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Fast Company
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Is This Seat Taken? Here are two travel Web sites to help you scout any seating situation before you book your flight. |
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Plain Truth About Plane Seats Web sites such as SeatGuru.com can show fine details of the seating plans for your aircraft. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2008
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Tuesday's Best Stock in the World United Airlines could be flying high. Is it time to buy this stock? |
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How To Avoid The Big Squeeze In The Sky Too close for comfort in coach? Try premium economy class. |
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The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
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Throw This Stock Away With $14.7 billion in debt and $11 billion in future pension payments, maybe it's time to dump Delta in favor of one of these other airline stocks: JetBlue... Southwest... AirMedia Group... |
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Out of the Blue: The delinquent-flier upgrade Like high-altitude ninjas, they abandon the crowded coach cabin for an unoccupied seat in first class. |
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What Airlines Can Learn From Apple Retailers and airlines have more in common than we think. And they can learn some lessons from the Mac's daddy. |
BusinessWeek
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The Big Airlines' Loyal Fans These days, most everyone wants to bash the old-line carriers. But they're still No. 1 with an important group: business travelers. |
Fast Company
September 2006
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A First-Class Production Business class is the new first, as startup airlines and old stalwarts try to woo you with fresh seats and services. |
Salon.com
December 14, 2000
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Common cattle Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks... |
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How to Make Airlines Profitable Again Here's the simple truth of the airline industry: Every carrier -- and I mean every carrier -- needs to raise fares. |
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The Power Of People When your Why is clear, no amount of work and no request is unreasonable. Companies should invest more in their people to teach them this. |
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November 28, 2007
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A PC at Every Airline Seat The Talk option on Virgin America's Red entertainment systems enables not only a whole-plane chat room, but also "social TV" that lets you kibitz in a chat feed on top of live TV programs. |
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Hot Seat Find out how you can move to the head of the class -- for less -- on your next flight. |
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When Customer Experience Matters Most An eruption of volcanic ash leads to an eruption of service mistakes. |
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October 16, 2001
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March 1, 2004
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Flying Budget, But In Style Discount carriers are trying to outdo each other in offering in-flight amenities. |
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Cheap Air Fares Now You may not be able to book that flight for $99 if you wait. |
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July 9, 2005 |
Travel: Making the Upgrade Here are a few tricks of the trade for upgrading your airline ticket. |
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Great Brands Are Tough to Beat Airlines lack brand loyalty, and their dreadful finances bear that out. Value investors avoid companies like these. |
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August 14, 2008
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Why Are Airline Stocks Flying High? Just a few months ago, soaring oil prices supposedly sounded their death knell. |
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January 12, 2010
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The Air War at My Front Door Is it time to short these carriers? Profits will go scarce as UAL Corp.'s United Airlines squares off against Southwest in a fare war in my hometown of Denver. |
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Fly Better With planes flying full, competition for upgrades is intense. How can you increase your chances of getting lucky? Here are some tips for getting yourself to the upper class. |
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September 2008
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InsideFlyer
December 2010 |
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Quick Take: United Undone A computer glitch reveals a huge danger to airline investors. |
InsideFlyer
April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
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April 22, 2004
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JetBlue Is Still Exciting The upstart airline is growing like a weed and maintaining low costs. |
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December 15, 2004
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The Unholy Airline Trinity Northwest, Continental, and Delta have a frequent flyer alliance. Too bad they're so stingy with their rewards. |
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June 2006
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The Last Stand Many airlines now let you pay to jump the standby line. Here's what you need to know to get home sooner. |
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April 14, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Frontier Airlines Seeks Refuge in Bankruptcy Court The airline plans to fight a credit card processor; no shutdown is planned. |
InsideFlyer
March 2004 |
Letters An international traveler and (former) AAdvantage member has some choice words about upgrade availability on American... A retired United flight attendant has concerns about the way his former employer is managing its budget... |
Salon.com
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Eating on the fly Better than anyone, flight attendants know the nightmare that is airline food. |
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December 28, 2009
Tim Beyers |
More Pain for the Airline Industry? Draconian security rules could do more harm than good. |
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June 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
JetBlue's Clever Virus Taking the edgy carrier for a test drive provides more than a passing grade. |
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A Taste of Luxury in Economy Business-class benefits on low-cost airlines |
InsideFlyer
December 2009 |
Frontier's New Benefits New ownership at Frontier Airlines brings changes to its EarlyReturns program. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away The parent company of American Airlines reports tomorrow, and I doubt shareholders look forward to booking that flight. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Chuck Saletta |
You Can Still Make a Small Fortune The airline industry faces powerful customers and suppliers, barriers to exit, and woeful dynamics that encourage overexpansion. That makes investing in airlines a minefield -- unless you happen to be looking for a stock to short. |
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October 6, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Rough September at JetBlue Despite the lower report, the stock is up slightly today, as the news was as expected. |
