I couldn’t make this up. I went to log into the Mileage Plus Shopping Mall just now and clicked through from United’s homepage on the “Half-Million-Mile Sweepstakes” advertisement in that center window where they rotate ads. I plugged in my Mileage Plus number and password, hit enter and received the following screen: Wow, the AAdvantage…
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United Airlines’ presentation at the 2011 Deutsche Bank Airline Equity Conference
Jeff Smisek’s presentation yesterday at the 2011 Deutsche Bank Airline Equity Conference was a bit of a rehash of Sr. VP John Rainey’s presentation just last week, but he did speak to a couple of points I hadn’t heard before. First up, here are a few of those known items with the related slides (courtesy…
United Airlines’ Dahlman Rose Global Transportation Conference presentation
Several airline, trucking and leasing executives made presentations at the fourth annual Dahlman Rose Global Transportation Conference in New York this week. According to the firm’s CEO Kim Fennebresque, the event “serves as an ideal platform to highlight the importance of the transportation industry in today’s global economy and promote an interactive discussion between management…
United cuts schedules, WikiLeaked safety concerns, seat certs, 737 Max, GDSs and improved amenities & cabins
In other airline, hotel & travel industry news this week… Continental Airlines will be recertifying Koito-manufactured seats on 278 aircraft to meet FAA airworthiness compliance. It was discovered in 2010 that the seat manufacturer falsified test data, sending the industry into a frenzy and causing aircraft delivery and overhaul delays for airlines around the world.…
My emergency evacuation off a United Airlines Boeing 767 in Denver in 1993
An article appeared yesterday over at the Msnbc.com travel blog Overhead Bin entitled “Do you pay attention to airplane safety videos?†The writer admits she tunes the videos out when they begin having heard them countless times in the past. Experiencing severe turbulence on a recent flight, though, she checked for the lifejacket under the…
Tax fraud or smart business: American & United save millions annually in Chicago jet fuel taxes
The two largest operating expenses for airlines are labor and jet fuel with the latter taking the top spot so far this year at all U.S. carriers. It’s probably the most volatile line item on the books and the Air Transportation Association estimates that for every penny increase in the price of a gallon of…
Scoot Airlines, cabin scents, iPads & apps, aircraft orders, route changes, ancillary fees and U-Haul
In other airline, hotel & travel industry news last week… Earlier this year Singapore Airlines announced they would be getting into the low cost carrier market using a combination of narrowbody and widebody aircraft, including refitting some of their existing Boeing 777 aircraft. Exact details have yet to be released, but it’s being reported Singapore’s…
Hurricane Irene airline travel waiver summary
I compiled the following chart showing each airline’s travel waiver information due to the impact Hurricane Irene will cause on the East coast of the United States this weekend. Please keep in mind this is a dynamic situation and the airlines will likely update their waivers as conditions change. I will do my best to…
United Airlines announces $550 million investment in cabin improvements
Just released, United Airlines announces they will invest more than a half-billion dollars for cabin enhancements fleetwide. Here’s the shortlist of improvements: According to CEO Jeff Smisek: Additional items to note and questions that remain: The release states United will add flatbed seats to, “14 United 767-300 aircraft.†This sounds like they’ll convert some of…
Declining airline sales; Obama scolded; new & imploding hotels; Tilton’s United; 787 update and Strategic Airlines
In other airline, hotel & travel industry news this week… The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) reported a 4.8% decrease in tickets processed in July through which virtually all airlines account. A total of 11.6 million air transactions were settled through ARC, the lowest figure for July transactions for the last six years. This could be…