Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Beyond Cairo

Is it unbearable to fly dry without liquid food?
With Egypt Air, the only possible way to go around that is to place a request for a special meal. Similar to any other international airline, Egypt Air caters for most of passenger special meals including Hindu meals and kosher meals. The code for the required meal is BBML which stands for baby meal.
Well, Egypt Air is known for its good formulas.
Bon appétit! Enjoy your meal!

Date: 24 February 2010 commenting on http://jenniferconlin.typepad.com/

Friday, February 19, 2010

JetBlue finishes converting to Sabre Reservation System

After 5 negative responses to your description of the assumingly happy marriage of JetBlue and Sabre, I think that it is appropriate to say that the divorce was not necessarily a wise decision for the family JetBlue.

Was just JetBlue changing its imperfect spouse with another identical spouse? It is totally understood that JetBlue can not be without a spouse as celibacy is not an option in today’s airline industry. However, it was definitely a better idea to leave an undependable spouse for a somehow perfect one.

The reality is that we can not say that Navitaire and Sabre are imperfect reservation systems. We can cautiously say that Navitaire failed to deliver full satisfaction to JetBlue. By putting the hassle of the cutover aside, we can safely say that Sabre has not got the chance, as of yet, to prove its dependability.

For the record, I have been working with Sabre for about 18 years. So far, I have no problem with the system and its functionality.

Date: 19 February 2010 commenting on http://www.bnet.com/

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Up in the air

It was totally unexpected for the airlines to treat their high-yield passengers like that. Passengers of both first class and business class are simply considered the bread and butter for any airline company.
A valid question should be asked about the reason for choosing British Airways and ignoring its rival Virgin Atlantic.
I am wondering about the reason for a business leader like the article writer to prefer handling the case in such a relaxed tone. I would say that he is eligible to use more decibels in delivering a sharp message to BA management and its field representatives.

Date: 18 February 2010 commenting on http://www.forbes.com/