aviation Emission Reduction Efforts are Picking Up Steam
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It’s been far too long since I’ve written about aviation and the environment, so today seemed like a good day to catch up. There are a lot of good things going on to help reduce…
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Flying Main Cabin Extra One Way and First Class the Other on an American A321 (Trip Report)
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About a month ago, Salesforce.com asked if I’d be willing to come speak at an event they were holding for a small group of folks at American. The topic? Anything about the customer experience. I’m…
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Why Does Congress Keep Trying to Over-Regulate Airlines?
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It seems like every week, as of late, there’s a new proposed bill coming out of Congress that tries to slap over-reaching regulations on the airlines. In general it’s not a surprise, since that’s pretty…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Board Room Brawl, Amazon Airlines, Alaska’s Eclipse Flight
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This week’s featured link: And it Turned in to a Boardroom Blitz – Wandering Aramean I was debating writing a full post about United’s board room brawl, but I’m not quite there yet. I want…
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Self-Cleaning Toilets Sound Great, But Why Not the Entire Airplane?
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Has everyone heard about Boeing’s so-called self-cleaning lavatory prototype? Sounds great, but there’s some false advertising here. (It doesn’t actually clean itself. It sanitizes, which is totally different.) But it’s still a good idea, and…
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Walking the New Connector Between Terminal 4 and the Bradley Terminal at LAX
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One of the big issues at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the inability to make connections between terminals without having to leave security. This has been slowly changing, and now we have the biggest…
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Airlines Fight to Be Able to Lose Money in Cuba
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It’s been a long time coming, but the thawing relations between the US and Cuba have finally borne fruit for the airline industry. Every US carrier that’s interested has now submitted an application to fly…
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Cranky on the Web: Fare Increases, Cuba
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Airlines have raised fares 3 times this year, but with little impact – Travel Weekly Airlines have increased fares a few times this year, and some people are angry about it. But this article mentions…
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3 Links I Love: Brazilian Airlines Get a Lifeline, Cleveland Bounces Back, Tenerife Interview
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This week’s featured link: Brazil to raise foreign ownership in local airlines – Reuters Brazil is in a world of hurt. The economy has tanked, air travel demand has dropped, and airline revenues have disappeared.…
