It was a rough year for airlines in 2008, fuel prices were climbing at impossible rates, passenger numbers were dropping, the introduction of ancillary fees were being introduced and airlines of all sizes were feeling the impact around the world. As April 2008 began the writing was on the wall for some airlines that managed…
An iPhone App I have been waiting to see since December (when I was authoring KLM’s Blog) was released a few days ago … and in tandem. Sure quite a few airlines have iPhone Apps now, but this is the first time two airlines have coordinated the release of essentially the same app with two…
For many aviation enthusiasts airplanes are like fine art. We all have our favorites airplanes and airplanes we find aesthetically pleasing … for me its the Lockheed L-1011. For one aviation enthusiast … OK … let me try that again … for one significant aviation geek extraordinaire, the melding of airplanes and art has spawned…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 08/09/2009 – Guess who co-authored the “First comprehensive Guide to Airline Social Media strategies” …well the full headline from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation as of right now is “First comprehensive Guide to Airline Social Media strategies released” Still taking a guess at who co-authored it? If you guessed…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/04/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Cathay Pacific’s CX Mobile No matter what opinion any flyer may have of the three major global airline alliances, one thing is clear, OneWorld alliance airlines are dominating the iPhone App technology. Back in October of 2008 I wrote about the release…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 10/04/2009 – Why Do Flyers Choose A Specific Airline : My Son’s Opinion Recently I have been very focused on business and policy issues related to airline travel. My focus on what attracts frequent flyers to airlines has been driving much of my research and been useful to clients…however my…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 05/04/2009 – The Airline Of The Year Is… On an unlikely day last week, April Fools Day, the airline industry gathered in Hamburg Germany, to find out whom SkyTrax would name as the ‘Airline of the Year.‘ SkyTrax received more than 16.2 million completed surveys from frequent flyers, representing passengers…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/02/2009 – How Not To React To A Missed Flight Missing flights is an unfortunately reality of travel sometimes. A connecting flight lands late, weather delays, getting stuck in traffic, long security lines… and sometimes just making a mistake and running late. No one likes missing a flight, and while…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/02/2009 – What Would You Do If You Ran The Airline? Yesterday USA Today ran a travel column by David Grossman entitled “What would you do if you were CEO of a major airline?” The timing of David’s column for me comes after a significant time of thinking about this…
