My new eBook – Industry in Transition : Finding the Airline 2.0 – is released with this post today. It is an eBook that is vastly different from the eBooks that I have previously written, and is both a collection of new thoughts as well as a view into...
Southwest Airlines, the largest Boeing 737 customer, today announced that it has signed up for 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and will become the type’s launch customer. The airline placed firm orders for 150 Boeing 737 MAXs, and also took options on 150 more. At the same time, Southwest...
With Malaysia Airlines in for another restructuring, this paragraph from Idris Jala’s now popular (and then successful) MAS BTP1 is still valid today for most airlines.. We do not want ‘administrators’ to take up leadership positions. We want only leaders who deliver breakthrough performance such as turning around an...
In a significant strategical move for a US carrier, Delta Air Lines has announced that it will be investing up to USD100m for a minority stake in Brazilian hybrid Low Cost carrier Gol. GOL has already signed a binding agreement involving the transaction with Delta. This signals a move...
When somebody tries to endlessly criticize your idea, and tries to prove that you are no good and seems to only have the need of killing your idea, think to yourself.. Or ask them.. By the way, what have you done that’s so great? Do you create anything, or...
Yes, the Very Important Pandas transporter.. (Cannot view the video? Please click here.) FedEx Boeing 777 Freighter N892FD received this special Panda decal to transport some Pandas to the Edinburgh Zoo next week.
Something that I mentioned on Twitter a few days ago, gained a lot of popularity. So I am sharing it with you, today.. If you don’t care for your staff, they will not care for your customers. Many airlines need to learn this.
My new free eBook comes out today, and it talks about how to be a unique and successful airline. It’s a collection of ideas and strategies on the elements that make a great airline. How to build a unique brand, how to ignite the passion within your employees and...
This just in: White House just announced that during President Obama’s visit to Indonesia, Lion Air has signed up for 230 firm orders for Boeing 737s with options on 150 more. 201 of the orders are for 737Max. Valued at USD21.7 billions at list prices, excluding options – this...
There has been a heated debate in aviation circles about the recent firing of Air Tahiti Nui CEO Mr. Cedric Pasteur, and replacing him with a person who is mainly seen as a political ally. Cedric Pasteur was a professional CEO with considerable industry experience and was amidst a...
