(More) Bad News for Airbus

Singapore Airlines said the other day that Airbus has to redesign its Airbus A350 if it wants to really compete with Boeing's 787.Bloomberg reports that it took Airbus four attempts to come up with today's A350. And the most interesting fact is, the A350 is pretty much a revised A330. Just use more composites, new parts, and a new tail, and you have a totally different aircraft, right?Wrong, says pretty much all of the industry executives. Singapore...

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United vs. Southwest (Part 2): Showdown in DC

Southwest Airlines, that bastion of low fares for the past thirty-five years, has announced it will serve Washington's Dulles airport this year. And to make matters even more interesting, it's the second hub of United Airlines that Southwest has invaded this year. (It started servicing Denver International in January.)CEO Gary Kelly said that Southwests moves into markets that "are overpriced and underserved", and with the liquidation of Dulles-based Independence Air in January, there's been a low-cost carrier gap at the airport that hasn't been...

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Behind The Name: Compass Airlines

I recently was contacted by a reader that referred to this blog in his article about the reasons why Compass is a good name for Northwest's new subsidiary. Read this excellent and interesting article at http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2006/04/northwests_comp.ht...

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