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Airline News

Bringing you the latest airline news and airline industry insights. Get the need-to-know developments in passenger experience, ancillary services, revenue management, and loyalty and technology.

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Washington’s Dulles Airport one step closer to getting rail connection to the city

Although it's years away from completion, the new Silver Line will give flyers a reason to choose IAD over the more convenient Regan National or even BWI.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Jetlag and seat selection tips from a road warrior

The WSJ's Road Warrior column is hit or miss, but this edition shares some down to earth advice from someone who's often in the air.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Boston’s new body scanners will make travelers look like Gumby

The fuzzier images are a response to privacy concerns among some travelers. More important: Boston launched the pre-check program in mid-June.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Bumbling U.K. Home Office still can’t prevent long lines at Heathrow

Heathrow's operator BAA is taking the flack for the airport's dreadfully long line, but its entirely the responsibility of utter incompetence in the British Home Office.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Virgin America takes hit from its transition to Sabre

Welcome to the big time, Virgin America. All this growth "don't come easy." Meanwhile, it looks like it is straightening things out with its Sabre reservations system and things should be on track before long.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Brand measurement service Heardable looks at airlines, should probably measure again

Heardable's $999 report on airlines points to Delta and United as having the best "digital experience," a ranking sure to raise eyebrows among consumers and rivals such as Virgin America.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Boeing says the world’s airline fleet will double in the next two decades

Of course Boeing is pushing their own estimates, but the focus of the growth is key: the Asia-Pacific region will see the largest expansion.

Skift | 12 years ago

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SkiftDesign: Drive-through airports takes ideas from car-wash line

Wild & futuristic enough that someone with lots of money like Qatar or Abu Dhabi may just bet on this design, or adopt some version of this.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Britain may push more flyers to regional airports with a new two-tier passenger tax system

With complicated taxes and a blundering border bureaucracy, the U.K. seems hellbent on making arriving and flying within the country as confusing and inhospitable as it possibly can.

Skift | 12 years ago

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What it’s like to speed through TSA screening like a VIP

Past officials at the TSA are concerned about any pre-screening systems that don't also include a level of randomness. The current system's inconsistencies do just that. Let's hope this isn't lost as it is rolled out to more airports and carriers.

Skift | 12 years ago