Articles tagged “qatar airways”

U.S. airlines made executive changes and product upgrades last year to improve performance. But this data will only encourage the Big Three legacy carriers to redouble efforts with the Trump administration to curb foreign airline expansion and reopen Open Skies agreements.

This is not the biggest aircraft order of all time, but you have to give Qatar Airways credit for the stagecraft. The Washington political class hasn't exactly been a great friend to the airline, but the carrier nonetheless made the announcement inside the Beltway. It even included a senior State Department official.

In other words: Summer is over. But it had some bright spots.

Delta, United, and American wanted the U.S. State Department to take unprecedented action against Emirates, Etihad Airways, and Qatar Airways. But the government didn't opt for a brash approach. This may well be the beginning of the end of the complaints.

Have we reached peak safety video?

Not many airlines have the luxury of designing an entire airport around their brand, but there is a lot airlines can do to design a seamless ground experience for their passengers nonetheless.

A lot is at stake here and we expect the investigations to continue.

We can't say for sure why the Gulf carriers have embarrassing on-time performance records, but we feel the answer is likely a combination of the responses we received from aviation experts and the airlines themselves.

The selective outrage is cynical at best.

And the beat goes on.