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Why Airline Ops People and Air Traffic Controllers are Excited About Data Comm
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I haven’t done a post about NextGen air traffic control in awhile, but something mentioned on a panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium really caught my attention. It’s called Data Comm (short for, wait for…
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A Look Back at American’s Shifting Fleet As It Plans to Retire Two More Types
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In an internal memo last week, American explained that it was going to retire two more fleets in the next couple of years with both the Embraer 190 and A330-300s hitting the road. Both these…
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Congress and TSA Continue to Point Fingers While Offering Weak Fixes For Long Security Lines
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I’ve taken three flights in the last couple of weeks and the Pre Check lines have been open for exactly none of them. Regular lines continue to get longer, and as we approach the peak…
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3 Links I Love: CEO Edition (American, Delta, IAG, Aer Lingus, Frontier)
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It’s CEO week here on the links I love, so let’s get started. This week’s featured link: Airline Weekly podcast – Episode 38 (CEO Interview: Delta’s Bastian) – Airline Weekly At the media day I…
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Delta Takes My Advice, Adds RFID Tracking to Baggage
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They say it’s a good idea to have a lot of news to break if you host a media day, and Delta certainly took that to heart. I’ve written about the C-Series order and the…
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A JetBlue Flat Bed in Coach to Vegas (Trip Report)
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Last weekend was my annual trip to Vegas with a group of friends from grad school. While I usually drive, this year was a logistical mess that left me needing to fly out and drive…
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Labor and Training Issues Push Southwest to Retire Its 737 Classics Next Year
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It has been a few years since most US airlines retired their Classic 737s, but Southwest continues to soldier on with more than 100. Until recently, the plan had been to see those fly into…
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Cranky on the Web: Delta’s Problem Is It Doesn’t Have a Lot of Problems
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Delta’s new CEO wants you to cut the TSA line – CNN.com Though the title on this article makes it sound like this is about TSA, it’s really not. This is an article looking more…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Weird CLEAR Move, Burbank’s Silly Renaming, United’s New Gift Delivery Service
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This week’s featured link: Delta Air Lines and CLEAR Partner to Improve Airport Experience – Delta News Hub One of the initiatives that Delta rolled out at media day last week was a partnership with…
