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The real effects of flight shaming revealed

15Jan

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

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The real effects of flight shaming revealed

Over the past few years, there has been a growing concern over how we can protect our planet. This has spawned a completely eco-friendly frenzy. The figurehead of this movement is the 17-year old Swedish, Greta Thungberg. She has made it her number one priority to fix climate change, and one of her biggest targets is the aviation industry, through something called flight shaming. What is flight shaming? Flight shaming is where people, mainly celebrities and public figures, are attacked on social media (and in the media) for taking a flight in a private jet. Activists believe that private jets should be banned, alongside business and first classes on commercial airliners. They believe that an all-economy configuration, as seen in many low cost European carriers, is the way forward. Thi...

11Dec

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

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Why are there banned airlines?

There are banned airlines, all over the world. Some may be flying over your head as we speak (depending on where you're reading this from). Some airlines are banned from certain air spaces, whether from individual countries, or blocs of countries. This can have a detrimental effect one those banned airlines, but why are they banned? And how does an airline get banned in the first place? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Why are airlines banned? The aviation industry is an industry designed to have checks and balances, and if these checks and balances are not maintained, there is going to be some kick-back. Poor safety record- This is the most common reason for airlines getting banned. The airline industry is safety-oriented, by that, no one is allowed ...

Will we see more budget airlines in Europe?

30Nov

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

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Will we see more budget airlines in Europe?

For the past 10 years, we have seen an increase in low cost budget airlines in Europe, that have attempted to undercut the market of the established airlines. Many of these have attempted expand into long haul budget airlines, but many of these have failed. Despite this, their continent-oriented competitors have gone from strength to strength. But does this mean that we will see more of them in the future? I doubt this very much. It is unlikely that new budget airlines would be able to offer such low prices, as the current semi-established airlines do, and stay solvent at the same time. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Why do I believe that we have seen the end of new budget airlines in Europe? The short answer is: Money. Currently, the largest Europe...

Why have low cost long-haul airlines gone under in the last 5 years?

2Nov

By Christopher Harrow2 Comments

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Why have low cost long-haul airlines gone under in the last 5 years?

Airlines going under isn’t a new thing, since the first airlines started, some airlines have gone under. But this phenomenon of low cost long-haul airlines going under has been exasperated in the past 5 years. So, why have low cost long-haul airlines gone under in the last 5 years? Most of the time, airlines have gone under due to poor management of finances, but the past 5 years have proven different. Whilst poor financial management may have been a factor, the main issue is sustainability. Most of the airlines that have gone under have been low cost long-haul airlines. These m are not usually your typical low cost airlines like Ryanair or EasyJet, but are usually low cost and long-haul airlines. Think along the lines of Wow Air, Thomas Cook and Primera Air- all of these had the same...

Trump Shuttle: When President Trump Owned an Airline… and Failed

5Oct

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

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Trump Shuttle: When President Trump Owned an Airline… and Failed

President Trump is known for having had some very crazy business ideas in the past. One of these crazy businesses, was Trump Shuttle, Inc. operating as Trump Air. As with many of Trump's other non-real estate businesses, Trump Air was a complete failure. Although many had forgotten the airline, it was brought into the public light with Trump's run for presidency in 2016! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Trump The 1980's saw the rise of air shuttle services, a short-haul air service between two major airports for a major airline. The late 1980's saw two major air shuttles- Pan Am Shuttle and Eastern Air Shuttle. By the late 1980's, Eastern began to have financial issues, which culminated in a strike of Eastern's pilots and crew. This stri...

Mohawk Airlines: Revolutionary in More Than One Way

18Sep

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Mohawk Airlines: Revolutionary in More Than One Way

Mohawk Airlines was perhaps the most revolutionary airline of its time. Although its name has since been forgotten by most of the public, it is remembered by avgeeks for changing the industry in so many ways! Most people would think that the airlines that changed the world fifty years ago are the same airlines that, today are some of the oldest and largest airlines. In reality, they aren't- they're just the ones who made it popular. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation On December 7 1941, the US was shaken after an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the US Navy at Pearl Harbor. This incident led to the declaration of war by the US on Japan. This situation, inadvertently started up several airlines. You see, just after the decl...

Morris Air: The Only Southwest Contender

14Sep

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Morris Air: The Only Southwest Contender

Southwest is known for being the largest low cost airline in the US. However, at one point in time, Morris Air was a serious threat to Southwest. They were such a threat, that Southwest had to buy the airline! In Southwest's 50 years of flying, the only airline to threaten Southwest's success was Morris Air. In fact, many of the practices that has made Southwest so successful in recent years, actually started with Morris. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation In 1970, June Morris founded Morris Travel in Salt Lake City. Morris Travel soon became one of the largest travel agencies in all of Utah. By 1980, Morris Travel had become one of the largest travel agencies in the US. The success of Morris Travel (and the invention of the intern...

Allegheny Airlines: The Airline That Became US Airways

7Aug

By Christopher Harrow2 Comments

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Allegheny Airlines: The Airline That Became US Airways

Chances are, that you have never heard of Allegheny Airlines. However, a quick Google search will tell you that Allegheny was the airline that became the prominent US Airways. But what was so special about Allegheny? How exactly was it different from US Airways? What impact has it left on the industry? And if it was so successful, why is it now known as US Airways? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Throughout the 1920's and 1930's, commercial air transportation began to take off. Many entrepreneurs established their own airline, many of which are now some of the oldest airlines in the world, and became rich! However, many more failed, and left their owners penniless. Despite this, two brothers from the prominent industrial du Pon...

America West Airlines: The Most Successful Airline You Don’t Remember…

31Jul

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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America West Airlines: The Most Successful Airline You Don’t Remember…

Chances are that you've never heard of America West Airlines. Chances are that you have heard of what it later went by: US Airways. Before that, America West was one of the largest airlines in the world! Only a few years after its formation, America West Airlines became a major US airline. So why did it change its name? How was it different from US Airways? What legacy did the airline leave on the industry? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation The 1960's and 1970's had proven to be a relatively good time for airlines. Deregulation led to lower prices, better service and as such, more people were flying than ever before! In 1960, a young Ed Beauvais was given a senior accountancy job at Frontier Airlines. In 1963, he then took an acco...