This week's Airline Weekly (subscription only) interviews Delta CEO Ed Bastian. Delta doesn't order new Boeing aircraft, but argues that foreign competition is bad for US jobs. Despite a path towards declaring victory and going home in their fight ...

Delta Attacks Boeing as an “Arms Dealer” to Gulf Airlines and more...  In This Issue...  Delta Attacks Boeing as an “Arms Dealer” to Gulf Airlines  You Can Now Redeem American Miles for Virgin America Flights – Great Availability  US and Qatar About to Announce Settlement in Open Skies Dispute  Instagram Fitness Star Booted from American Airlines Flight to New York  I Flew American Airlines Basic Economy for the First Time — and Liked It  How to Break Into a Hotel Safe and FAA Cover-up  How Airport Chapels are Used, and What Chaplains Do  More Recent Articles Delta Attacks Boeing as an “Arms Dealer” to Gulf Airlines This week's Airline Weekly (subscription only) interviews Delta CEO Ed Bastian. Delta doesn't order new Boeing aircraft, but argues that foreign competition is bad for US jobs. Despite a path towards declaring victory and going home in their fight against Gulf airline rivals, Bastian pushes back on criticisms over Delta's purchase of subsidized Bombardier C-series jets by calling out Boeing for their willingness to sell planes to the Gulf carriers. Continue reading Delta Attacks Boeing as an “Arms Dealer” to Gulf Airlines...          • Email to a friend •   You Can Now Redeem American Miles for Virgin America Flights – Great Availability When Alaska Airlines obtained a single operating certificate with Virgin America, as far as the FAA was concerned they were a single airline. And I started to look at use of American AAdvantage miles on nominally Virgin America flights. However I didn't see flights -- which were offering award space -- available to American AAdvantage. That's changed. Continue reading You Can Now Redeem American Miles for Virgin America Flights – Great Availability...          • Email to a friend •   US and Qatar About to Announce Settlement in Open Skies Dispute This will eliminate an area of friction between the U.S. and Qatar, and allow Delta to claim victory, without Qatar Airways having to give up anything of significance. Since the agreement covers only Qatar and not Emirates or Etihad it's unclear what the future of the Delta, American, and United campaign looks like. Qatar is likely the most subsidized of the 3 carriers. Qatar's CEO is the most likely to say offensive things. So they've been the target of US airline racist attacks. Will they be emboldened by progress, or stalled by the removal of their juiciest enemy? Continue reading US and Qatar About to Announce Settlement in Open Skies Dispute...          • Email to a friend •   Instagram Fitness Star Booted from American Airlines Flight to New York Jen Selter who is apparently a well-known fitness model but whom I had never heard of got into an altercation with an American Airlines flight attendant on Saturday during a delayed Miami – New York LaGuardia flight. Lecturing the flight attendant and telling him to 'relax' was mistake number one. Telling the flight attendant that indeed she wanted to be kicked off was mistake number two. Continue reading Instagram Fitness Star Booted from American Airlines Flight to New York...          • Email to a friend •   I Flew American Airlines Basic Economy for the First Time — and Liked It Basic economy isn't supposed to be a new cheaper fare. It's supposed to be new restrictions on what used to be the cheapest fare. That way people who don't like the restrictions are supposed to spend more money to avoid the inferior experience. But American offered me such a spread between Basic Economy and regular coach fares that I couldn't justify spending more money, and I wound up flying Basic for the first time. Continue reading I Flew American Airlines Basic Economy for the First Time — and Liked It...          • Email to a friend •   How to Break Into a Hotel Safe and FAA Cover-up A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading How to Break Into a Hotel Safe and FAA Cover-up...          • Email to a friend •   How Airport Chapels are Used, and What Chaplains Do I have to admit I've never been inside an airport chapel. I walk right past them. I've read plenty of articles suggesting that they're peaceful refuges in crowded airports, a place of peace and quiet to relax religion aside. And I suppose that at least usually the case. But I've always felt strange just walking in. Continue reading How Airport Chapels are Used, and What Chaplains Do...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Why Do First Class Passengers Board First — Rather Than Last? American Airlines On-Time Departures Taken to a New Level of Absurdity       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.