Aug
01
2020
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.
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While Airlines Aren’t Serving Booze On Board They’ve Got A New Problem: Passengers Bringing Their Own
Aug
01
2020
Southwest Airlines – along with other carriers – has noticed an increase in passengers treating flights as ‘BYO’ and drinking their own mini bottles they bring through security while on board.
Airlines have stopped serving alcohol in coach (and in some cases first class) both as a cost saving measure and to limit interaction between passengers and flight attendants. So passengers have taken the matter into their own hands.
American Airlines Won’t Bring Back First Class Meals Anytime Soon, Envisions ‘More Modern’ Service Going Forward
Aug
01
2020
Don’t expect a return to meal (tray) service on American Airlines any time soon. And when they’re ready to offer meals again expect something ‘more modern’ which in my experience is usually code for something cheaper and less extensive,
American’s Best International Routes Are Mexico, Caribbean, and South America
Jul
31
2020
Throughout the Covid pandemic American Airlines has focused on connecting flights through its Charlotte and Dallas hubs. It’s pulled back in other markets, like Los Angeles which will no longer be its primary transpacific gateway and New York which was hit by the virus early and now faces travel restrictions (quarantines) for people coming from much of the country.
The airline’s Miami hub, though, represents opportunity going forward because of where they see their best opportunities internationally unfolding.
September Will Be Worse Than June For Airlines
Jul
31
2020
Summer is traditionally peak season when airlines are the busiest. It’s heavy leisure travel season, when people fly internationally to Europe and beyond. And that season ends around Labor Day. Yet air travel this summer has plateaued around 25% of last year’s passenger volumes.
Throughout June things were improving for domestic flying, at least, but the recovery in air travel largely ended after that. Covid-19 cases grew in the United States. Cities and states imposed quarantine requirements for arriving passengers that have kept people away. And we’re approaching the end of peak leisure travel without business travel coming back in behind it to make up some of the difference.
[Roundup] As American Airlines Group Prepares To Lay Off Tens Of Thousands, They’re Holding A Hiring Open House Saturday
Jul
31
2020
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.
House Republican Whip Tells American Airlines: We’re Open To More Subsidies
Jul
31
2020
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker was in DC on Wednesday talking to politicians about a second bailout, and airline President Robert Isom reports he has spent time on the phone with legislators as well. Isom spoke on Wednesday with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, and read out his call to employees in an internal conversation, a recording of which was reviewed by View From The Wing.
With Jobs Disappearing, Flight Attendant Teaches How To Sell Feet Pictures Online
Jul
31
2020
An American Airlines flight attendant who has developed a huge social media following with feet pictures, and is now coaching others on how to make money online selling photos of their feet.
Ultimately she may make more money teaching people to make money selling feet photos than actually selling feet photos.
Class Action Claims Apple Is Behind $1 Billion iTunes Gift Card Scam
Jul
31
2020
A class action claims Apple has violated a whole host of laws from unfair competition, to false advertising, to elder abuse. Because Tim Cook is effectively masterminding an IRS con, like a modern tech Keyser Soze.
The Washington Post Calls It “Revenge Travel” I Just Call It “Intertemporal Substitution”
Jul
31
2020
After being stuck home, people are ready to get starting traveling with a vengeance as soon as they feel safe to do so. It’s as though the very act of traveling makes a statement that we may be down briefly, but we won’t give in, we’ll return stronger than ever.
