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APEX awards applaud airlines for attention to passenger experience

09/18/12

I had the honor of being a judge for one of the awards handed out Monday night at the APEX Awards Ceremony to honor airlines for excellence in passenger experience. (APEX is the Airline Passenger Experience Association, an organization of airlines, suppliers and related companies holding its annual APEX EXPO in Long →

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Fun, photo-rich timeline celebrates Air Canada’s 75th birthday

09/11/12

What do Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Louis Armstrong, Chubby Checker, Warren Beatty, Peter Fonda, Ronald Reagan and Bob Hope all have in common? They were all passengers on Air Canada or its predecessor, Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA), sometime during the past 75 years. As part of a slew of activities to mark its 75th →

Another big moving day for the Las Vegas airport

07/27/12

At the end of June, 15 international carriers at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas began operating out of the E Gates at the swanky new Terminal 3. Now that the dust has (hopefully) settled from that switchover, it’s time to move operations for many of the domestic carriers over to Terminal 3 as well. →

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Airlines get thumbs up from data; thumbs down from travelers

04/10/12

Airlines get thumbs up from data; thumbs down from travelers →

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Frontier Airlines seeking new spokesanimal

03/13/12

Frontier Airlines seeking new spokesanimal →

KLM invites you to “stewardress” yourself

02/21/12

KLM, 'stewardress' yourself program →

KLM’s “Meet & Seat” social networking program

02/04/12

On Friday, KLM launched a new social networking program that allows passengers to link their flight reservations with their Facebook or LinkedIn profiles, find out who else is on their flight and make a seat selection or other flight-related plans using that information. “This new service connects passengers and aims to give them a more →

Amen? Alaska Airlines removes prayer cards from flights

01/26/12

Amen? Alaska Airlines removes prayer cards from flights →

Museum Monday: The Museum of Bags

01/16/12

The Museum of Bags →

How do airlines decide who gets those coveted upgrades?

12/03/11

Each Friday on msnbc.com’s Overhead Bin blog I have the pleasure of tracking down an answer to a reader’s questions. This week the topic was: how do airlines decide who gets those much-coveted seat upgrades on the airplanes? With full airplanes these days, many frequent fliers seeking upgrades find themselves unable to get a spot →

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