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Continental's Flat Seat Business Decision
I spent yesterday at NBTA, and I think I've got plenty to write about for the rest of the week. Today, I'm focusing on Continental's decision to launch a lie-flat seat in BusinessFirst on the 777, 757, and 787 aircraft. It's interesting to look at what went in...
Tags: Seat, Lie-flat Seat, Construction, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-07-29
American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying
Continental has been doing it for years. Delta, US Airways, and Northwest have ramped up as well. United, well ok, United doesn't do it at all. But American's limited 757 Transatlantic service is about to grow up as the airline sets aside a certain number of planes...
Tags: Seat, Airliners.net, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-09-08
AirTran Now Selling Upgrades On the Aircraft
There are plenty of airlines that sell upgrades on the day of departure, and these are almost always sold at the ticket counter or at the gate. AirTran has decided to take this even further by offering upgrades to passengers once they're already onboard the aircraft. This is...
Tags: Upgrade, Aircraft, AirTran, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder, Seat
Blog posts 2008-10-23
Two Seats for For One in Canada
The highest court in Canada decided that those suffering debilitating obesity are allowed to have two seats for the price of one. While several Canadian airlines appealed the new Canadian Transportation Agency rule, the court declined to hear their complaint. The blogosphere response at the court's decision to uphold...
Tags: Seat, Craig Tolliver, Blogging, Internet, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2008-11-24
Changing Demographics of the Orange County - San Francisco Route
The Orange County to San Francisco route has long been a high fare, high service bastion. Both United and American have historically served the route and made a killing doing so. That's all about to change as both Southwest and Virgin America come on the scene. by Brett...
Tags: Orange PCS, Aircraft, Seat, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2009-01-29
V Australia's Decision on Which Business Class Seat to Use
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to attend an event LAX at which V Australia introduced its first aircraft before flying it down to Australia. I've written details of the event on Cranky but here I wanted to focus on the interesting business decision behind choosing a business class...
Tags: Seat, V Australia, Real Estate, Aerospace & Defense, Security, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2009-02-09
Ooops, He Did It Again
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary was back last week, insisting that he was serious about that pay-toilet plan he first floated a couple months ago. Not only that, but O'Leary said his airline might just rip out some lavatories altogether, and replace them with extra seats. "We are...
Tags: Seat, Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Finance, Bryan Corliss
Blog posts 2009-06-07

Additional Resources

Mechanical seat belt tensioner.
BMW AG (Munich, Germany) has introduced an innovative seat belt tensioning system on its 1992 325i sports sedan. In a collision, these mechanically actuated seat belt tensioners automatically tighten the driver's and front-seat passenger's shoulder a BMW AG (Munich, Germany) has introduced an innovative seat belt...
Tags: belt, BMW AG
Research articles 1992-02-01
Seat price on Big Board rises to $1.5M; Increase of 50%-plus since early in year.(News)
Byline: Bruce Kelly NEW YORK - The price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange hit - and held - high ground last week, rebounding sharply over its lows set in January. On Tuesday,...
Tags: NYSE Euronext
Research articles 2005-03-07
Tennessee Governor to Help Break Ground for Automotive Seat Frame Plant.
By Bob Gary Jr., Chattanooga Times/Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6--Job-hungry Grundy County is preparing for a feast. Tenn. Gov. Don Sundquist is set to help break ground today for Toyo Seat USA Corp.'s new $12 million plant at...
Tags: Toyo Corp.
Research articles 2001-04-06
WAEA2009: Continental to introduce new lie-flat seat by end of October
Continental Airlines is set to introduce its first newly configured Boeing 777-200ER with its BusinessFirst flat-bed seat by the end of October. Brian Roland, engineering project manager for Continental Airlines, told ATI and Flightglobal on the sidelines of an event at the World Airline Entertainment Association conference and exposition, that...
Tags: Boeing Co., Continental Airlines Inc.
News items 2009-10-05
Seat prices perking up at NYSE; Buyers bank on IPO, ownership options.(News)(Brief Article)
Byline: bruce kelly The price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange hit and held high ground last week, rebounding sharply over lows set in January. An NYSE seat sold for $1.5 million on Tuesday, and another sold two days...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, IPO, bank
Research articles 2005-03-07
Dow finds savings with seat backs.(News)
Byline: Bill Bregar Industrial blow molding has found a new niche - blow molded rear-seat backs for cars. Plastic seat backs offer a cost reduction and lighter weight than traditional rear seats, which combine a tubular steel frame and sheet me...
Tags: car, The Dow Chemical Co.
Research articles 2007-06-04
Prospects Improve for Seat Prices on NYSE
The cost of a Big Board seat appears to be rebounding. Yet, the rate to lease a seat is still depressed after three years of decline. Observers say there is an explanation for this divergence. "People expect the New York Stock Exchange to demutualize," s The cost of a Big...
Tags: NYSE Euronext
Research articles 2005-03-01
Prospects Improve for Seat Prices on NYSE.(Brief Article)
The cost of a Big Board seat appears to be rebounding. Yet, the rate to lease a seat is still depressed after three years of decline. Observers say there is an explanation for this divergence. "People expect the New York Stock Exchange to demutu The cost...
Tags: NYSE Euronext
Research articles 2005-03-01
Reverse Spin - Take a seat: The price has dropped.(Briefs)
Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. Here is a seat for the gilded tushy: The New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday reported that two regular exchange seats had been sold for $1.35 million each, down $500,000 from the last time a seat was...
Tags: Citigroup Inc., mutual fund
Research articles 2003-10-27
John Phelan takes seat on Merrill Lynch board. (John J. Phelan, Jr.)
John Phelan takes seat on Merrill Lynch board NEW YORK UPI -- Retiring New York Stock Exchange chairman John J. Phelan Jr. will take a seat on the board of directors of Merrill Lynch & Co. as of Jan. 1. NYSE had...
Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., board, NYSE Euronext
Research articles 1990-12-10
Firm needs Delphi seat unit to be North American player. (Bertrand Faure S.A. acquisition)
Automotive seat-maker Bertrand Faure SA is counting on the acquisition of General Motors Corp.'s Delphi Automotive Systems seat business. The Paris-based company needs a strengthened North American presence because, as a parts supplier, it could be shAutomotive seat-maker Bertrand Faure SA is counting on the ...
Tags: acquisition, Borland Delphi, company, Johnson Controls Inc., Lear Corp.
Research articles 1997-12-15
seat belt defense in Tennessee: The cutting edge, The
The seat belt defense can be restructured within the comparative fault system to distribute equitably the costs of first and second collision injuries on the basis of their respective causes. The recent state mandatory seat belt use laws, however, have failed to accomplish this goal and the judiciary may prove...
Tags: Ala, General Motors Corp., MacDonald, Manufacturing, statute, Tennessee
Research articles 1998-10-01
Buckle up, citizens/ Police will enforce seat belt laws
Local law enforcement agencies will be stepping up enforcement of seat belt laws this week. The effort is part of Buckle Up America Week. Children under 4 years old and weighing less than 40 pounds are required by Colorado law to ride in child car seats....
Tags: Colorado, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2000-11-20
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