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Southwest Promises Three Times More Bandwidth for Inflight Wi-Fi

Tired of slow inflight Wi-Fi, or worse, no Wi-Fi at all? Southwest has you covered. Or will have you covered, when its newly announced upgrade program is in place. By the end of next year, all 700-plus Southwest aircraft will feature onboard Wi-Fi. That’s not the case today, as the carrier’s B737-300 Classic planes lack

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Avoiding Southwest After Its Fatal Accident? You’re Not Alone

Bookings at Southwest are way down following a fatal accident this past April. The airline announced Monday that it expects revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to fall about three percent in the current quarter. Basically, RASM goes down when more seats are empty. The airline previously estimated that this number would go down by

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United Delays Basic Economy Class, For Now

United has decided to delay implementation of its low-frills economy product, according to Skift . This low-price, bare bones fare class, dubbed Budget Economy , is aimed squarely at discount carriers like Spirit, which famously offer ultra-low fares with equally ultra-low perks and extras. Budget Economy was supposed to debut right around now, but has been pushed back several months due to

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How to Get Banned from Flying for Life

Getting banned for life from flying a commercial airline isn’t easy, or common. In fact, I can’t recall another instance of an airline’s taking such a harsh line on passenger misbehavior, ever. The perpetrator of the misbehavior in question was Danielle Bregoli, a feisty teenager who had gained notoriety for her appearance on the Dr.

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Auf Wiedersehen: Air Berlin Files for Bankruptcy

German low-cost carrier Air Berlin filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, after one of it’s largest investors, Etihad Airlines, declined to finance a business-saving bailout. Air Berlin carries more than two million passengers per year, but struggled amidst intense competition from rival carriers in the Europe market. The airline has European hubs in the eponymous

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Airlines Set to Pull in Record $39 Billion in Profit This Year

Yep, that’s “billion” with a ‘b’. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade group for the world’s airlines, estimates that global profit for 2016 will be $39.4 billion this year, a nine percent increase over 2015. “It seems that we are living in extraordinary financial times,” said IATA director-general Alexandre de Juniac. He also noted that

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La Compagnie to Shut Down Business-Class Flights to London

Google “La Compagnie” and the top non-sponsored result describes the airline thusly: “Discover Paris and London with La Compagnie, the unique French all-business-class airline, at an affordable price.” That descriptor is accurate today, but won’t be from September 25, when La Compagnie suspends its service between the U.S. and London. The company linked its withdrawal

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Southwest Says ‘No’ to Basic Economy

Basic economy fares may be sweeping through the industry, but one airline says it’s staying out. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said today that his carrier has no interest in dividing its cabins into multiple levels of service. “What you have at Southwest is a very strong brand position in customers’ minds,” Kelly said on a fourth-quarter earnings

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Travelers Sue to Block Alaska-Virgin America Merger

The merger of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America has left many travelers bemoaning the impending disappearance of Virgin, one of the industry’s best-loved airlines, as it’s folded into Alaska. Some of those disgruntled travelers are plaintiffs in a suit filed last week in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco seeking to block the merger

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Allegiant Air Retires Outdated Planes That Caused Safety Concerns

The last of Allegiant Air’s aging fleet of MD-80 planes took its final flight this week, hopefully putting an end to years of safety and reliability concerns swirling around the carrier’s use of an outdated aircraft . Early MD-80 models debuted about 40 years ago, and have been since retired by most other airlines. CBS

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