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Airline News

Bringing you the latest airline news and airline industry insights. Get the need-to-know developments in passenger experience, ancillary services, revenue management, and loyalty and technology.

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Boeing says the world’s airline fleet will double in the next two decades

Of course Boeing is pushing their own estimates, but the focus of the growth is key: the Asia-Pacific region will see the largest expansion.

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SkiftDesign: Drive-through airports takes ideas from car-wash line

Wild & futuristic enough that someone with lots of money like Qatar or Abu Dhabi may just bet on this design, or adopt some version of this.

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Britain may push more flyers to regional airports with a new two-tier passenger tax system

With complicated taxes and a blundering border bureaucracy, the U.K. seems hellbent on making arriving and flying within the country as confusing and inhospitable as it possibly can.

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What it’s like to speed through TSA screening like a VIP

Past officials at the TSA are concerned about any pre-screening systems that don't also include a level of randomness. The current system's inconsistencies do just that. Let's hope this isn't lost as it is rolled out to more airports and carriers.

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Europe’s Airbus puts down roots in Alabama

Boeing isn't happy about the deal and is using the opportunity to point out what it calls Aurbus' unfair advantage because of backing from European governments.

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Troubled Air India bets against long-hauls, says Indians like stopovers

Counter-intuitive, but what isn't in India? Business travelers love non-stops, and hate Air India. Hence this spin for leisure travelers, which may have some truth to it.

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Zagat airport restaurant ratings could be coming to Google

Expect a lot more airport, airline, airport restaurant and hotel coverage from Zagat as its content begins to permeate Google search.