2. Planes should be loaded from back to front: Most airlines ask passengers to board this way, but a much quicker method would be for window-seat passengers to board first; failing that, even random boarding is faster than the current method.
An air carrier's seat map may highlight certain rows as having additional legroom or a missing seat in front, but airlines typically leave out a few critical details that can mean the difference between a decent flight and a miserable one.
A SuperShuttle van will give you a 15-minute pick-up window, take you to the airport and drop you off in front of your airline terminal.
On the airline front, Priceline now sells one-way tickets, and displays recent winning bids on a particular route to help guide bidding strategy.
At around the same time, fans on the other side of the border can watch Pakistan Railway take on National Bank before the country's best team, Khan Research Laboratories, the following day face Pakistan Airlines in front of crowds that will likely be in three figures.
The jet came from an airline operation front line.
"Back to front," said Robert W. Mann, an airline analyst in Port Washington, N.Y.
This paper develops a non-linear programming model to design optimal corporate contracts for airlines stipulating front-end discounts for all nets, which are defined by combination of routes, cabin types, and fare classes.
By committing billions of dollars to sustaining the commercial airline industry (front page, Sept. 19), the United States government is recognizing commuter air travel to be vital to the national economy, as well it should.
CHARLES H. GESSNER Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 17, 2013 To the Editor: Re "U.S., Filing Suit, Moves to Block Airline Merger" (front page, Aug. 13): I am glad that the Justice Department has finally sided with anguished travelers by filing a lawsuit to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and USAirways.
