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Air India Considers Airbus A350 Order
As the Tata Group works on their reorganization of Air India, one important part of that is fleet planning. The current Air India fleet is a mixed bag of poorly maintained aircraft in various stages of disrepair. Years of mismanagement have left the airline’s fleet in a state of serious improvement. It’s not that the […]
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Revived Jet Airways Goes on Hiring Spree
The Jet Airways entity is slowly rising up from the dead with the help of the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, the new owner of the airline and CEO Sanjiv Kapoor, an airline industry veteran who has worked at Northwest Airlines, SpiceJet, and Vistara before taking the CEO position at Jet Airways. The team has been hard […]
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Qatar Airways, American Grow Partnership Following New JFK-Doha Service
American Airlines started regular service to Doha from New York this past weekend. The flight will operate daily with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. This marks the first time the airline is flying to Doha and its latest service to the Middle East along with Delhi and Tel Aviv. American has attempted to aggressively expand its […]
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Regulators Inspect Aircraft Across India
In early May, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — India’s commercial aviation regulator — started overnight inspections of many aircraft across the county. The goal of the initiative is to inspect aircraft that belong to Indian carriers with weak finances or aging fleets. When considering the state of Indian aviation, this includes a […]
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Opinion: A Look into Qatar Airways’ Adoption of Avios
Last year, I wrote about how Qatar Airways has a lot of potential with its loyalty program. The carrier had made a number of positive changes to its loyalty program during a time when a lot of airlines were cutting back on benefits and subsequently devaluing their programs. Earlier this year in February, Qatar Airways […]
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A Brief Intro to ADS-B, the Technology that Makes Planes Visible to Everyone, Everywhere
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set the world on edge. People are tuning in to minute-by-minute updates of what’s happening on the ground. Avgeeks, while keeping up with the events on the ground, are also looking up to the skies. Ukrainian airspace has been cleared of civilian aircraft, and all that is really seen […]
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Here’s Why Airline Loyalty Programs are Profit Machines
Airline loyalty programs have been cash cows for decades. They are an extremely effective marketing tool that drives customer loyalty by offering an incentive for customers to stay loyal. This incentive usually comes in the form of free flights though has recently evolved to offer discounts and benefits across the flying experience. Initially, it was […]
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Opinion: Spectre of Meltdowns Looms Over Holiday Travel
More so than usual, airlines in the U.S. need to brace for the upcoming holiday season this year. After what was essentially a muted holiday season last year, the seams have burst and flyers are getting back to the skies in droves for the holidays. People are eager to see their loved ones for the […]
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Air India’s Problems Haven’t Ended With the Sale to Tata
The drawn-out saga of Air India’s privatization finally came to a close with the Indian government agreeing to hand over the airline to the Tata Group, a large Indian conglomerate. This is great news since it was the Tatas that founded what is known as Air India now back in the 1930s as Tata Airlines […]
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Opinion: A Look at Emirates’ Skywards Loyalty Progam
Previously we discussed Qatar Airways’ loyalty program and their plans within the United States. In continuing with the theme of evaluating Middle Eastern airline loyalty programs, AirlineGeeks recently had the opportunity to pick the brain of Dr. Nejib Ben Khedher, Divisional Vice President of Emirates Skywards to really understand how the airline is leveraging its […]