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9 Surprising Things I Learned About Where Airlines are Earning Their Money
Airline Weekly is always a great source of interesting data and this week’s issue (subscription) summarizes daily revenue for the top 10 routes for each of the 11 largest U.S. airlines. And there’s some great nuggets in the data.
The Cutest 5 Year Old Future Pilot and a oneworld Status Match Opportunity
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.
Lufthansa Long Haul Business Class Award Space is Completely Drying Up
One of the best things about United miles is that you can use them on Star Alliance partners. United’s award space isn’t great on its own flights (though better than American’s). But with myriad partners you can almost always get where you’re going in Europe or Asia.
I do not know whether this is a glitch, a temporary phenomenon, or a new revenue management philosophy but searching for partner award space there’s almost nothing available in Lufthansa business class across the Atlantic after February 7 .. and it’s become much harder to get before that, too.
How Gold Gets Smuggled and Airbus Corruption Scandal May Reach its CEO
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The Attempted Terrorist Bombing of an Airport Last Week You Didn’t Even Hear About
A decade after 9/11 the federal government concluded that terrorist threat groups inside the United States were simply not plotting attacks against planes. They classified that conclusion and continued to beat the drum for bigger security budgets, more equipment. The security state benefits a federal employee union, it benefits equipment manufacturers, and it benefits politicians.
On Friday an attempted terrorist attack occurred at a U.S. airport and you probably didn’t hear anything about it because it doesn’t fit the narrative, in fact it may upend everything we’ve been told to believe about security threats to aviation.
United’s New Dense Configuration Boeing 737 Seat Map Leaked
United’s densest Boeing 737-800s already have 166 seats, or one more row than American’s current configuration and one less row than American’s new plan.
United has said they plan ‘densification’ (more seats in the same amount of room) as well.
Fare Alert: Major US Cities to Bangkok From $216 Roundtrip
For a decade it was unheard of to see roundtrip fares to Southeast Asia for under $600. That’s changed. I don’t even bother sharing fares to Europe unless they’re under $500… preferably under $400. Still this one is an unusually good fare even by recent sale fare standards.
The Strange Toilets of Chicago O’Hare and Even Stranger Firing of the Alaska Airport Manager
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Southwest Airlines Finally Announces — They’re Going to Hawaii!
Hawaii service has been speculated for years. In December 2010 they advertised for an ETOPS manager suggesting they were planning long overwater flights.
Finally this year service has begun to seem imminent.