The Official Airline Guide turns 80 this year. Not content to rest on its laurels, parent company United Business Media Ltd. vows to “reinvigorate the company.”
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What we’re reading: OAG turns 80, no-frills A380 takes to the skies, AirTran to put ads on seatbacks
AirTran has partnered with SkyWest out of Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport starting December 4. SkyWest will be operating five 50-seat CRJ200s.
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I watched the recent swapping of airline slots between Delta and USAirways and between AirTran and Continental. Once upon a time the airlines were howling when the FAA wanted to limit landing and take-off slots at La Guardia, Newark and JFK as a solution to overcrowding of the airspace. They claimed that Congress never explicitly gave the FAA the right to auction slots. Has Congress given the airlines explicit rights to sway federal assets? And what about the consumers?
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Forbes had an interesting diagnosis the other day of what ails the airline industry based on financial disclosures. The article featured an insightful prognostication by independent airline analysis Robert Herbst of airlinefinancials.com of which airlines might be around nine months from now.
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No, this is not an April Fool’s Day Joke. There is an airline that wants suggestions from customers. And it promises to implement one of them.
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Fees help AirTran post a profit. Plus, Greyhound offers an all-you-can-eat option and Orbitz cuts its hotel booking fees.
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I’m having a hard time typing this morning because I’m stunned …
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Nine Muslim passengers were ordered off an AirTran flight, cleared of wrongdoing by the FBI, yet were refused a rebooking. What happened?
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Christina Stansbury’s fiance is headed to Las Vegas with his best man for a bachelor party. Or are they? When they get to the airport, it turns out their airline has stopped flying to Sin City, and now their online agency is balking at a refund. Can this trip be saved?
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Three airlines went out of business in one week and Champion Air will call in quits at the end of May. Experts believe most major airlines will survive.
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