#FrontierAirlines is adding first class-style seats (similar to #SpiritAirlines' Big Front Seat"). Cabin service remains same "buy on board" (for now, anyway). #airline #PaxEx #travel via @lesliejosephs.bsky.social www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/f...

I remember the first time seeing the "full" quilt display on the DC Mall. I was prepared for it to be overwhelming. But nothing prepared me for when I saw a quilt made for a friend. And then another quilt for another lost friend. And then the third one. And, sadly, far too many more.

It’s Friday #avgeek #cocktail time! Tonight we are live from #AirFrance 005, JFK-CDG, in business class, enjoying a glass of #Champagne (no vintage glass…sorry). Wishing everyone a restful, happy, and healthy weekend. A vôtre santé! #airline #travel #NewYork #Paris #paxex

🌈 at #SFO! #flysfo #airport #avgeek

Friday #avgeek cocktail time! This week, a gin & tonic in a special #TWA glass. The glass is from 2000. It was made for the #airline’s 70th anniversary & features the iconic #Lockheed Constellation. The glass wasn’t used on board. It was given to VIPs & sold in the TWA gift catalog.

As an #avgeek, it’s nice to see that #Southwest #Airlines still uses some of its original flight numbers on DAL-HOU more than 50 years after its start.

“You show me a Pratt & Whitney customer, and I’ll show you an unhappy customer.” - #JetBlue CEO Marty St. George on P&W engine problems at #Skift #airline conference

“We do not have a model to be all things to all people. We have a model to be profitable” - Marty St. George, #JetBlue CEO, #Skift #airline

The strength of the “premium leisure” trend is now a permanent part of the market, says #JetBlue Marty St. George. Even during the financial crisis in 2008-10, its leisure traffic was more resilient than business travel. #Skift #airline conference

“If 10% of your routes don’t work, you’re not doing your network planning right,” says #JetBlue CEO Marty St. George at #Skift #airline conference. Network planning is about taking intelligent risks, and acting swiftly when they don work out.

#JetBlue will be “much more aggressive” adding summer season long-haul flying and drawing that down during the slower winter season, #airline’s CEO Marty St. George tells @briansummers.bsky.social at #Skift

#JetBlue’s core strength are leisure travelers flying up and down the east coast, says #airline’s CEO Marty St. George. #Skift

#JetBlue CEO Marty St. George now onstage at #Skift #airline conference. Asked about its new lounges, St. George says the co-brand credit cards with Barclays Bank will make the lounges practical and profitable.

#DFW #airport has room for an 8th runway and can add at least four more terminals to accommodate future growth, says airport CEO Sean Donohue at #Skift #airline conference.

By 2100, some market growth estimates lag the DFW, Houston, and Austin metro areas could become the three largest metro markets in the US. DFW would have a population of 34 million, Houston 31M and Austin 22M. #Skift #airline conference

AA CEO Robert Isom believes its onboard catering is “fully competitive.” Sigh. AA isn’t close to competitive in quality or selection. #paxex #airline #Skift

AA CEO seems comfortable having a “proxy presence” through partner carriers, for now, in many parts of the world. The A321XLR will enable the #airline to operate more long-haul routes once delivered. #Skift

#AmericanAirlines exploring whether to keep and refurbish its 777-200 fleet or phase them out. #Skift #Airline conference

#AmericanAirlines sees the #Airbus A321XLR as the catalyst to opening more routes between the US and Europe/Siuth America, especially to secondary cities. #Skift #Airline conference

Asked how he feels about being identified as “#Boeing’s critic in chief,” #AmericanAirlines CEO responds “I identify with being one of Boeing’s biggest customers.” #Skift #Airline

Kudos to #AmericanAirlines CEO Isom for acknowledging that the distribution strategy it attempted was flawed and badly executed. AA working to ”restore” where they had been and focusing more on corporate travel. #Skift

More than 90,000 #AmericanAirlines employees now covered by new union contracts, says AA CEO at #Skift #Airline conference

It takes 30 minutes longer to fly between Chicago and NYC now than 20 years ago due to air traffic volumes and lack of enough air traffic controllers, says #AmericanAirlines CEO Robert Isom at #Skift #Airline industry conference

#AmericanAirlines expecting “record loads” for upcoming #Thanksgiving holiday, says AA CEO Robert Isom at #Skft #Airline industry conference. He said outlook for rest of 2025 looks good as well.

I’m attending the #Skift #airline industry conference today in Dallas. #AmericanAirlines CEO Robert Isom is first speaker in stage.

It’s Friday #avgeek cocktail time! This week a Negroni in a vintage (1980s/90s) Alitalia glass. Wishing everyone a peaceful, relaxing, and healthy weekend. Cin cin!

$4300 one-way for JetBlue Mint FLL-SFO on January 13? Um, no. Very much no. #airline #travel

Hello Bluesky. It’s Friday #avgeek cocktail time. Yes, I’m bringing this weekly feature that I started on another platform here. I hope everyone will enjoy it. This week’s cocktail glass is from Pan American Airways and dates to the 1940s/1950s. The cocktail is an Old Fashioned. Happy weekend!