14/12/2009 – Southwest Airlines Responds To Air New Zealand’s Challenge … prepare to laugh Lets rewind three months to an unusual moment in airline marketing history when Air New Zealand challenged Southwest Airlines to ‘take it off’ in a public video, which I wrote about here – 15/09/2009 – Air New Zealand Calls Out Southwest…
10/12/2009 – iPhone App Of The Week : GateGuru If you bounce from airport to airport, especially airports you are unfamiliar with, you probably appreciate Apps that can help you find what you’re looking for during your limited time in an unfamiliar place. While I have written about various Apps in past that offer up…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com— E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 8/12/2009 – You Might Be An Airline Geek If… : Aviation Geek Jeopardy Coming Soon! If you are familiar with comedian Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck,” jokes then you’ll clearly understand the reference to “You might be an airline geek if…” A few weeks ago I threw out a…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com— E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 7/12/2009 – Can A Change In London Heathrow’s Approach Optimize Its Current Potential? Can a simple change in an approach pattern reduce the carbon emissions for London’s Heathrow airport, reduce its air traffic grid-lock, eliminate the airport’s need for a 3rd active runway and extend the airport’s hours of operation to…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish— E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/12/2009 – Manchester International Airport…an airport for clean freak flyers When it comes to needing to use the ‘room-for-one’ I detest airports, train stations, airplanes trains…and pretty much anywhere else. As a traveller I may not be organized, but I tend to be a clean-freak. So for those of you who…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 2/12/2009 – “Is the free liquor in business class worth the cost of upgrading?” I frequently receive questions from travelers, ranging from the basics of “When should I check in online?” to the more complicated “Which airline alliance offers the most options for planning a round-the-world trip?” While I often…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 1/12/2009 – FAA Clarifies Confusing Rules For Seat-Back Pocket Use What is allowed in the seat back pocket in front of you? This simple question has been hotly debated over the past year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared up the answer to this seemingly trivial question…although they provided an…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 30/11/2009 – FAA Allows Aircraft With Known Engine Problem To Keep Flying Just over a year ago I wrote about a US Federal Agency responsible for protecting airline passengers failing to do the responsible thing by grounding aircraft with a known potentially catastrophic in this post: 16/10/2008 – NTSB Finds…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 19/11/2009 – Airline Executives, Social Media & E-Mail Reply-All Blunders Back in the summer of 2007 Ben Baldanza, the CEO of Spirit Airlines, came to gain some notoriety for accidentally sending an internal e-mail regarding a disgruntled passenger to the passenger directly rather than only to the company’s internal corporate…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/11/2009 – Flying With Fish on Dear Sky Steward Talk Radio Show Today has been an interesting day for Flying With Fish. This morning started off with a 1-hour appearance on a live-broadcast show discussing converging trends in the airline industry and this evening finished up appearing as a guest…
