Not exact matches
Though David Neeleman's board of directors grounded him not long after his upstart
airline, JetBlue, experienced a major customer
service breakdown, he
remains one of the decade's most respected entrepreneurs.
The
airlines that survived the volatile decade following 9/11 have since consolidated themselves into a lucrative oligopoly, prompting questions about why smaller cities continue to lose
service, why seats keep getting smaller, why fares have
remained stubbornly high even as fuel prices dropped and profits soared, and why paying passengers are being quasi-defenestrated from overbooked flights.
On long - distance routes, Malaysia
Airlines has also failed to
remain competitive, particularly on flights to Europe and the Middle East, where it faces the steady encroachment of full -
service carriers from the gulf.
AWA
remains the only
airline currently providing domestic air
services between Accra and Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi.
A team of safety experts from Virgin Australia declared it safe for the
airline to resume normal
services — provided conditions
remain favourable.
Table 2 sets out the points requirements for redeeming on the
services of the
remaining airline partners, being Etihad Airways, Singapore
Airlines, Silk Air, Air New Zealand (New Zealand domestic and long haul
services only), airberlin, Hawaiian
Airlines, South African Airways.
For award flights, Virgin Australia prices tickets based on the number of miles traveled on the itinerary, beginning with a 0 - to -600-mile bucket for 6,900 points in economy on Virgin, Etihad, Delta and Air New Zealand's Trans Tasman
service, and 10,000 points on airberlin, Hawaiian
Airlines, Singapore
Airlines, SilkAir, and Air New Zealand's
remaining routes.