Op-Ed: US airlines practically begging for regulatory intervention
As summer approaches, the thought of seasonal air travel on US carriers has grown more and more heartburn inducing. Cheap oil, and the resul... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Delta Air Lines
Emirates should come clean about its non-A380 business class seats
This week at the Arabian Travel Market event in Dubai, Emirates Airline CEO Sir Tim Clark reportedly said passengers would prefer the experi... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Partnership for Fair Skies no longer presenting coherent front
A lot of people seem to think that the fight between the established carriers of the world and the “big three” Middle Eastern ai... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Gulf stimulation of air travel unrecognized in Open Skies row
On a tour last summer of Doha’s new Hamad International Airport, I was told something peculiar by my guide; every shop and restaurant, every... Continue Reading
Can airlines offer a Gravity-defying experience via wireless IFE?
“You can only watch Gravity so many times.” So said a C-level executive at a growing ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), who confided that he’s s... Continue Reading
Global Eagle CEO sees opportunity as Netflix eyes aircraft presence
News that Netflix is looking at having a presence on board aircraft has been warmly received by Global Eagle Entertainment, which believes i... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Gulf Competition and Cyber Suspicions
Welcome to Episode 21 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Michael Reilly, who serves as vice president of e-enablement and ... Continue Reading
Delta’s big new Wi-Fi deal expected to get bigger with auction
Delta Air Lines recently started installing Gogo’s Ku-band inflight connectivity system on some of its Boeing 757-200s in a move that, while... Continue Reading
US carriers need to stop whining and start innovating
With the otherwise praiseworthy Delta CEO Richard Anderson appearing to link the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to the rise of Emir... Continue Reading
Delta’s Basic Economy could become formidable threat to ULCCs
Delta’s fare rebrand, introduced in late 2014 and featuring a Basic Economy option designed to take aim at the new crop of ultra low c... Continue Reading
Factors to consider when predicting the future of embedded IFE
Pressed to describe how we see the IFE industry evolving in the face of CNN reports such as these – “Say buh-buh to seat-back s... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Clear expectations key to passenger experience on alliances
“Star Alliance sees unity in diversity of culture and product,” RGN contributing editor Neelam Matthews writes this week from New Delh... Continue Reading
Delta product rebrand leaves room for further improvement
In March 2015, Delta will bid farewell to BusinessElite, Economy Comfort and Economy, replacing them with Delta One, Comfort+ and Main Cabin... Continue Reading
Navigating the premium passenger path with airline bubbles
Since the halcyon, rose-tinted, faintly blurry golden age of travel, airlines have provided Champagne to their premium passengers. Grape cép... Continue Reading
United to take customer personalization to next level at Newark
NEWARK: Just a few short years ago, Delta partnered with a little company called OTG Management to deploy Apple iPads throughout the now dem... Continue Reading
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