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US Airlines Are Considering Requiring Covid-19 Vaccination To Fly. This Is Completely Unnecessary.

by Gary Leff

Dec 02 2020

While Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was the first to voice a plan to permit only passengers who have been vaccinated to fly internationally, U.S. airlines are considering a vaccination requirement as well.

They want to figure out whether this will give customers confidence to travel, and whether requirements can be made uniform across airlines so they don’t have to compete for customers with vaccine policies. A vaccine requirement though will be unnecessary by the time the vaccine is available enough for this to become possible.

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Ouch: The New American Airlines Safety Video Is Full Of People Who No Longer Work At American

by Gary Leff

Dec 02 2020

The new American Airlines safety video was supposed to debut back in April. It was delayed due to the pandemic. They queued it for December rollout, but decided it wasn’t a good time and tried to pull it back.

Many of the employees featured in the safety video are… no longer employees. They’ve been furloughed since the video was shot.

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Here’s The New American Airlines Safety Video, Now Accidentally Playing On 70 Aircraft

by Gary Leff

Dec 01 2020

Back in April I shared details of the new American Airlines safety video. The airline held off releasing it because of the Covid-19 pandemic. I only posted an 18 second snippet to offer a taste, looking forward to the airline’s planned release.

Now, however, the video is playing temporarily on 70 aircraft so I’m happy to share it in full.

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Delta Blames Covid-19 For Thanksgiving Operations Meltdown

by Gary Leff

Dec 01 2020

Delta, which can go hundreds of days at a time without cancelling a flight, cancelled hundreds of flights in days over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Delta blames Covid-19, offering “We didn’t expect the effects of a sharp increase in capacity in the last part of the month to be compounded by rising number of positive COVID cases and quarantine requirements among pilots and other factors.”

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DOT Approved The American Airlines-JetBlue Partnership (By Skipping Deadline To Object)

by Gary Leff

jetblue plane
Nov 30 2020

The two airlines submitted copies of their agreement to the Department of Transportation for review on July 22, 2020. The review requirement isn’t just for codeshares and frequent flyer program tie ups as announced but also for “long-term wet leases involving a substantial number of aircraft” – a wet lease provides not just planes but also crew.

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Report: End Of The Line For American’s Premium Airbus A321T Transcon

by Gary Leff

airline cabin
Nov 30 2020

There are active discussions around what to do with the Airbus A321T premium configured fleet and a report suggests that there’s a plan to rip out the interiors and replace them with the standard domestic ‘Oasis’ offering.

The A321T offers 10 first class, 20 business class, 36 Main Cabin Extra (extra legroom coach) and 36 economy seats and is used on premium cross country routes. Moving to ‘Oasis’ would mean these planes would lose seat back television, a lot more seats would be squeezed in, and there would no longer be a lie flat business class or first class product.

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American Airlines Is Running Five Employee Boeing 737 MAX Flights To Nowhere

by Gary Leff

Nov 29 2020

The Boeing 737 MAX is officially allowed to fly again in commercial service. A lot of things need to take place before that happens, but while Southwest Airlines plans to take 4-5 months to get the plane back in the air, American Airlines is far more aggressive – planning to fly it again on December 29th.

Employees of American Airlines and its wholly-owned regional carriers (Enjoy, Piedmont, and PSA) and of the American Airlines Credit Union are being invited to take one of five ‘flights to nowhere’ on the Boeing 737 MAX before it re-enters commercial service at the end of December.

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