Mar 25 2017

Singer John Legend’s bag was snatched at New York JFK airport Thursday evening around 9 p.m. Initially it was erroneously reported to have been taken by a cab driver who was going to take Legend into the city, however that turned out to be false — unsurprisingly Legend had a pre-arranged driver.

His bag contained “a pair of Cartier Panther cuff links with clear and green stones, valued at $30k. The clothes inside were valued at $500, and there was a $500 pair of eyeglasses.”

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Mar 25 2017

Earlier this month Qatar Airways debuted their new business class Qsuite which may be the new best business class seat in the world.

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Mar 24 2017

Stifel’s Joseph DeNardi and Matthew Rachal think that American AAdvantage will drive the airline’s stock price growth.

They report that analysts are pegging American’s stock at $54 while they expect $95 because of growth in AAdvantage revenue which is very high margin.

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Mar 24 2017

Delta used to offer SkyDeli and America West had Snack Sac. On a short flight in coach you’d pick up a bag with food on your way down the jetway. That saved work for the flight attendants and still let the airline feed you.

American Airlines had Bistro Bags. I spotted one of the old carts, not in use since around 2004, at New York JFK late last month.

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Mar 24 2017

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Mar 24 2017

American’s fundamental operating belief has been that if planes depart on time they’ll arrive on time, or at least an on-time departure is the number one thing they can contribute to an on time arrival. So there has been incredible pressure on employees to send planes out exactly on time.

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Mar 24 2017

Air India flies between Pune and Delhi with a mixture of Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. The A321s are single cabin economy flights.

Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Ravindra Gaikwad showed up for one of these flights with an open business class ticket, wanting to take the 7:35am departure to Delhi on a day it was operated by a single cabin A321.

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Mar 23 2017

Continually better product at lower cost is the hallmark of vibrant competitive industries.

The US legacy airlines, with Basic Economy fares, are striving to provide less at the same price

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Mar 23 2017

I used to pay a lot of attention to Star Alliance member Aegean, the little Greek airline that could. That’s because I got a status match to Gold status from them back when British Airways bought british midland and they were matching bmi status.

Aegean status used to be lifetime which I thought was great only they decided that lifetime meant something different to them than it did to me.

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Mar 23 2017

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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