Professor Sabena's Blog

The US Airline community as represented by ATA has for a long period of time - specifically since 9/11 been an oligopoly who has disdained c...

Listen to Managing Partner Timothy O'Neil-Dunne http://iagblog.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2007-12-21T10_05_45-08_00 2008 Predictions... a li...

For once I am going to stray outside - actually pretty far outside - our normal area of expertise and talk about the US economy. I have no e...

We are seeing more signs of slowing in the economy. Unlike GWB the team at T2 does not believe that everything in the garden is rosy. We fir...

OK so today is D day for Alitalia well at least its scheduled that way. There are 2 front runners (AF/KL and AirOne investors) and a dark ho...

Addison and I had a good banter today on the 2007 Year in Review. If you would like to listen in - please click here. Cheers Timothy http://...

Sheez, not only do we have to contend with all the new consulting agencies springing up but now we have to compete with Amadeus. Those nice ...

For many airlines in search of new revenue opportunities – the alliance game has played out and the incremental revenues are becoming less a...

The USA has finally qualified for ADS making the world’s second largest market inbound open to the world’s fastest growing source market. Ge...

The USA has finally qualified for ADS making the world’s second largest market inbound open to the world’s fastest growing source market. Ge...

The big keep getting bigger. The sea change that occurred over the last 18 months in Europe in distribution is now starting to bear fruit. T...

Well they postponed again - but now there is a reason. LH is back interested. SQ is denying everything and even BA is having a look. The pri...

As if further proof was needed - the world is a crazy mixed up place. So LH is spending some of its cashpile to buy into jetblue and create ...

Well sorry folks I dont have the $200K for the seat - nor the $3 million for the satellite launch cost lying around in my pocket - but it se...

The battle ground for the love of LCCs and HVCs has just become a little more interesting. As regular readers know we are strong believers i...

Forgive the lack of writing dear readers… pressure of real work and – well also some time out has caused the absence from the blogosphere. S...

Its been on the cards for ages... no longer subtle - the airlines are now going to devalue the currency. With high load factors we have been...

This is attached as a direct copy from the email sent by BTC- Business Travel Coalition: Parliament Must Close the Dangerous Parent Carrier ...

Sacre Bleu... Well I guess someone has to do it. But if we are to judge the TSA by its effectiveness IE because there has not been another a...

Survey by California based J D Power and Associates Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study, now in its third year, measures the sati...