Cision

MAY 3, 2017

The real cause of the United Airlines incident is an industry-wide problem, the all-too-common practice of overbooking. Bumping a paying passenger from a flight is an enormously disruptive action, regardless of which airline does it. The airline even appologized after it bumped a 10-year old from a flight. Image source: [link].

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Landis PR

JANUARY 5, 2023

Yet it can erode in a moment, such as it has for the airline Southwest – previously known for great customer service – cancelled 15,000 flights over Christmas. Align internal and external communications. Public trust is perhaps your business’s most valuable commodity.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

Major airports experience increased passenger volumes, and airlines may offer more flights and vacation packages to cater to the demand. As you can imagine, this increased demand is driving up airfares on most routes, with ticket prices for international flights increasing by more than 30%. They are up more than 300% over last year.

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Beyond PR

MAY 3, 2017

The real cause of the United Airlines incident is an industry-wide problem, the all-too-common practice of overbooking. Bumping a paying passenger from a flight is an enormously disruptive action, regardless of which airline does it. The airline even appologized after it bumped a 10-year old from a flight. Image source: [link].

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Cision

OCTOBER 1, 2015

but it has morphed from simply loading the kids in the back of a station wagon in the 1950s and 1960s to boarding flights to international destinations today. Families are very aware of the high cost of air travel, with the need to buy multiple airline tickets. The family vacation has a long tradition in the U.S.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The Viral Customer Complaint. Remember when musician Dave Carroll made a music video complaining that United Airlines had broken his guitar? Those viral customer complaints are almost quaint in light of today’s environment. The good news is that “viral” customer service works both ways.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

But why be afraid of big government when we freely provide our life story to social networks and give up our privacy to airlines in return for a bribe of a few more air miles. Earlier this week Anne Gregory, president of the Global Alliance of international PR associations, tweeted about her abhorrence of the term corporate journalism.

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