Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/05/2009 – Ryanair’s New Fee To ‘Check In’ & The Real Cost Of Some Low Cost Carriers Everyday hundreds of thousands of travellers take to the internet to search for the lowest airfare for their travels. Eventually many of these travellers with find themselves at the website of a Low-Cost-Carrier…
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…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 15/04/2009 – United Airlines Institutes Two-Seat Requirement For “Customers Of Size” United Airlines appears to be following the lead of Southwest Airlines in regard to seating accommodations for passengers who cannot comfortably sit in a single seat. While United instituted the “Passengers Requiring Extra Space” policy on the 4th of…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 15/04/2009 – The Passenger Experience Can Create Friendly Skies Or Unfriendly Skies This morning I found an interesting story on The Consumerist, by way of a fantastic airline industry blog Shashank Nigam’s SimpliFlying (www.simpliflying.com). This story details how a woman and her boyfriend were trying to catch a United Airlines…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com— E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/03/2009 – How Does The Media Figure Out An Airlines’ Losses? When you read the news and reporters discuss airlines being up and down it can sometimes be hard to gauge how exactly how an airline’s ‘plus/minus’ is determined. In fact, it is not one easy factor to determine how an…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 04/03/2009 – New Low Cost Airlines Fees Hit A New Low Airlines instituted fees for purchasing tickets on the phone quite a few years ago. The flying public complained, but the fees stayed in place. Some airlines followed up with instituting additional fees for purchasing a ticket in person at…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/02/2009 – Southwest’s LUV Brings Broadband To The Flying Masses I have been holding onto this entry involving Southwest Airlines for the past few days, waiting for Valentine’s Day. Why Valentine’s Day? Because Southwest Airline’s ‘home’ is not only Dallas’ Love Field, but also the airline’s stock symbol (NYSE) is…
Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/01/2009 – Can An Airline Be No Frills & Friendly? One UK Carrier Says Yes! Can a low cost carrier offer competitive fares and still provide its passengers with good friendly service? Using the premise of customer service, Northern England based low cost carrier Jet2 (www.jet2.com) launched an all out…
