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Airline News

Bringing you the latest airline news and airline industry insights. Get the need-to-know developments in passenger experience, ancillary services, revenue management, and loyalty and technology.

Airlines

Why hasn’t more been done to improve runway safety at airports?

Runway incidents have dropped in the past decade, but as airports reach beyond their planned capacity, the number of close calls is likely to increase until greater attention is given to the issue.

Skift | 12 years ago

Why hasn’t more been done to improve runway safety at airports?

Airlines

Air Cote d’Ivoire to launch next month with flights to nine international cities

The startup airline is largely financed by the government and faces no domestic competition, but the key to its success lies in network feed to come from its partnership with Celestair Group airlines.

Skift | 12 years ago

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U.S. airlines collect $1.6 billion in fees in Q2, putting all majors in black

Maybe the airlines industry should rename itself as the ancillaries industry, since all growth is there AND customer service is now ancillary to everything else anyway.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

More questions than answers on the future of in-flight entertainment

For now, they may have to do both in tandem as the industry is in transition. Then in-flight wi-fi may never reach speeds that would allow smooth playback of passenger's media, or at least not for scaled usage.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Emirates looks to increase passenger capacity in India by over 50 percent

Emirates has reached the limits of its air capacity under current regulations and if it fails to secure more flying rights, the airline may leverage an Indian carrier to feed flights leaving from Dubai.

Skift | 12 years ago

Emirates looks to increase passenger capacity in India by over 50 percent

Airlines

Loyalty tracking shakeout? Traxo acquires GoMiles

There are so many loyalty tracking companies in existence that a shakeout is inevitable.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

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American Airlines and its pilots’ union signal that they’re ready for talks again

Cancelled flights, sick pilots, and really, really ticked off passengers have dominated AMR's last two weeks of operations so much so that American has to at least pretend to return to the bargaining table with its most powerful antagonists.

Reuters | 12 years ago

American Airlines and its pilots’ union signal that they’re ready for talks again

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Boeing gets into Wi-Fi game, promises connectivity from 747-8s and 777s

In-flight Wi-Fi access is becoming such a necessity that Boening now sees it as an essential element for its most popular aircraft.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Management consultants and lawyers rake in over $40 million in fees from American Airlines

In any large bankruptcy proceeding, there is a windfall to be made by lawyers, accountants, and consultants. The AMR bankruptcy case is obviously no exception.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Management consultants and lawyers rake in over $40 million in fees from American Airlines

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Pets have a place to stay at JFK airport with $32 million kennel on the way

Pet travel, a huge and fast growing sector of the industry, will get an even bigger boost when a marquee airport like JFK creates such a facility. And of course a big source of future revenue for airports as well.

The Associated Press | 12 years ago

Pets have a place to stay at JFK airport with $32 million kennel on the way