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Why, Of Course: Business School Graduates Would Like To Work for Air France
We get a lot of press releases in our inboxes and while most of them are credible, quite a few of them have nothing or very little to do with travel. Depending on our mood, the latter kind either causes us to laugh or to curse the high heavens that created spambots. But every so often there is one from a credible source that makes us go, "Seriously?"
Like this one from Air France which just announced that their airline ranks first "in the 2009 Top 50 Most Attractive Employers for Junior Executives from business schools."
Apparently, over 7,000 junior executives were polled about the most attractive firms they would like to work for, among 136 firms that were proposed. These junior executives were graduates from major French business schools and universities with one to eight years of working experience. (Note: it did not say if they still had jobs in this down economy.) However, when the IT and science engineering school graduates wee polled, they ranked Air France in 8th place.
Perhaps this special announcement was a distraction from the whole pilot insensitivity that made the news last year. And we're not so sure we'd put much faith in these results. Afterall, business class tickets are pretty pricey these days and people would do all sorts of things for a free ride.
Related Stories:
· Air France Pilots Having Trouble Focusing On Priorities After Criticism Over Safety Practices [Jaunted]
· Air France [Official Site]
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Get Comfy En Route Down Under With Qantas' Biz Class Sale
Australia seems like a long way from just about everywhere, right? (Maybe not from New Zealand!). So if you want to get there in a bit of comfort, it would be great to splash out on a business class seat. Aussie airline Qantas wants to make this financially easier for us for a while, with a 40% off sale on business class seats from Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York down to Sydney or Brisbane.
Business class is certainly a nicer way to travel on those long, long-haul flights, although the funny thing is that Qantas claims to have invented business class back in 1979; if you prefer to believe Wikipedia, it was actually British Caledonian in 1978.
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How Many All-Biz-Class Airlines Must Fail Before British Airways Understands?
Haven't we already worked out that All-Business-Class Flights just don't span out? Just look at the track record for these flights: Silverjet, Eos, and MaxJet all died in early 2008, ailing L'Avion was bought by British Airways shortly after that, and BA's own all-business OpenSkies took to their blog to beg passengers to book with them.
So why is British Airways making an additional attempt at the all-business, transatlantic route? Of course it's all about money, and the reasoning is that they think it'll be profitable in its first year—no word on further years. The newest route runs from London's City Airport (LCY) to JFK, but has to make a refueling pitstop in Shannon, Ireland because The Telegraph UK explains that "City Airport's runway is too short to handle an A318 with a full fuel payload." Bummer.
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What Airlines Boast The Best Business Class?
Everyone knows the allures of ponying up the extra cash to fly business class: free drinks, more attention from the flight attendants, use of business class lounges which usually have more free drinks and sometimes free wifi, extra seat space, and—if you're lucky—in-flight entertainment when coach has none.
Since we were just upgraded to business class on a two-hour flight and we know very well how it feels to walk through the business class section during deplaning, with the free flight kits and plush blankets abandoned and mocking us, we're wondering on what airlines would it be worth it to go for business class. We're thinking Emirates, Singapore Airlines, and Cathay Pacific, because long hauls would give us ample time to drink our fill of bottomless wine and then pass out on a semi-flat bed.
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Some Pretty Sweet Suites Coming Soon On US Airways
Sorry US Airways, but when we hear your name the first thing that comes to mind is how you guys were the airline that first decided to charge for drinks up in the sky. To be fair, the policy was only temporary, but we don’t really associate your business model with cool, comfortable, or classy. That’s why we were pleased and surprised to hear that US Airways is equipping part of their fleet with a new business class seat known as the Envoy Suite.
This new Envoy Suite will be able to recline 180 degrees—AKA totally flat—which will definitely help us catch a few winks on a long haul flight. Also noteworthy is that the total bed length will between 6’4” and 6’8” depending on the cabin, so there will be no need to curl up to fit in this seat.
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Annals Of Things We Can't Afford: AA's New 'Flagship Experience'
American Airlines recently launched their new "Flagship Experience" to a not insignificant amount of fanfare, saturating potential customers with commercials, emails, and direct mailings. The new program is one-half genuine enhancements and one-half re-branding, pitting AA's perks against the top-tier offerings of other international airlines. The main targets are regular business and first travelers going to Europe, Asia and Latin America.
On the enhancements side, the Flagship Experience links the new business class seats on AA's 767's and 777's with AA's new Flagship Lounges.
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British Airways Gives You WiFi On All-Business Flights
When British Airways kicks off its all business class flights from New York to London later this year, all you business people should be mighty pleased: you'll be hooked up to in-flight WiFi right from the start.
The geeks behind this WiFi are Mobile OnAir who are also putting in flying internet connections for low-cost carriers Ryanair and bmi. OnAir just launched a similar offering for Kuwait carrier Wataniya Airlines for its Kuwait City-Dubai service.
At first, passengers will be able to use text messaging on cell phones and data services online only, with voice calls available "at a later date." Hopefully not until they've asked their high-paying business-class passengers whether they actually want to hear their seatmates making mid-air deals or not.
BA had always maintained that its passengers prefer the peace of a non-wired cabin when asked about adding WiFi; its reversal is probably related to a recent survey which found 44 percent of European airlines are planning to offer in-flight mobile phone access.
Related Stories:
· British Airways to Offer In-Flight Text on New All-Business Services [UK Times]
· Change of heart for BA as airline says OK to in-flight mobiles [Daily Mail]
· Open Skies Travel: New Seats, New Routes [Jaunted]
· In-Flight WiFi Coverage [Jaunted]
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