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Airline Innovation Coverage

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Business of Pajamas, Pillows and Bragging Rights on Airplanes

What we learned from this story: Jessica Alba is one reason airlines improved pajama quality, and passengers steal pillows and blankets from airplanes. Plus, not everyone is sure why airlines give premium passengers amenity kits on every long-haul flight.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

Business of Pajamas, Pillows and Bragging Rights on Airplanes

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Delta Air Lines Scraps Check-In for Users of Its iPhone App

This is a good development for passengers, who must wonder why they still have to check in for flights in 2017. But for many airlines, check-in still serves a valuable purpose.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

Delta Air Lines Scraps Check-In for Users of Its iPhone App

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Delta Doesn’t Actually Want Anyone to Buy Basic Economy

Delta has a message for passengers who don't like Basic Economy fares: Trade up and buy a better product.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

Delta Doesn’t Actually Want Anyone to Buy Basic Economy

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Social Media Scares Us About Airlines in an Age of Permanxiety

Social media brings the world closer and informs us, but it also amplifies the insignificant to the point of crisis when patience would solve the problem better.

Grant Martin, Skift | 5 years ago

Social Media Scares Us About Airlines in an Age of Permanxiety

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Airline Data Powerhouse Needs to Evolve as Fast as Airfares Have

The fare-filing clearinghouse ATPCO needs to adapt to airline distribution's rapid changes. Much depends on whether its new CEO can boost the organization's metabolism.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Airline Data Powerhouse Needs to Evolve as Fast as Airfares Have

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First Class Is Shrinking but Here’s Why It Remains Important

First class is becoming more rarified as carriers emphasize dense business class configurations. But the most exclusive product does still play a role for well-heeled customers and the marketing departments of top carriers.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 5 years ago

First Class Is Shrinking but Here’s Why It Remains Important

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What Monarch Air’s Bankruptcy Means for European Aviation and 6 Other Aviation Trends This Week

This week in aviation, stateside we talked about perks like custom-designed bedding, but in Europe the market is in flux from several recent failures: Alitalia, Air Berlin, and Monarch Air.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 5 years ago

What Monarch Air’s Bankruptcy Means for European Aviation and 6 Other Aviation Trends This Week

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Amadeus Wins Air Canada Contract as It Digs In Deeper in North America

With this deal, the Madrid-based technology giant has scored another win in North America, after having finished moving Southwest Airlines to Amadeus' reservations platform earlier this year.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Amadeus Wins Air Canada Contract as It Digs In Deeper in North America

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JetBlue-Backed Zunum Plans to Produce a Small Hybrid-Electric Plane by 2022

Don't let recent news fool you. This is a promising development, but we're still far from a world in which a substantial number of passengers fly on a hybrid-electric plane.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

JetBlue-Backed Zunum Plans to Produce a Small Hybrid-Electric Plane by 2022

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United Complains Airbus Won’t Give It Competitive Prices

We like United President Scott Kirby because he says what's on his mind. But something doesn't add up here. Is this the real reason United hasn't placed a new order for the A320 family of jets?

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago