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Airports' first class upgrade
Fast Company
November 2008

Flying the turbulent skies
Business Traveler
October 2008



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Airports' first class upgrade
Meet the highfliers working to make the terminal experience bliss.
Fast Company, November 2008.
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Flying the turbulent skies
Four industry experts weigh in what it will take to fix the domestic airline industry.
Business Traveler, October 2008.
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Greener jet engine could reduce aviation's carbon footprint
It's just one of the many enviro-friendly innovations touted at this year's Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington.
Wired.com, June 24, 2008.
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Its back against the wall, aviation looks to come clean
The industry is coming together at the first ever Eco-Aviation Conference to talk about its impact on the environment.
Wired.com, June 17, 2008.
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Making the connection
There are lots of hub airports out there. Which ones are hell, and which ones make changing planes a breeze?
Business Traveler, June 2008.
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Hustle and flow
Alaska Airlines' Airport of the Future makes quick work of getting passengers
through check-in.
Fast Company, March 2008.
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Big plane, big plans
Sizing up Singapore Airlines' new A380 superjumbo.
Business Traveler, January 2008.
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Space by space basis
Premium economy is taking off by ofering a travel experience that falls somewhere between business class and the hell of coach. But what you get depends on which airline you fly.
Business Traveler, November 2007.
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As skies grow crowded, FAA preps air traffic control 2.0
Is replacing radars with a $15 billion GPS system the solution to gridlock in the skies?
Wired.com, October 25, 2007.
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Executive profile: Etihad Airways
An interview with CEO James Hogan.
Business Traveler, September 2007.
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Executive profile: Jet Airways
An interview with CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
Business Traveler, September 2007.
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First class gets an upgrade
US airlines are making major upgrades to their premium cabins to compete with private jets and international rivals.
ForbesLife, Fall 2007.
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We love to fly and it shows
Inside the world of mileage running.
Wired.com, July 10, 2007.
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Behind the fiendish complexities of airfare pricing
Deciphering a byzantine pricing structure so complicated that it took a group of MIT grads to figure it out.
Wired.com, July 10, 2007.
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Where rubber meets the rails
When Japan's JR Hokkaido Railroad saw ridership dip, they took a novel approach to winning back customers. The added wheels to their trains, and put them on the roads.
Wired, June 2007.
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Miles to go: tracking the super-elite business traveler
Rack up 300,000 miles a year on your favorite airline and you might find yourself enrolled in a frequent flyer program so elite that you didn't even know it existed.
Business Traveler, April 2007.
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Massport looks to expand Logan's international service
Seeks new nonstops to fast-growing Asian and South American markets
Boston Business Journal, December 8, 2006.
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Putting a spin on hubs
With airlines engaged in a never-ending battle to cut costs, do big hub airports still
have a place?
Airways: A Global Review of Commercial Flight, December 2006.
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Never lose luggage again
RFID promises to all but eliminate the annoyance of misrouted luggage at a time when more bags go missing than ever. But at up to 20 cents a bag, airlines aren't racing to the solution.
Wired.com, November 29, 2006.
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Fly silent, fly cheap
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an integrated wing-body aircraft that's quieter and more fuel efficient than anything aloft today. Here's why you won't be boarding it any time soon.
Wired.com, November 14, 2006.
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Alliance advisor
What do the Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld offer the globe-trotting business traveler?
Business Traveler, November 2006.
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Casting net for better airfares
New websites claim to find the best airfares by mining data and reversing carriers' own profit-maximizing algorithms.
Wired.com, August 18, 2006.
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Airlines try smarter boarding
Computer simulations produce a range of better procedures.
Wired.com, May 9, 2006.
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