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Let's hope that Tyler's future replacement--whoever she or he might be--will share views on gender diversity and add fostering gender diversity to the many industry agendas the Association supports.

Airlines are getting better at managing themselves as businesses, and the result is showing up on their bottom lines. But some of these gains come from consolidation, and are limited to the U.S.. On the whole, airlines are always vulvernable to reversals from changes in policy, fuel costs, or events they can't predict.

Vertical seat design (3D) offers a way to make more passengers happy than horizontal lay-out alone can accomplish. It’s unfamiliar. It’s odd-looking. That makes it a little bit scary, to some. But, after 100 years of flight, perhaps it’s time for a radical change in direction.

To hear Etihad CEO James Hogan tell it, he's got a "business to run, whether it's economic, whether it's political, whether it's pandemic or whether it's war. You've got to tackle those issues and keep focus." On that "local" Open Skies issue in the U.S.? Hogan will deal with it, whatever comes. No big deal.

Private Jet service as a complement to VIP commercial flights is not a new concept, but what makes this unique is Etihad's choice of Victor, which has a strong network of operator partners and uses a booking app that is similar to a well-know ride sharing app.

Legacy carriers will quickly learn that even when consumers pay rock-bottom fares they expect better things. And they'll likely expect to be treated better than their fares allow.

Day is one of the few airport bosses in the U.S. who can proudly point to her terminals and know they can compete on a global level.

These are the aviation travel trends we were talking about this week.

Spirit's Baldanza has a lot of respect for Delta's management, and Baldanza and the Spirit model are widely respected within the airline industry. With legacy carriers getting much more aggressive about matching Spirit's fares, the ultra low-cost carrier is definitely feeling it but Baldanza insists that Spirit can take a punch.

The press release doesn't say if employees will be able to help passengers book flights on alternate airlines following United's frequent tech glitches and cancellations.