The Aviation Industry is in constant turmoil. New airlines, new business models and constant external challenges are producing a volatility that makes business difficult to plan and plans difficult to execute. In this section, members write on their experiences, risks and solutions.
The next time you think the trolley dolly is just there for your entertainment and as a personal waitress remember not just that they can delivery babies, do CPR and even operate a defibrilator, but if she's an Air Canada stewardess, she might even hold a commercial airline pilot's licence.
As if getting a hole in the side of a plane in flight wasn't enough, the same plane has now been involved in another incident.
The increased services from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur that started with Silk Air's additions of two return flights from 26th October has brought a couple of additional benefits to commuters between the two cities.
Singapore Airlines has reduced fuel surcharges - but not for First Class passengers.
AirAsia's fuel surcharges were by no means the highest in the industry at an average of around USD14 but for a low cost carrier, they made up a substantial portion of the price consumers paid. But from midnight last night, the surcharge has been abandoned entirely.
Malaysia's Johor Baru airport is set to enjoy a boom, and other airports will benefit as an additional 11,000 seats per week are added between Malaysia and Manila's two airports.
Airlines in the Philippines are trying everything from zero fares to "economy-lite" packages to grab traffic on regional flights. But it's not quite as good a deal as it looks.
It's just the kind of push-back the B787 really doesn't need, if US media reports are correct.
When a member of BA's ground crew posted on a social networking site that she dislikes smelly passengers, she struck a chord with many, and upset her bosses.
It's just not Boeing's year. Demand for the 747 Jumbo has all but dried up as its cost-per-passenger mile seems out of sync with later aircraft, so the planes are not being refitted as much as before and if it wasn't for computer generated images, no one would have seen a 787 in flight.