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• This Week on BNET (June 1 - 5)

  United Shakes Up Marketing and Distribution Groups Dennis Cary is out, Graham Atkinson is back in, and marketing and distribution areas and getting makeovers. Continental’s May Numbers Prove April’s Improvement Wasn’t a Trend May numbers... Posted Jun 06 2009, 03:42 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, US Airways, Environment, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Air New Zealand, American, Distribution, BNET, Fuel, IND - Indianapolis

• This Week on BNET (May 25 - 29)

  Long Beach Airport Garage and Terminal Plans Move Forward The airport is starting to put forth more concrete plans, and it’s sounding pretty good. Southwest Pushes WestJet Codeshare, Shifts Priorities WestJet announced yesterday that Southwest was... Posted May 30 2009, 03:58 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Southwest, Air New Zealand, LGB - Long Beach, BNET, Alliances, Westjet, Advertising, Labor Relations

• Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe Talks About Their New Airport Concept and More (Across the Aisle)

  I had the pleasure of speaking with Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe this week on a wide variety of topics. Though his latest claim to fame might be that he’s the hottest businessman in New Zealand (no need to bother Googling, that’s him at left... Posted May 29 2009, 04:08 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Air New Zealand, Across the Aisle Interviews

• This Week on BNET (Jan 12 - 16)

  Airlines Successfully Test Biofuels in Droves Air New Zealand and Continental have both recently tested jatropha on actual flights, and the results have been extremely promising. Alaska and Horizon Says December Storms to Cost Up to $13 Million Those... Posted Jan 17 2009, 03:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Southwest, Continental, Air New Zealand, Delta, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Mesa Airlines, BNET, Fuel, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National

• Air New Zealand’s New Fast Check-In Process

  Air New Zealand recently rolled out its new check-in process for domestic flights, and I have to say that it takes the best ideas of Alaska’s Airport of the Future and expands upon it in all the right ways. The idea is to keep people flowing through... Posted Nov 05 2008, 01:53 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Technology, Airport Experience, Air New Zealand

• This Week on BNET (Sep 8 - 12)

  American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing more long haul international. What new routes might we see? United Stock Tanks on False Bankruptcy Rumors It was a seemingly... Posted Sep 13 2008, 03:06 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Technology, Schedule Changes, Singapore Airlines, Seats, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, Fares, Air New Zealand, American, Advertising, 757

• Palmair: One of the Top Four Airlines in the World

  Regular readers of the blog know that I’m not a fan of all these “Best of” surveys. That’s why I haven’t written about JD Power’s boring surveys or anything else like that. But, when a survey has an interesting angle... Posted Jun 30 2008, 03:32 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Jet Airways, Surveys, Palmair

• Air New Zealand’s Pink Flight

  I’ve always thought that older flight attendants on legacy carriers often wear way too much makeup but this is ridiculous . . . As you may have guessed, this was no ordinary flight. This was Air New Zealand’s Pink flight taking passengers... Posted Mar 18 2008, 02:42 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Air New Zealand