Over the past week we have all become familiar with United Airlines vs Dr. David Dao … which really is more like Republic Airline & The Chicago Department of Aviation vs Dr. David Dao … but that isn’t really relevant right now. Since Dr. Dao’s unfortunate situation with Republic Airline and Chicago Aviation Security…
Normally a late night arrival into an international airport you’re transiting through is straightforward. You arrive; you pass through passport control, find a bench or lounge, and go to sleep. But as with many things in my life, it appears as if John Cleese is the author of my daily life. My flight today…
In just over a week the 2012 Olympic Games will commence. London’s busy airports will receive a massive influx of passengers, straining their already strained security checkpoints. Recently it has come to light that G4S security, which provides security at a number of airports in the United Kingdom, including Britain’s global gateway, London’s Heathrow…
Back in May of this year Gulf Air’s CEO, Samer Majali stood in front of executives from the airline and announced “It is not logical to continue to request funding from the government to support the airline’s operating losses to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year; funds that could be much…
Emirates is a fairly young airline, a mere 25 years old, but in that time they have seemingly come out of no where to become a dominating global airline … and now the largest international airline in the world based on international revenue passenger miles flown in 2009. As Emirates continues to grow the airline…
If you find yourself walking past 73 Piccadilly in London you’ll likely to see an unexpected site in the window … a large model of the Concorde painted up in full Iran Air livery. …Now of course we all know that the Concorde was only fully commercially flown by British Airways and Air France (the…
More than a year ago I wrote about the massive number of unused frequent flyer miles by travelers and the financial value to airlines when I wrote this – Frequent Flyer Miles Have Value : Use Them Or Lose Them At the end of 2007, the last full audit I know of global airline frequent…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/10/2009 – United Airlines’ New Unlimited Premier Baggage Plan…Is It Worth It? Yesterday United Airlines announced an interesting twist in airline baggage fees. While many airlines continue to experiment with secondary-revenue from passengers, through ‘unbundling’ airfares, United Airlines has created a new “Premier Baggage” fee scheme that allows travellers to…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 08/09/2009 – Listen To Fish Discuss The Ground Breaking Airline Social Media Report He Co-Authored Interested in social media and the airline industry but you’re not up to reading the 62 pages and 15,000 words statistical analysis report I Co-Authored and discussed here, 08/09/2009 – Guess who co-authored the “First…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 21/04/2009 – Airlines That Embrace Twitter & Why It Can Be A Valuable Tool For Them –DUE TO THE NUMBERS ON TWITTER CHANGING CONSTANTLY ALL INFORMATION IS VALID AS OF 12:04PM EST (GMT -5) ON 22-APRIL-2009– With airlines continuing to lose money, the global economy in decline and competition for…
