EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & FOUNDER - SEATTLE, WA. David has written, consulted, and presented on multiple topics relating to airlines and travel since 2008. He has been quoted and written for a number of news organizations, including BBC, CNN, NBC News, Bloomberg, and others. He is passionate about sharing the complexities, the benefits, and the fun stuff of the airline business. Email me: david@airlinereporter.com
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Don’t worry folks. The blog is not going to turn just into talking about Ryanair, but recently I have received not just one, but two emails from Stephen McNamara with Ryanair and they have caused a lot of discussion on Twitter and the blogsphere [check out the BitterWallet.com opinion on the letters]. A lot of […]
Recently a reader made a comment on an old blog asking why don’t airlines or manufactures just put screens over engines to prevent birds from flying into them. I thought this was an interesting enough question to answer in a new blog, since I have heard others ask this same thing. Yes, birds might seem […]
On Friday I posted an email I received from Ryanair. I very much enjoyed the email and the interaction with Stephen McNamara, Head of Communications with Ryanair. In the comments of the blog, I was asked how I replied to his email. I thought about a long reply, but settled on just thanking him for […]
What’s sweeter than a livery with gummy bears on it? Not too much. TUIfly is Germany’s third largest airline and is headquartered in Langenhagen, Germany. The airline was founded in January 2007 as a cooperation between Hapag-Lloyd Flug and Hapag-Lloyd Express. TUIfly flies both scheduled and charter flights. They run a fleet of about 40 […]
Dan Webb over at Things in the Sky asked today “What’s Wrong With This Southwest Ad?” and I found one of the two things off with it. Can you find both or even more? For airline livery nerd, you can see the plane shown is an AirTran Boeing 717 (with logos and registration number hidden). […]