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They’ve been a basket case for years, with powerful unions and a long history of political meddling. Every so often they get a bailout from one place or another. Air France put money in though it was obvious to nearly everyone they’d lose their shirt. They walked away, though leaving the airline even worse of with a joint venture that benefits Delta and Air France more than Alitalia.
Next in line with deep pockets was Etihad, who learned a lesson not to trust promises made by the Italian government and which ultimately pushed out its own CEO in part based on bad investments in foreign airlines. New uniforms, service training for flight attendants, and new business class seats were not going to turn around the airline.
We now have the reports filed by police responding to the incident. And they’re deplorable.
The U.S. is reportedly considering extending the electronics ban beyond just Middle Eastern airports to U.S.-bound flights from the U.K. and even to all flights from Europe.
The Associated Press ran a piece yesterday, “Major changes coming to how your credit score is calculated”
Citibank has added another points transfer partner to the ThankYou Rewards program: Jet Airways JetPrivilege. They’re not a member of any traditional alliance, but part of Etihad Airways Equity Partners and they have numerous additional airline partners.
In January Hector Adler got bumped up to Senior Vice President at American… in advance of retirement.
Now Fernand Fernandez, Vice President of Marketing, is leaving.
The New York Post carries a piece about Karen Shiboleth who says she was downgraded on a United flight in a particularly unpleasant fashion last year. And she’s suing.
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.
The Chicago official who oversees O’Hare airport security and “is a point person” investigating the United Airlines incident where a passenger was dragged off a plane by Aviation Police officers called to the scene by the airline, was hired for the role after being terminated by the Illinois Tollway for allegedly seeking “sex and money in exchange for work-related favors” according to the Chicago Tribune.
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