Airlinologist

Airlines go back to boarding school to move fliers onto planes faster

Airlinologist — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:21:39 +0000

Why trying to invent the wheel? It is almost there.
What about following a sequence which is already in place? It is something fair for everyone. Who check-in first will board first. There is a sequence number assigned automatically by the departure control system when the passenger checks in. That number could be used as a basis for boarding the passengers.
Regarding the congestion in the aisle, restrictions should be in place to prevent those who have bulky or overweight carry on items.

Date: 27 July 2011 commenting on http://online.wsj.com/

North American carriers grounded at airline awards

Airlinologist — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:27:26 +0000

North American carriers are not up to the level of an international competition.
Orville and Wilbur Wright established a formidable milestone in the airline industry. Additionally, Boeing is an American company and one of the two major aircraft manufacturers worldwide.
Having said so, what could be the reason for Wright’s grandchildren to be lazy and fall behind like that?
What could be the reason for a relatively fledgling airline like Qatar Airways to excel like that while the American veteran airlines are satisfied being in the back rows?
Putting all question marks aside, I would say that the differentiating reason is the human factor which is used efficiently in emerging carriers like Qatar Airways and Emirates Airlines.

Date: 25 July 2011 commenting on http://www.vancouversun.com/

Airport director: Erbil had 500,000 passengers in 2010

Airlinologist — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:58:09 +0000

Congratulations to Ms. Talar Faiq, the general director of Erbil International Airport for receiving the award of the Best Woman in Aviation in 2010.
The fact that the airport handled only 500,000 passengers during 2010 definitely means that there is too much room for growth. However, with such ambitious plans of Ms. Faiq, we can safely raise our bets on Erbil Airport for being the main hub in the north of Iraq in the near future.

Date: 25 July 2011 commenting on http://www.rudaw.net/

Airlines granted more time on defective seats

Airlinologist — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:50:45 +0000

How transparent!
The seats manufactured by Koito Industries are either complying with the mandatory safety standards or not. If they are unsafe, what could be the meaning as well as the potential effect of such long grace period?
It is strange that the airline industry has been worried about confronting a potential multibillion dollar price tag. Why is that? Who is supposed to pay that amount of money, Koito or the airlines victimized by the defrauding Koito?
What could possibly be the expected regulatory steps of both FAA and EASA? They know almost everything about the issue but they are not addressing the only culprit.
There was a marriage between dishonest polygamous Koito and innocent airlines. Why are we asking the innocent airlines to take care of the deformed children resulted from that marriage?

Date: 10 June 2011 commenting on http://online.wsj.com/

U.S. probe into GDSs could last months

Airlinologist — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:37:12 +0000

Airlines and other providers associated with travel and hospitality depend on Global Distribution Systems for delivering their products to travel agencies and other travel sales outlets. Those clients pay GDS providers rather high for making their products available through nonbiased environment. For question marks to start wrapping that trust simply means that those clients have to think of someone else to handle the task for them, maybe a new Global Distribution System.

Date: 08 June 2011 commenting on http://www.travelweekly.com/

With deadline up, Sabre says it will not immediately bias American Airlines flights

Airlinologist — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:31:50 +0000

As a rule of thumb, display biasing issue of flights and fares is not supposed to be there.
Did we forget that the whole idea of GDS is avoiding the unintended bias of its old counterpart CRS?

Date: 02 June 2011 commenting on http://www.tnooz.com/

Aeroflot renames Kaliningrad into Königsberg

Airlinologist — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:07:52 +0000

This is quite unusual. The discrepancy between in-flight announcements and Aeroflot’s own website does not make any sense.
Did the cockpit crew manage, in cooperation with cabin crew, to form a contemporary fifth column?
Are they planning to re-annex the city to Germany?
Are flights between Moscow and Kaliningrad still domestic flights? or international flights between Russian Federation and Germany?
By switching to the old name of the city, do Russian passengers need entry visa to travel to Königsberg?

Date: 15 May 2011 commenting on http://www.russia-ic.com/

Russia’s largest airlines raise prices on tickets

Airlinologist — Sat, 14 May 2011 06:31:18 +0000

Increasing the level of passenger fuel surcharges is the direct option available to airlines which are trying to partially recover from the increase in operational costs due to fluctuations in aviation fuel prices.
Once fuel prices become stable, the current level of fuel surcharge could be partially or fully amalgamated with applicable fares.
Passenger fuel surcharges could be possibly reviewed by the respective civil aviation authorities.

Date: 09 May 2011 commenting on http://english.pravda.ru/

Deadly blast comes at sensitive time for Russia

Airlinologist — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:22:49 +0000

The airport is claiming that it was the first passenger airport terminal in Russia to be certified under ISO 9001:2000.
ISO for what? For sloppy security standards?
Ironically, Domodedovo Airport spokeswoman rejected the words of President Medvedev about the responsibility of the airport management toward that serious security breach.

Date: 25 January 2011 commenting on http://www.nytimes.com/

Southern Sudanese called slaves by Cairo airport staff

Airlinologist — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:27:26 +0000

We can safely conclude that politics should be an integral component in route planning. Considering the flammable stance between northern Khartoum and southern Juba, Juba flights with en route stop in Khartoum represent an extremely sensitive issue. Can we imagine EgyptAir operating flight to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with en route stop in Tel Aviv? It is entirely understood that Cairo-Tel Aviv-Jeddah example is unlikely to happen but Cairo-Khartoum-Juba version is a reality for almost 6 months. While there was no direct confrontational hostility between Saudi Arabia and Israel, there was a bloody military confrontation between Khartoum government and the southern part of Sudan.

Flights to/ and from airports which have operational restrictions, like Juba Airport, should be positioned and timed to avoid any possible service disruptions. With not-so-good on-time performance of EgyptAir, it is not a good idea to operate one-stop flights to Juba. By doing so, EgyptAir is simply increasing the contributing factors of service disruption.

The attitude of EgyptAir airport employees is not new for EgyptAir. After all, they are working in EgyptAir because of their connections, rather than their qualifications. I commented on the mediocre level of EgyptAir’s customer service last July. Ironically, the comments were about Juba flight. Here is the article as well my comments.

Date: 11 January 2011 commenting on http://talkofsudan.com/