Aviation Daily on Airports

The Things With Wings Radio Show - No More Free Food on Intl UA Flights

United Airlines has crossed what one of my editors called "sacred territory" when it announced that, among other things, they are going to start charging for food -- on international flights. You can read my story in Aviation Daily here (subscribers only).  And the UA FlyerTalk boards are going crazy over the change.

When I heard about this, the first thing I thought was what my friends -- Henry Hardeveldt, VP and principal analyst for Forrester Research’s airline and travel practice, and Brett Snyder, AKA The Cranky Flier -- would  think about this move. So click here to listen to a 13:37-minute Podcast on their thoughts about the move.  Enjoy!

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The Things With Wings Radio Show - The New United Ad Campaign

We've been on a bit of a vacation hiatus, but now we're back. We all saw the new ads United Airlines unveiled during the Olympic Summer Games, and Peter Shankman, owner of boutique PR firm The Geek Factory and creator of the Help A Reporter Out web site, gives us his take.

We also have a roundtable discussion on the ads with Aviation Daily Senior Editors Benet Wilson and Andrew Compart and Associate Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan. Click here for this week's 12:10-minute show. And click here to see the new ads, and judge for yourself.

And please visit us at our regular home -- www.aviationweek.com/wings -- for all the latest and greatest aviation/airline news.

The Towers & Tarmacs Radio Show, August 12

We're back after a bit of a summer hiatus.  This week Madhu and I chat about Toronto Airports CEO Lloyd McCoomb's thoughts on crown rent in Canada, a proposal for a new pet hotel and resort at DFW Airport and Vancouver Airport catching Olympic fever.  You can click here to listen to this week's 10:53 minute show. And subscribers can click here to read this week's issue of Airports. Enjoy!

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Chatting With Emirates SVP Nigel Page

Last Friday I said there'd be more from the Emirates A380 event, and I'm sticking to my word. Click here to listen to my 11:14-minute podcast I give to you, kind AvWeek.com audience.

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