US Traffic Heat Maps
It is interesting to see how US airlines’ traffic patterns evolve over time and the map. In our model we show the origin and destination using heat maps – from green through yellow to red. One quickly gets an idea…
Category Airlines
Emirates and SpiceJet codeshare – will it disrupt India? (update)
UAE’s Emirates and India’s SpiceJet seek government approval for a reciprocal codeshare agreemeent, both airlines have announced on April 22. Still a Memorandum of Understanding, once active this could have a major impact on both airlines and India’s airline market.…
An interactive model showing US major airline traffic
Regular readers know we are building lots of data models. This next one is especially fun because it has more interactivity than the previous models we have published. This model uses T-100 Domestic Segment data and tracks passenger volume (ball…
Jet Airways suspends all operations – hopes on restart after May 10
Jet Airways is to suspend all its operations until further notice later on April 17, having failed to attract new investors, the Indian airline had announced in a press release. It hopes a new rescue plan will keep the airline…
“Food for Purchase”
Air travel in the US has changed over the years. An early sacrifice to the god of profits was the airline meal. Not that airline meals were a celebratory item. How many jokes are there about airline meals? Here…
Southwest Airlines pilots and the MAX
The item behind this post comes from here. The key item to focus on: “Closer to home, the advantages and disadvantages of an airline having a single fleet and having aircraft from only one manufacturer are already being discussed in…