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I will try and write but I am going to enjoy the rigors of ... Berlin and the world's largest travel trade show - ITB. So if you are the...

OK Hands up those who remember the name Allegis? Well it seems that a small part of it must live on in people's memories. United and Wes...

The West Coast Market Heats Up. It has been a bit sleepy on the West Coast of late. Sure we have seen a lot of service that went to hubs but...

I am a huge fan of sustainability in development. And despite being in the Travel and Tourism business – I am a big fan of programs that ena...

I hear Dusty Springfield in the background singing – you don’t have to say forever just be close at hand…. It looks like things are not goin...

In October while preparing a piece on Web Trends I noticed that MySpace on Alexa was starting to show some declines. At the time when I show...

For some time we have seen Virgin Blue evolve from a LCC into - well something that looks remarkably like Ansett except better managed and m...

Rampant rumours floating around concerning a possible new airline to start in Brazil with David Needleman and Richard Branson as investors. ...

I swear that there are forces causing mass craziness to occur in the Universe. Consider the evidence: 1. Qantas Holidays will be now part of...

Looks like I gave you all bad information. So here is the good info. The esteemed law firm of Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll ( ) represe...

But wait - don't order yet - there are more fees and taxes we can charge you.... Many people (HM Government in particular via the OFT) h...

As we predicted on January 18th - The B737-200ER that had a lucky escape at LHR - is going to be headed for the scrap heap. BA and the CAA h...

The EC Code of Conduct has been prepared by Jacques Barrot and his team. Despite a lot of opposition to the plan and new code from the broad...

This is a thread from Travelmole. Sorry - I am having a hard time with this idea. They are still the largest individual channel for all trav...

Move over Ryanair, Easyjet, Air Asia and Gol. Say hello to the new king. OK so my mathematical skills are not always the best but I think I ...

Lest anyone think that price fixing and signalling in the airlines is a closed shop affair - BA and VS will both have to fork out $200,000,0...

They are still burning the midnight oil in Everett. Formally Aircraft number 2 is in final assembly. See here for an image released Feb 15th...

The increasingly shrill noise of Airline Mergers is one that is not new to readers of this blog. But lets consider the realities of the situ...

Gordon Bethune - Boeing exec turned Continental saviour turned Aloha Chairman and Industry Analyst - recently sat down with the Houston Chro...

Australia and the US have announced a new Open Skies agreement. But it comes with a little catch. It is bilateral only. It is really interes...