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How civil was your last flight? Southwest Airlines has first-come, first-served festival seating. But for $5 per flight, an unaffiliated company called BoardFirst.com will secure you a coveted "A" boarding pass when that airline opens for online check-in 24 hours before departure. Thus, the savvy traveler doesn...
The distribution of the data points showed the company that airlines favored efficiency over speed--the exact opposite of what Boeing was thinking. Two months later, Boeing ditched plans for a high-speed, high-cost jetliner to embark on a new program, the 7E7--E for efficiency--that has since...
That includes sharing the jet's risks by getting more partner manufacturers worldwide to do the heavy lifting and take exposure for the $10 billion project onto their books. Boeing has taken risks with new materials and technologies and fashioned the Dreamliner into something that beleaguered airlines and their passengers...
Clearly, Boeing learned by asking. "They went out there and had to come up with a winner," says Ray Neidl, U.S. director of Calyon Securities. "That aircraft would have to be a mainstay in the international, wide-bodied, long-distance competition for years to come." The lesson was kicked off...
As well as re-establishing the "cathedral" of British railway stations, St. Pancras wants to introduce the idea of rail travel as part of a holiday experience in itself. Instead of touching down at clogged airports in the unkempt outskirts of a destination city, trains can deliver passengers right into...