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Conferences

BY Alec Appelbaum
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Third Aircraft Interior Innovations 2007 November 6-8 Hamburg, Germany At the Aircraft Interiors gathering, eggheads who know ergonomics and marketers who know mood lighting share prescriptions for making air ...READ»

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | 3 comments

How Sustainable Is Southwest's "Green Plane"?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 50
Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM

Southwest Airlines announced recently that it is launching a prototype "green plane," a Boeing 737 tweaked to include environmentally responsible materials and cut down on fuel use. It's a nice idea, but is it an honest effort or ...READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | Comment

Are You an Aircraft Savant?

BY Donna Williams
Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:46 PM

Can you instantly identify an aircraft and its configuration with just a glimpse of its fuselage? Or are you aircraft-challenged and couldn't tell a Boeing 747 from a DC9 if it were parked in your living room?READ»

ALGAE | 4 comments

Continental Test Flight Uses Algae as Fuel

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 44
Tue Jan 6, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Continental Airlines became the first US carrier to power a plane using algae as fuel yesterday. The flight, which notably took off from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, was also the first in the world to use a dual-engine ...READ»

CONTINENTAL | Comment

Continental Biofuel Flight Saved Energy, Lowered Carbon Emissions

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM

The results are back from Continental Airlines' biofuel test flight in January, and they look good. Continental's biofuel blend yielded a 1.1% increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet fuels, and more impressively, cut carbon ...READ»

BIOFUEL | 15 comments

Biofuels Take Flight

BY Melanie Warner
Relevancy Score: 35
Mon Jun 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Continental Airlines' biofuel-powered test flight sets the industry's course toward brighter skies.READ»

AIR CARRIERS | Comment

Technology: The Wild Green Yonder

BY Robert Buckman
Relevancy Score: 33
Thu Jun 4, 2009 at 8:54 AM

In January, Continental Airlines became the first U.S. airline to test biofuel in a jet engine. The Boeing 737 used a B50 blend of jet-A, jatropha, and algae - so it was 50 percent conventional jet fuel and 50 percent ...READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | 1 comment

Staying Connected in the Air

BY Donna Williams
Relevancy Score: 22
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:46 PM

Making Phone Calls from the Plane Most road warriors have memorized the airline cell phone usage announcement: "The Federal Communications Commission bans the in-flight use of cellular phones on aircraft." This ban is based on the ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Comment

Change Management: Globalization is Good

BY Anupam Mukerji
Relevancy Score: 20
Thu Jul 12, 2007 at 12:45 PM

The debate on globalization has been raging since the turn of the century. Economists, politicians, businessmen and social commentators from across the world have judged the merits and demerits of this inevitable 21st century ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Stelios Makes Growth Look Easy

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 12
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, known throughout Europe by his first name, provides cheap travel for the masses. His formula for business success? It's easy -- as in easyJet, easyCar, even easyCinema. Just slash costs, maximize publicity, and "sweat the assets."READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Greetings from Idea City

BY Gina Imperato
Relevancy Score: 8
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:49 PM

Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, and the PGA Tour stop here first for their ad campaigns. Inside the new headquarters of GSDM, home of the scarcest resource in business: great ideas.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 1 comment

No Risk, No Reward

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 2
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM

Nine amazing and instructive lessons on the power of breaking the mold, the genius of the unexpected move, the thrill of standing out from the crowd, and the virtues -- yes, virtues -- of conservatism.READ»

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