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Airlines adding “fire containment” bags

Ronn Torossian

Maybe it’s a step in the right direction, a down payment on paying it forward or an example of smart preparation, but some are saying the recent decision by major airlines to include so-called “fire containment” bags actually makes passengers feel less safe. The idea behind the small fire containment bags is not a bad one.

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Hawaiian Airlines policy ruled not discriminatory … but will that fly?

Ronn Torossian

When two businessmen from American Samoa wanted to pre-select seats on Hawaiian Airlines, they were denied due to the airline’s new policy against improper weight distribution. Department of Transportation claiming discriminatory practices on the part of the airline.

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TCIP #016 – Malaysia Airlines Crisis Management with Jonathan Hemus

Melissa Agnes

Malaysia Airlines has suffered through two devastating and traumatic crises this year. These are two major crises, ultimate nightmares for any airline, and Malaysia Airlines faced both within months from one another. How culture, both organizational and national, impacted Malaysia Airlines’s crisis communication.

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Jetstar newsroom allows airline to centralize media releases and blog posts

Presspage

The triple winner of ‘Best Low-Cost Airline of the Year’ award launched its online newsroom mid 2014 as a central hub for its media releases and blog posts.

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How I Could Have Saved United Airlines Three Days And $14,000

The Stalwart Blog

What a week for this airline! The airline continues to suffer from an unending barrage of digital and traditional media torture. Longer term, the airline faces a whale of a lawsuit from the disposed passenger who failed to leave the aircraft on his own accord. The airline learned that particular lesson the hard way.

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Alaska Airlines emergency was a blowout but don’t call it a 'PR crisis'

Steve Barrett on PR

PR pros have a massive role to play when reputational headwinds throw up big challenges for brands and businesses. But let’s not lay the blame for every negative incident at the feet of the communications profession.

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My Emotional Support Blog

Barokas

United, in an effort to become my new favorite airline, refused the boarding of the bird. Airlines and the FDA – for all their warts and all-too-frequent snafus – should be commended for allowing emotional support animals on board to assist passengers with disabilities. Last week, a woman tried to board a United flight with a peacock.