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Congratulations: American Airlines Finally Made Money Flying Passengers in the Second Quarter

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Jul 25 2019

I wrote last fall about how American Airlines was losing money flying passengers and also covered earlier in the year how all of their profit was accounted for by the AAdvantage frequent flyer program. American Airlines makes money selling frequent flyer miles to banks.

This was notable because it underscored just how badly the passenger operation was performing financially.

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American Airlines Change May Let You Keep Your First Class Upgrade When Changing Flights

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Jul 23 2019

This change has been consistent in reports whether confirming a same day change to an itinerary, or swapping flights during irregular operations using the American Airlines app. Presumably because American sees you in R and is simply rebooking you into R, and R is now far more available since it’s been given a dual use as the second highest first class fare class.

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Fiji Airways Moving its Full Business Class Meal Service From the Air to the Ground

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Jul 22 2019

Many airlines have offered pre-flight dining in business class. Eat your meal in the airport before boarding, go right to sleep on board. That’s a nice option for short overnight flights.

Of course not everyone want to show up at the airport early to eat. And where this has been tried it’s generally presented either as a choice (eat beforehand instead of on the plane) or a shortened service where the food remains substantive. Not so at Fiji Airways.

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Head of Flight Attendants Union Threatens to Contaminate Airline Food

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Jul 21 2019

Star Alliance member EVA Air has a much underrated frequent flyer program and one of the best business class products in the world.

However the world focused on the treatment of the airline’s flight attendants after a truly shocking passenger incident this year that was so bad it spurred flight attendant activism including demands that the airline hire male cabin crew.

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