EasyJet’s Chief Executive Andy Harrison recently quitted from the company. This is the third major executive board departure that occurred during this year. The cause of such leavings is a long executive board fight with the founder of EasyJet Haji-Ioannou.
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Cathay Pacific expands to North America
The Hong Kong based Cathay Pacific has been recently chosen by us as one of the world’s most luxurious airlines. But have you ever thought about flying with Cathay even when you’re not in Asia?
Easyjet reports increase in revenue
The fight on driving revenue on Easyjet’s flights has been making progress. The revenue of the average flight is increasing and it seems that Orange Crew leaves the Ryanair crew behind in this fight.
IATA’s strategy for environmental protection
Giovanny Bisignani is a director general and chief executive of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), who worked hard in order to verify that IATA is not deprived of its exemption from the Kyoto Protocol at the COP15 Conference that will be held in Copenhagen this week.
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Airports to raise the facility charge
There was a Congress in terms of which airports wanted to increase the cap on the “passenger facility charge” that passengers pay as a part for the airline tickets. At present the charge is $4.50 for each person and as for the round trip it is about $18. Such funds are for building of runways, terminals and gates.
Alternatives to Business Classs offered by airlines
The time when managers were able to travel in Business Class has finished, moreover, a majority of them decided to choose Economy Class. Such alterations happened due to the global economic recession. Airlines have offered different alternatives to the two classes, i.e. Economy Extra or Premium Voyager.
Singapore Airlines named Best International Carrier
According to the recently released Zagat survey, Singapore Airlines were chosen as the best international carrier. The 2009 Airline Survey was conducted among 73 international carriers and 16 domestic U.S. airline companies. Each airline was estimated according to Zagat’s 30-point scale. Such aspects as comfort, food, in-flight entertainment and luggage policies in premium and economy classes were taken into account when choosing the best airlines.