American Airlines CEO Has Never Flown JetBlue Business Class, Knows Nothing About It

by Gary Leff

Oct 03 2022

With American Airlines CEO Robert Isom on the witness stand, government lawyers in the anti-trust trial trying to break up his airline’s partnership with JetBlue asked the executive about JetBlue’s “Mint” product – a lie flat business class that operates on certain domestic and short haul international routes (as well as on their transatlantic routes which are not part of the partnership).

Isom explained that he had know idea what Mint was, or what it entailed, never having flown it or paid attention to it, it seems.

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KLM Wants Passengers Banned By One Airline To Be Banned By All Airlines Worldwide

by Gary Leff

Oct 03 2022

Delta’s CEO called for a national no fly list for unruly behavior, act poorly on one airline be unable to fly any airline. Highly problematic, with no standards for being placed on that list (each airline applies its own!) or opportunity for judicial review. That didn’t go anywhere though it’s something the Biden administration toyed with.

Now Dutch airlines KLM and Transavia want this as an international system, and will begin by sharing unruly passenger behavior which each other.

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