Delta’s partnership with Virgin Blue causes pain for United in Australia

It is a knockout for United Airlines to lose the code-sharing agreement with Virgin Blue which they began together in 2002 and expanded it on April 2004.
Without enough economy-class passengers, the operation of United Airlines’ Boeing 747 between Australia and the west coast of USA would be mainly for emitting more carbon dioxide. Considering the attitude of United Airlines toward Dave Carroll, the Airline would be hostile to both its passengers as well as the environment.

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Airline brands to look out for and those that can rest in peace beyond 2009

For now, I can confirm two airlines which are about to rest in peace:
The first is Air India due its current bloated pattern of operation. I have commented on an article discussing the situation of Air India. The second is United Airlines. The credit goes to its lousy operational policy and to the demonstration managed by Dave Carroll (http://bit.ly/MndAp & http://bit.ly/22NURU).


Date: 19 August 2009 commenting on http://simpliflying.com/

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Date: 22 August 2009 commenting on http://www.elearningbuzz.com/

FlightCaster

Knowing about weather condition in advance form the Weather Channel might affect our decision to plan for a picnic during the weekend. However, knowing of possible rain during the week will not stop us from going to our offices. It is only a matter of being ready with a raincoat or an umbrella.
On the other hand, what would be the situation if the FlightCaster is expecting a delay of 3 hours?
Are we supposed to adjust our arrival time to the airport to avoid the expected delay?
What about the case if the probability is ONLY a probability while the reality is that the flight is actually on time?
Are the airlines responsible for the information provided by the FlightCaster?
Are they supposed to deliberately delay the flight to accommodate the late arriving passengers who faithfully depended on the delay forecast?
The whole scenario is just an attempt to assess a reasonable level of dependability to the tool.
My argument does not change the fact that I bookmarked the site for further assessments once additional details become available. 

Date: 21 August 2009 commenting on http://www.techcrunch.com/

Untangling the Social Web

The basic equation stating that eye for eye and tooth for tooth is the fairest formula. Hence, for United Airlines to form a musical band to deliver an artistic apology to Dave Carroll makes a lot of sense. That option might be the most authentic apology with the hope to satisfy Dave’s expectations.

I commented earlier about the same incident (http://bit.ly/zURmT). Simply put, United Airlines was supposed to avoid the case to be so deteriorated like that. There should be some ongoing orchestrated efforts across the board to avoid similar situations to be mishandled by ignorant or careless airline service agents.

If the airlines are no longer capable of providing good competitive service, they have to seriously consider another line of business. For United Airlines, I would recommend the field of shoe-polishing. Who knows? They might find their way up and reach the sky again by the 25th century.
Viva all UA’s competitors!

Published at http://sparksheet.com/

Personal branding interview: Chris Anderson

Quite insightful article. That was my first time to see the newly coined word (freemium).

The word (complimentary) was used twice throughout the article. It was used by mistake instead of the word (complementary). However, the sentence (They all seem to complement each other.) of the last paragraph includes the correct form of the word. 

Date: 09 August 2009 commenting on http://bx.businessweek.com/

Touch and Go

Quite interesting piece of writing!
The technology is ever-changing and ever-evolving to the point that it might represent a challenge for many to be up-to-date with or even to interact with.

I would say that the most important paragraph of the whole article is: All technologies are good for some things and bad for others. I imagine a future where gestural interfaces, touch screens, and mechanical/ physical interfaces all exist side by side, used when and where appropriate based on the context of usage.

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Airline Express ticket for Aeroexpress passengers

Definitely, interline agreements facilitate the travel of passengers. However, most Russian airlines do not consider that fact. They are normally acting like the Brothers Karamazov of the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky: brothers yes but no cooperation.
Arriving international passengers have no way to book their onward domestic connections with many Russian domestic carriers in advance due to limited or no ticketing/ booking agreements with the delivering air carriers.
Having said so, it is no wonder finding out that Sky Express (http://www.skyexpress.ru/) made the through ticking available on the Russian version ONLY of its website. It seems that Sky Express cares only about its Russian-speaking customers. If that was the case, why do they maintain an English version of their website?

Published at http://www.airrailnews.com/