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#FrontierAirlines is adding first class-style seats (similar to #SpiritAirlines' Big Front Seat"). Cabin service remains same "buy on board" (for now, anyway). #airline #PaxEx #travel via @lesliejosephs.bsky.social

www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/f...
Frontier Airlines will install first-class seats as industry battles for high-paying flyers
Frontier Airlines next year will retrofit its Airbus jetliners to include two rows of first-class seats.
www.cnbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM
I remember the first time seeing the "full" quilt display on the DC Mall. I was prepared for it to be overwhelming. But nothing prepared me for when I saw a quilt made for a friend. And then another quilt for another lost friend. And then the third one. And, sadly, far too many more.
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 AM
It’s Friday #avgeek #cocktail time!

Tonight we are live from #AirFrance 005, JFK-CDG, in business class, enjoying a glass of #Champagne (no vintage glass…sorry).

Wishing everyone a restful, happy, and healthy weekend.

A vôtre santé! #airline #travel #NewYork #Paris #paxex
December 1, 2024 at 12:44 AM
November 23, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Friday #avgeek cocktail time!

This week, a gin & tonic in a special #TWA glass. The glass is from 2000. It was made for the #airline’s 70th anniversary & features the iconic #Lockheed Constellation.

The glass wasn’t used on board. It was given to VIPs & sold in the TWA gift catalog.
November 23, 2024 at 4:11 AM
As an #avgeek, it’s nice to see that #Southwest #Airlines still uses some of its original flight numbers on DAL-HOU more than 50 years after its start.
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM
“You show me a Pratt & Whitney customer, and I’ll show you an unhappy customer.” - #JetBlue CEO Marty St. George on P&W engine problems at #Skift #airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
“We do not have a model to be all things to all people. We have a model to be profitable” - Marty St. George, #JetBlue CEO, #Skift #airline
November 12, 2024 at 4:39 PM
The strength of the “premium leisure” trend is now a permanent part of the market, says #JetBlue Marty St. George. Even during the financial crisis in 2008-10, its leisure traffic was more resilient than business travel. #Skift #airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM
“If 10% of your routes don’t work, you’re not doing your network planning right,” says #JetBlue CEO Marty St. George at #Skift #airline conference. Network planning is about taking intelligent risks, and acting swiftly when they don work out.
November 12, 2024 at 4:32 PM
#JetBlue will be “much more aggressive” adding summer season long-haul flying and drawing that down during the slower winter season, #airline’s CEO Marty St. George tells @briansummers.bsky.social at #Skift
November 12, 2024 at 4:30 PM
#JetBlue’s core strength are leisure travelers flying up and down the east coast, says #airline’s CEO Marty St. George. #Skift
November 12, 2024 at 4:21 PM
#JetBlue CEO Marty St. George now onstage at #Skift #airline conference.

Asked about its new lounges, St. George says the co-brand credit cards with Barclays Bank will make the lounges practical and profitable.
November 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
#DFW #airport has room for an 8th runway and can add at least four more terminals to accommodate future growth, says airport CEO Sean Donohue at #Skift #airline conference.
November 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
By 2100, some market growth estimates lag the DFW, Houston, and Austin metro areas could become the three largest metro markets in the US. DFW would have a population of 34 million, Houston 31M and Austin 22M. #Skift #airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 3:47 PM
AA CEO Robert Isom believes its onboard catering is “fully competitive.”

Sigh. AA isn’t close to competitive in quality or selection. #paxex #airline #Skift
November 12, 2024 at 3:40 PM
AA CEO seems comfortable having a “proxy presence” through partner carriers, for now, in many parts of the world. The A321XLR will enable the #airline to operate more long-haul routes once delivered. #Skift
November 12, 2024 at 3:35 PM
#AmericanAirlines exploring whether to keep and refurbish its 777-200 fleet or phase them out. #Skift #Airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM
#AmericanAirlines sees the #Airbus A321XLR as the catalyst to opening more routes between the US and Europe/Siuth America, especially to secondary cities. #Skift #Airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Asked how he feels about being identified as “#Boeing’s critic in chief,” #AmericanAirlines CEO responds “I identify with being one of Boeing’s biggest customers.” #Skift #Airline
November 12, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Kudos to #AmericanAirlines CEO Isom for acknowledging that the distribution strategy it attempted was flawed and badly executed. AA working to ”restore” where they had been and focusing more on corporate travel. #Skift
November 12, 2024 at 3:19 PM
More than 90,000 #AmericanAirlines employees now covered by new union contracts, says AA CEO at #Skift #Airline conference
November 12, 2024 at 3:15 PM
It takes 30 minutes longer to fly between Chicago and NYC now than 20 years ago due to air traffic volumes and lack of enough air traffic controllers, says #AmericanAirlines CEO Robert Isom at #Skift #Airline industry conference
November 12, 2024 at 3:14 PM
#AmericanAirlines expecting “record loads” for upcoming #Thanksgiving holiday, says AA CEO Robert Isom at #Skft #Airline industry conference. He said outlook for rest of 2025 looks good as well.
November 12, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I’m attending the #Skift #airline industry conference today in Dallas. #AmericanAirlines CEO Robert Isom is first speaker in stage.
November 12, 2024 at 3:09 PM